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Many sockets? From 2017 there is only one - AM4 and it's future-proof.
by ptrptr 9y ago
Many sockets? From 2017 there is only one - AM4 and it's future-proof.
- sp00ls 9y agoFuture proof? People still say that? Nothing in computing is future proof as evidenced by the many different connector/socket types in just the last couple years.
- baobrain 9y agoThey say that am4 will be their platform for coming years.
- striking 9y agoHow many sockets has AMD had in "just the last couple years"? Right, the AM3 socket started being sold February 2009, and AM3+ was entirely compatible with that. [edit] Also: FM2, targeting a different range of performance, came out in 2012. Again, FM2+ was backwards compatible there too. Still five years since a non-backwards-compatible AMD chipset. You might be thinking about Intel's practices.
- onli 9y agoTo be fair, after AM3 there was also FM1, FM2, FM2+, AM1 and AM2.
- striking 9y agoAM1/2 are older than AM3. And you're right that FM1/2/2+ exist, but FM2 came out in 2012 and FM2+ was backwards compatible with FM2 CPUs. FM chipsets targeted a different range of performance, so I consider the updates to those chipsets orthogonal to the AM series. Thanks for pointing out the FM series, though; I've modified my comment to reflect this.
- onli 9y agoMade a mistake there, you are right, partly. The AM2 is indeed the older AM3, I meant only the AM1, which was a recent platform for some processors with a low TDP. Not very known, it is no surprise it wasn't on your radar.
- dragontamer 9y agoAM1 was a competitor to Intel's Atom chips. Which have no socket at all! AM1 was very niche, but a socket for ~20W CPUs is outstanding. You can pair any AM1 motherboard (down to $20 crap) with any AM1 CPU ($20 crap to $100 less crap). Good for HTPCs and NAS machines... when you need a "serious" Raspberry Pi ish machine with x86 compatibility, AM1 was my choice.
- onli 9y agoI agree. Those were nice cpus and it is not a bad thing that they had a socket. I did not list them as a negative point, but to show that AMD had more sockets in the last time than AM3+, which could maybe partly explain OPs misconception that AMD spread their cpus over them more than Intel. When FM2+ got upgrades while AM3+ got them as well, it was indeed a strange split. That is was nothing compared what Intel does with their platform segmentation seems to have got lost.
- JepZ 9y agoFuture in computing means 3-5 years. Everything else is just a day dream. In the time between AM2 and AM3 AMD's socket strategy was pretty straight forward. Don't know what they tried with FM/FS stuff. I am looking forward to the success of AM4.
- jlebrech 9y ago1151 already has a massive range of CPU to select from, AM4 as only got Ryzen 3,5 and 7 which are not very budget right now. 1151 has the budget options right now, yes you can get a Ryzen 3 and upgrade to Ryzen 7 in future but the performance bump bang per buck will be less in my opinion.
- jhasse 9y ago> 1151 already has a massive range of CPU to select from, AM4 as only got Ryzen 3,5 and 7 which are not very budget right now. AM4 has just been released while 1151 has been around for some time. If I plan to upgrade later on, I would rather buy a newly released socket.