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Slotket, also called a slocket or a riser, is an adapter that accepts socket 370 CPUs into Slot 1 motherboards. They were popular for inserting Socket 370 Intel Celerons into Slot 1 based motherboards to build computers at a lower cost, especially with dual processor machines. They were also popular in the transition period from Slot to Socket based Pentium III processors by allowing people to keep their old Slot 1 motherboards but use newer Socket-based processors.

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