Sockets and Sprockets

[ZeekeDaGeek]

Number of pins on both the socket and CPU. No socket is better then another.....and these are both controlled by the CPU manufactures...and motherboard makers.

So if lets say...AMD..releases a new chip...say AthlonFX...and the chip contains 974 pins..then they will need a new socket to support the 974 pins the processor uses.

Of course the exception to this is the "old stuff".....socket 5 and socket 7 and "Super socket 7".

I'm pretty sure the chips had more than 7 pins