Which socket is better

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In article Mike says...
> I want to upgrade my computer with a
> new board and chip. I will be going with
> the intel p4 at about 3.0gz (amd is not an option)
> I see there are two different sockets for this
> cpu. the socket 478 and socket 775
> they are almost exactly the same price
> (within $5.00 of each other)
> I have not been paying attention to chips until
> right now. because I have not bought a board
> and chip in about 2 years now. I don't know
> what th difference is betwwen the two, or
> which one is the newer or older design,
> or the advantage of one over the other.
> Can anyone in the group help to bring me up
> to speed on these chip designs ?
>
Why is AMD not an option?

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