Amd CPU Socket A Power And Performance
AMD (Advanced Micro Devices) based in Sunnyvale, California and founded in 1969, which has been providing microprocessor and graphics and media solutions for the computer, communications, and consumer electronics industries, claims that it has shipped more than 240 million PC processors worldwide. And that its processors undergo extensive testing to help ensure compatibility with Microsoft Windows XP, Vista, Windows NT, Windows 2000, as well as Linux and other PC operating systems and also conduct rigorous research, development, and validation to help ensure the continued integrity and performance of its products. This article focuses on AMD CPU Socket A.
Socket A is a PGA socket designed to suit the AMD K7 family of processors. This socket is being used with AMD Athlon and Duron processors ranging in speed between 600 MHz and 2200 MHz (3200+) and with bus frequencies ranging from 100 MHz to 200 MHz. Socket A is also known as Socket 462 since it has 462 pin holes (hence the name "Socket 462") with 11 plugged pin holes.
Socket A processors allows you to fit many processors on to the motherboard, but the issue is whether all will be supported by the motherboard. In order to ascertain this you need to the following details:
Manufacturer of the mother board
Model of the motherboard As per the recommendations of AMD, the weight of a Socket A CPU cooler should not exceed 300 grams failing which the die may be damaged.
While you can fit many socket 462 processors into your
motherboard, not all of them may be supported by the board. To determine what processors are supported you'll need to: Determine manufacturer and model of your motherboard Search on manufacturer's website for the motherboard model. AMD has processor products tailored to suit the varied needs of the customers. Broadly, the processors produced by AMD can be classified into four types of processors based on the products that use them which are listed below: Desktop Processors: AMD offers two types of Desktop Processors -AMD Athlon and the AMD Sempron. Notebook Processors: AMD has AMD Turion64 X2 Dual-Core and AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual-Core Processor for Notebook PCs. Mobile Processors: AMD also offers, Mobile AMD Sempron for mobiles. Server Processors and Workstation Processors: When it comes to server processors and workstation processors, AMD Opteron which is claimed to be 'the world's highest-performing processors for 1-8P x86 servers,' is AMD's offering. However as pointed above, not all of them are supported. Therefore, for easy reference a list of supported processors are given hereunder: Athlon (Socket A) (600 MHz - 1400 MHz)
Athlon XP (1333 MHz - 2333 MHz, or 1500+ - 3200+)
Athlon MP (1000 MHz - 2133 MHz)
Duron (550 MHz - 1800 MHz)
Sempron (socket A) (1500 MHz - 2200 MHz, or 2200+ - 3300+)
Mobile Athlon 4 (850 MHz - 1400 MHz)
Mobile Athlon XP-M (Socket A) (1200 MHz - 2200 MHz, or 1400+ - 3000+)
Mobile Duron (650 MHz - 1200 MHz)
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