[4] For LGA 1156 the 4 holes for fastening the heatsink to the motherboard are placed in a square with a lateral length of 75 mm.

[5] The Desktop chipsets that officially support LGA 1156 are Intel's H55, H57, P55, and Q57.

Server chipsets supporting the socket are Intel's 3400, 3420 and 3450.

Some small Chinese manufacturers are producing LGA 1156 motherboards based on H61 chipset, and ASRock, for very short time, produced LGA 1156 motherboard based on P67 chipset, the P67 Transformer.

It exclusively supports Lynnfield processors and was discontinued after B2 revision of 6 series chipsets was recalled, not receiving a version with B3 revision of P67 chipset.