New intel socket...Q1 2011

bifday2k · 13 Apr 2010 at 01:52

Just when i was gonna ugrade my rig, a friend showed me this

http://vr-zone.com/articles/intel-6-series-chipsets--naming-unveiled/8685.html

think i'll deffinatly hold off till Q1 next year, really hate it when amd and intel do this but ahwell.

cmndr_andi · 13 Apr 2010 at 02:05

I suppose it depends what you plan to upgrade it for. These new sandy bridge chips should be fast (replacing s1156 parts), but the X58 platform will remain the top-dog and only home of Intel x16x16 PCIe until it is superseded by its own Sandy Bridge in Q3 2011.

bhavv · 13 Apr 2010 at 11:50

According to this thread, LGA1366 is also being replaced with a quad channel motherboard early next year :x

FunnyKids · 14 Apr 2010 at 12:34

It is a good news to me in a way

. Actually most of the time I upgrade my PC not because of I need it, but I want it. So I always try to find a reason for me to not upgrade. And last time I talk to my self : "slow down boy, 6 cores gonna release soon, so wait for it", and now

I can hold up for another year, because of a new socket ^^. Saved me lots of money.

bifday2k · 14 Apr 2010 at 12:42

Yeh iv been holding off going either I5/I7 untill the tech was about for abit, and settled down, now this news starts coming out im like ffs, ahwell i'll stick to my S775 for another year.

Amakuma · 14 Apr 2010 at 13:30

So close to putting money into an i5 build, news like this always makes me think twice

DIABLO · 15 Apr 2010 at 20:34

Why do we even need quad channel, nothing can even use the full potential of tri channel.

FunnyKids · 16 Apr 2010 at 16:18

DIABLO said:
Why do we even need quad channel, nothing can even use the full potential of tri channel.

640K ought to be enough for anybody.
-Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates, 1981

jazzy182 · 16 Apr 2010 at 17:04

Was going to sell my q6600, mem and mobo when i reached my posts to the MM, think i may hang fire for another year see what happens

Simon42 · 17 Apr 2010 at 19:55

With Intel I consider it lucky if my latest mobo's socket is still current a year after purchase.

So the life of LGA1366 & LGA1156 doesn't seem too bad at all - not in the AMD league of course, but not bad for Intel.

arknor · 17 Apr 2010 at 20:33

FunnyKids said:
640K ought to be enough for anybody.
-Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates, 1981

dual channel isnt even a bottlekneck yet unless you do some pretty hardcxore synthetic benchmarks :rolleyes:

Schoieuk · 18 Apr 2010 at 02:17

bifday2k said:
Yeh iv been holding off going either I5/I7 untill the tech was about for abit, and settled down, now this news starts coming out im like ffs, ahwell i'll stick to my S775 for another year.

Well you gotta remmeber that as soon as you buy something its gonna be out date in the next week so just buy it so you actually have something

cmndr_andi · 18 Apr 2010 at 02:22

Schoieuk said:
Well you gotta remmeber that as soon as you buy something its gonna be out date in the next week so just buy it so you actually have something

+1

Anyway, i7 has been out since late 2008 - so you really should have had enough time to recognise that the nahalem chips are rather good. IMHO Q4 2008 to Q3 2011 (Q1 for mainstream parts) isn't exactly a bad run for top-end computing tech.