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Techno-Geek

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So guys, I am really looking for some help. A couple of years ago I used to work building computers, (orders coming in, parts put on my bench, put together) servers. That is all I knew, getting them from there to built and out the door. I know nothing about the specs and what goes with what. Now I am a bit stuck.

I've been looking around for a cheapest spec list to buy and put together to get back in to things, and here is where it get's confusing for me.

What are the differences between Socket AM3+ and Socket FM1?

What is the difference between Socket 1150/1155 and Socket 2011 and LGA2011?

Why can't companies make it easy for me to work out which mobo and cpu combo's go together? The one that confuses me the most is the Socket 1155 LGA :confused:

Any advice would be super.
 
AMD's latest CPU line, Piledriver, is on the AM3+ socket. The FM1 and FM2 sockets are for their APU range. APUs are essentially supposed to be a CPU and a graphics card in one.

Intel's 2011 socket is for 'Extreme' version of their CPUs and motherboards. The CPUs have more cores and threads than the standard ones, and the motherboards (the better ones, at least) have more RAM slots and PCI-E x16 lanes. So socket 2011 is what you want if you're doing very CPU intensive work or running more than two GPUs.

Intel's latest range of CPUs, codenamed Haswell, is on the 1150 socket. 1155 was the previous generation.

So...what will you be using your PC for (gaming, video editing, general use, etc)? What is your budget? Do you need monitor/OS/peripherals?
 
They are pretty easy, each CPU name has its socket no after it.

Bulldozer/piledriver = AM3+
Trinity/Kaveri = FM2
Sandybridge/Ivybridge = 1155
Haswell = 1150
Sandybridge-E/Ivybridge-E = 2011

So the differences.

Piledriver is AMD's gaming CPU, with many virtual cores but no on board graphics. These are good for cheap gaming builds

Trinity/Kaveri is AMD's HTPC gaming line, with good onboard GPU's, they dont really scale as well with bigger GPU's though.

Sandybridge/Ivybridge have been replaced by haswell.

Haswell is intels gaming CPU's, better than AMD's range but more expensive.

Sandy-E/Ivy-E is intels enthusiast line. It features hex core CPU's (12 virtual cores) great for heavy CAD, rendering or video editing but not for the wallet.

Does this help?
 
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