Socket 1150: launch history, supported CPU types and technical specifications

To date, the socket for the installation of the central processor Socket 1150 allows you to collect both budget-level computers and high-performance systems. Despite the release of a more advanced computing platform in the face of LGA 1151, it is still relevant from a performance standpoint, but the cost of its components has decreased. It is about his capabilities and will go further speech.

History of appearance and development

In 2013, the LGA1155 processor socket was replaced by Socket 1150. In the first one, it was possible to install silicon crystals of Core chips belonging to the 2nd and 3rd generations. In LGA1150, it was possible to install processors of the 4th generation, which were related to all the same architecture. The code name for this generation of semiconductor solutions is Haswell.

The technology for the production of semiconductor crystals has not undergone any significant changes, and pn-junctions have been performed using the same technology with a tolerance of 22 nm. The computational part of the CPU remained practically unchanged, but the power system and graphic part were substantially processed and improved.

In 2014, the light saw an updated generation of chips of this family, which received the name Haswell Refresh. Hardware changes in them were minimal. The only significant difference from the predecessors is the increased clock speeds. A year later, in 2015, an updated generation of CPUs of the 5th generation, codenamed Broadwell, belonging to the same Core semiconductor architecture, was released. These silicon crystals were manufactured using 14 nm technology and had some improvements in the processor part itself. Also, the update of the CPU range resulted in the upgrade of the chipset line from 8X to 9X.

To date, no significant changes have been foreseen for this computing platform, and the more advanced LGA1151 is gradually replacing it.

Chipsets

Only two generations of sets of system logic are installed in Socket 1150 motherboards. They contain only one chip, called the "South Bridge". The second component of the chipset - the "north bridge" - is integrated into the silicon crystal of the CPU.

The first generation of chipsets is the 8X line. It consisted of six sets of microcircuits. The most affordable and, accordingly, the most budgetary was H81. It supported only 16 GB of RAM, had 4 SATA ports for connecting storage devices and 1 PCI-E slot in the 16X version. In combination with such motherboards, the Celeron and Pentium chips looked perfect, but only the 4th generation.

The middle segment was occupied by B85, Q85, Q87 and87. They have increased the number of SATA ports and the number of supported RAM to 32 GB. For these products, i3 chips were excellent. Also not bad with them were combined i5 and i7 with blocked multipliers. Well, the premium - Z87 chipset - was aimed at working with i5 and i7 chips with an unlocked multiplier (ie with K prefix).

In 2015, this platform in connection with the release of new chips was supplemented by two sets of chips - H97 and Z97. In essence, they duplicated their predecessors in the person of N87 and Z87 in terms of technical parameters. The key difference here was the support of new processors of the 5th generation, the presence of which the previous models could not boast.

Supported CPU Models

This socket can be installed on the 4th and 5th generation processors. Intel Socket 1150 is focused primarily on the use of generations of Haswell chips and Haswell Refresh, who came to replace him. The initial level in this case was occupied by the CPU Celeron and Pentium with the markings, respectively, G18XX and G3XXX. They were great for creating inexpensive system blocks.

The average level was occupied by i3-41XX and i3-43XX. Also conditionally for this segment could be attributed i5-44XX, i5-45XX, i5-46XX and i7-47XX. Well, the most productive solutions in this case were all the same i5-46XX and i7-47XX, but with the prefix K.

Intel Socket 1150 Supported the decisions of the 5th generation, of which only 5 were produced. These are the most productive CPUs, the parameters of which are indicated below. They can be installed in 9X motherboards. Characteristics of the chips of the 5th generation are presented below.

Prospects of this computing platform

Of course, Socket 1150 is currently at the final stage of its development. It is gradually being supplanted by more advanced solutions based on LGA1151, and it is this hardware platform that will set the tone for the foreseeable future. But the appearance of the latter led to the fact that prices, albeit slightly, but still declined in products of the previous generation. This, in turn, makes the purchase of solutions based on LGA1150 more justified at the moment. The difference in performance and speed is several percent, and their cost is much lower. Therefore, if you need right now a good PC without the possibility of further upgrading, then it is better to choose LGA1150. If you plan a further upgrade, it's better to pay attention to LGA1151.

Results

In any case, the hardware platform Socket 1150 will still be relevant from the perspective of performance and performance for the next 2-3 years. Therefore, the owners of such PCs are still too early to think about upgrading their computing systems. And even after 3 years, such computers will still be able to cope with most tasks without much trouble. Well, the current reduced cost against the background of more recent solutions makes their purchase really justified both from a performance standpoint and in terms of price.