But it's 1151!!?

[thebluebumblebee]

How many times do you think we're going to see that confused question with Intel's version "A" and "B" of socket 1151?

 

[EarthDog]

Que?

 

[Liviu Cojocaru]

I think he's talking about the new Coffe lake CPU's with the 300 series MB that have the same socket as the 200 series...

 

[R00kie]

Someone will actually try and stick the coffee lake cpu in a Z270 board, an we'll get craploads of posts saying that they fried their cpu/mobo, unless Intel will put some kind of a disclaimer on the box.

 

[bonehead123]

umm, I love the smell of fried cpu & mobo in da mornin

as long as it aint mine !

 

[thebluebumblebee]

Someone will actually try and stick the coffee lake cpu in a Z270 board, an we'll get craploads of posts saying that they fried their cpu/mobo, unless Intel will put some kind of a disclaimer on the box.

Yeah, that will help

 

[cdawall]

Someone will actually try and stick the coffee lake cpu in a Z270 board, an we'll get craploads of posts saying that they fried their cpu/mobo, unless Intel will put some kind of a disclaimer on the box.

Key way will probably change

 

[JalleR]

it is not the first time that happens....... 2011, S775, S370 and socket A

on the S775 and S370 it just did´not boot if you put in the wrong chip

 

[IceScreamer]

Yea, they'll probably add some sort of a notch on the processor and the socket itself, at least they should.

 

[ERazer]

hopefully they change the cpu notches

ninja

 

[thebluebumblebee]

I don't understand why they didn't call it anything but 1151. They could have called it 1152 and no one would have been the wiser - okay, someone would have eventually counted the pins and pointed it out, but so what.

 

[DeathtoGnomes]

Need to add the option "I dont give a s**t". Not that I wouldnt vote this way

 

[R00kie]

I don't understand why they didn't call it anything but 1151. They could have called it 1152 and no one would have been the wiser - okay, someone would have eventually counted the pins and pointed it out, but so what.

LGA2011 and 2011-3 comes to mind

 

[EarthDog]

Ahh... ok. Well, its been done before and I don't recall a large influx of threads... people are stupid, but...

 

[thebluebumblebee]

LGA2011 and 2011-3 comes to mind

But those are not mainstream sockets.

 

[EarthDog]

But those are not mainstream sockets.

So now it is limited to mainstream sockets? Point was, there is a precedence. Product stack be damned.

I'm sticking with one thread.

 

[niko084]

But those are not mainstream sockets.

That's a good point, between the buyers of those lines generally knowing a bit more and being far less common..
Might even trick up the more experienced person just ordering parts quickly without verifying compatibility.

 

[R00kie]

But those are not mainstream sockets.

Mainstream or not, point is Intel has already done this before. If they do it again this way with 1151, there might not be as much confusion.

 

[Countryside]

Only reason why Intel created the 300 series chipset is because they had nothing better to do.

 

[Devon68]

1151 v2 maybe? But there will be a lot of new builders that will make a mistake if they dont clearly advertise it as a different socket with the same amount of pins.

 

[thebluebumblebee]

That's a good point, between the buyers of those lines generally knowing a bit more and being far less common..
Might even trick up the more experienced person just ordering parts quickly without verifying compatibility.

Pcpartpicker is your friend!

 

[niko084]

Pcpartpicker is your friend!

I had never seen that before.
Pretty cool and something I'll pass that onto people who ask me too many questions.

 

[peche]

at least boxes comes with the warning....

 

[Sasqui]

I don't understand why they didn't call it anything but 1151. They could have called it 1152 and no one would have been the wiser - okay, someone would have eventually counted the pins and pointed it out, but so what.

What'll happen is A LOT of people buying the wrong motherboards (or CPUs). Assuming they key the slot and CPU, there will be a few that jam the CPU in the socket with a hammer.

 

[dorsetknob]

What'll happen is A LOT of people buying the wrong motherboards (or CPUs). Assuming they key the slot and CPU, there will be a few that jam the CPU in the socket with a hammer.

fun straighten that lot out