Ellen Kuhfeld wrote:Every time I get a message about this topic, it startles me. The e-mail heading reads I want to cannibalize my mother .... It is better after I open the message and the boldface goes away.
Cheb wrote:Inside the same group the memory modules are usually interchangeable. Often with some issues, like one slow module forcing you to bring clock frequency down for all of them, double-channel DDR mode deactivating due to requiring two identical memory modules in specific slots and so on.
Processors have higher chances to have incompatible sockets, as there's another factor at play (Intel vs AMD, each having its own set of standards).
And when the CPUs are compatible they are often similar enough that replacing one with another one isn't worth the effort.
Afair, the most long-lived one was Socket 775 from Intel. Starting with the ancient Pentium IVs and Celerons and ending with the more recent but aging Core 2 Duo.
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