Slot vs Socket?

[Mictlan]

Is there any difference in using a Socket and a Sloket-Slot? Do you change the performance of the processor?

 

[Placid]

Anytime you add something to the data path (cpu) you decrease performance.
Its very slight thou and may only mean a few mhz difference in max overclock.
A slotket can allow you many times to get a higher voltage setting than the motherboard would normally allow and the voltage increase may allow you to overclock higher.

 

[Tacoman667]

I have an ABIT slotket for my celery700 to go to my ABIT BE6-2. I loved it because when I upped the vcore default on the slotket, the MB gave me higher then the 1.85vcore default then before. I got all the way up to 2.1vcore. Hell, I still had higher to go for the default on the slotket so I could have even gone higher. I think slotkets are the best thing for a socket 370 CPU.

 

[batboy]

Intel has officially discontinued the slot one just now, so it's now obsolete. Also, the FC-PGA socket 370 chips have much more cooling options available for it. There really isn't much, if any, performance differences in either form factors. I'd say the socket chips have a slight advantage.

 

[samuknow]

From what I have read lately. You will have more voltage options by using the slotket with a slot 1 mobo. You can set a higher default voltage on the slotket then adjust you mobo voltage up from that point in your bios (or jumpers). This COULD give you a better oc if voltage is holding you back.
I didn't want to shell out the extra $$ for the 370 cpu and slotket. If you have the cash to spend this seems like the way to go.....

Good luck

 

[logos]

if you are looking for a good solid overclock, i.e. 66 to 100, or a 100 to 133, the voltage options on a socket board would probably be fine...if you really want to push it a slocket is the way to go.