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todd5854   03-02-2009 at 10:51:15 PM

This is more related to heat sinks, but I didn't think it would it in heat sink section.

I have a Thermaltake Golden Orb II, and that is AM2 and LGA775 compatible.

My question is, do Core i7 heat sinks use the LGA775 setup? What I mean is, I want to use my 775 cooler, and I want to know if it's compatible with core i7. Thanks.

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alvine   03-02-2009 at 11:26:37 PM
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no.

you need to look into thermaltake webside and see if they have lga 1366 backplate for your cooler

physically the socket and the screw holes are located differently so it would simply not fit

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todd5854   03-03-2009 at 12:03:50 AM
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Alright thank you

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zipzoomflyhigh   03-03-2009 at 12:28:34 AM
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Dont forget, core i5 will be a whole different socket altogether.

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werxen   03-03-2009 at 01:32:30 AM
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gotta love Intel.... new socket every damn year.

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jimmysmitty   03-03-2009 at 09:05:53 AM
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werxen wrote :

gotta love Intel.... new socket every damn year.



Nah. Not really. I mean LGA775 has had about a 5 year run (released in 2003 I think) which is pretty damn good for a socket. All this is is separating the high & extreme end from Mainstream.

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Rain1406   03-03-2009 at 01:11:00 PM
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jimmysmitty wrote :

Nah. Not really. I mean LGA775 has had about a 5 year run (released in 2003 I think) which is pretty damn good for a socket. All this is is separating the high & extreme end from Mainstream.



Yeah but there's been a couple of unconfirmed rumours that they're bringing another socket type out next year, despite the LGA1339 only recently coming out.

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todd5854   03-04-2009 at 10:19:29 PM
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What about socket 478? (NOT including mobile socket P, apparently those are incompatible)

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jimmysmitty   03-04-2009 at 11:26:27 PM
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Rain1406 wrote :

Yeah but there's been a couple of unconfirmed rumours that they're bringing another socket type out next year, despite the LGA1339 only recently coming out.



Yea its for Core i5. Its socket 1156 I think.

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What about socket 478? (NOT including mobile socket P, apparently those are incompatible)



S478 has been dead since 2003. No CPUs have been made for it since the 3 or 4 Prescott based P4s made for it. Other than that its just dead.

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todd5854   03-04-2009 at 11:30:42 PM
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I know its dead, but wasn't socket 478 in the market for a very long time?

Currently there is one 478 motherboard and one socket 478 processor on newegg. It's obviously a Pentium 4 Prescott.

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jimmysmitty   03-04-2009 at 11:34:30 PM
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I think it was out for about 3 years. 2000-2003. It lasted a bit till 2004 but after that Athlon X2 killed P4 and Prescott didn't really show the best.

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todd5854   03-04-2009 at 11:36:33 PM
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jimmysmitty wrote :

I think it was out for about 3 years. 2000-2003. It lasted a bit till 2004 but after that Athlon X2 killed P4 and Prescott didn't really show the best.


Oh okay. **** happens. Hence AMD owning ATI!

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