Motherboard and Components

ITT TECHNICAL INSTITUTE

COMPUTER STRUCTURE AND LOGIC NT1110
LAB 5: Identify Motherboard Components and Form Factors
Gus Perez 19593003

Salem, Oregon.
Task 1: Results and Deliverables.
The LGA 1156 connector
LGA 1156, also known as Socket H or H1, is an Intel desktop CPU socket. LGA stands for land grid array. Its incompatible successor is LGA 1155. The 1156 is the number of pins in the socket, its designed to take the 1156 pin processor.

What processors is it used with?
Intel Celeron, Pentium, Core i3, i5, i7, and Xeon
What is its purpose on the motherboard?
LGA 1156 socket allows the following connections to be made from the processor to the rest of the system. * PCI-Express 2.0 ×16 for communication with a graphics card * DMI for communication with the Platform Controller Hub (PCH). This consists of a PCI-Express 2.0 ×4 connection * FDI for communication with the PCH, this consists of two display connections * Two memory channels for communication with DDR3 SDRAM
Basically the LGA 1156 socket connects the processor with the motherboard.
Intel H55 chipset
The Chipset shows what the motherboard can possible do or not. Every computer have a Northbridge chipset. It’s main purpose is to make the link between the processor and the rest of the computer (graphic card, USB ports, hard drive, etc.) but the utility of a Northbridge vary from chipset to chipset, some will act also as a graphic card and on others chipsets, they may also manage the memory.

What processors is it used with?
It’s the old LGA 1156 socket processors i3/i5/i7 and Xeon
What is its purpose on the motherboard?
The Intel H55 Express Chipset continues to push innovation with a new architecture designed to deliver quality, performance, and industry-leading I/O technologies on platforms powered by the Intel Core i7-800, Intel Core i5, and Intel Core i3