Intel's LGA1156 socket and subsequent P55 chipset were designed to be the low cost alternative to the LGA1366 X58 Core i7 platform. Although upon first release it sold in such enormous quantities that prices remained high it didn't take too long before it was possible to build a 1156 based system for a sensible amount of money. It's actually become one of the best value platforms available, akin to the AM3 socket on the AMD side. It supports everything from the dual-core Pentium based G6950, via Hyper-Threaded Dual Core i5 6 series, the Quad Core i5 7 series all the way up to the Hyper-Threaded Quad Core i7 8 series.



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