Haswell?

padmdhs · 5 Aug 2012 at 20:20

Hi all i was looking to get a new rig in march and was wondering could anyone shed some light on intels next chip Haswell and would it be out in time as im giving my present system to my son as a gift and was going to get a new rig for myself i was just caught between which cpu to get for it some people prefer sandybridge to ivybridge and vice versa and others say wait for Haswell i just wanted a cpu to last me a good few years before i have to upgrade again i currently have a i7 920 oc to 4ghz

Ollie1132 · 5 Aug 2012 at 20:31

Haswell should be released around about the end of Q1 or sometime Q2 (if I remember reading the info correct but it could be as late as July) If that helps at all.

.Griff. · 5 Aug 2012 at 20:37

Haswell comes with a new socket, 1150 iirc, so take that into account as well.

Gazb · 5 Aug 2012 at 20:43

.Griff. said:
Haswell comes with a new socket, 1150 iirc, so take that into account as well.

Is haswell not another skt 2011 cpu?

.Griff. · 5 Aug 2012 at 20:45

Gazb said:
Is haswell not another skt 2011 cpu?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGA_1150

http://www.techpowerup.com/img/11-11-09/43b.jpg

I'm not stating that's 100% accurate but I knew I'd read it somewhere.

Ollie1132 · 5 Aug 2012 at 20:47

Haswell is 1150 socket. Completely new architecture and is 100% accurate.

Gazb · 5 Aug 2012 at 20:54

So are both skt 1155 and skt 2011 being replaced then?

Ollie1132 · 5 Aug 2012 at 21:08

Pretty much yes. Both current platforms are dead. (as far as the industry is concerned) there will be no new CPU's for either platform.

scwba06 · 5 Aug 2012 at 21:10

So you'll be paying a premium on both CPU, mobo and CPU cooler..

mmj_uk · 5 Aug 2012 at 21:33

Ivy Bridge-E will be released on Socket 2011 in 2013 won't it?

Ollie1132 · 5 Aug 2012 at 21:59

mmj_uk said:
Ivy Bridge-E will be released on Socket 2011 in 2013 won't it?

Pretty sure there isn't going to be an IB-E. From what I have read at least. There probably wouldn't be much of an upgrade from SB-E anyway just higher IPC really etc. Wouldn't be worth the hassle of developing CPU's for that just for extremists/enthausist builders.

Trunks9486 · 5 Aug 2012 at 22:17

Ivy bridge-E should come out.

Haswell will follow the same route, mainstream first, enthusiast/servers later on. This is probably due to the smaller sizes involved in making the mainstream processors vs. the enthusiast/server ones.

padmdhs · 5 Aug 2012 at 22:52

So what do you guys think then i should do?

Martini1991 · 5 Aug 2012 at 22:54

Ollie1132 said:
Pretty much yes. Both current platforms are dead. (as far as the industry is concerned) there will be no new CPU's for either platform.

X79 should get ivy hexcores?

EDIT : The same points you make for it not coming could be said for Ivy compared to SB on 1155.

wazza300 · 5 Aug 2012 at 23:09

welcome to intel,socket change every year

to the op,id stick with what you have now and save up for haswell,your system is still good atm

Yamahahahahaha · 5 Aug 2012 at 23:12

padmdhs said:
So what do you guys think then i should do?

You have an i7 920, which is still a very capable chip.

Assuming your son's birthday is in March - either way, you could probably give him your system.
Haswell may be out by then, but may be as late as June.

Maybe get a cheap laptop in the pre-Christmas sales (they don't seem to do post-Christmas sales any more...) to tide you over in the intervening period?
Going without a gaming rig for a few weeks never hurt, plus it makes the eventual build all the sweeter.

padmdhs · 5 Aug 2012 at 23:16

I cant mate you see i have promised my son this rig so i am upgrading everything i know i probably wont see many gains but i was going to get a new rig anyway i am hoping to run my operating system on a ssd and get a mobo with pci ex 3 and usb3 so it is a bit more futureproof for a little while at least lol im saving for around march time you see

padmdhs · 5 Aug 2012 at 23:18

Yamahahahahaha said:
You have an i7 920, which is still a very capable chip.

Assuming your son's birthday is in March - either way, you could probably give him your system.
Haswell may be out by then, but may be as late as June.

Maybe get a cheap laptop in the pre-Christmas sales (they don't seem to do post-Christmas sales any more...) to tide you over in the intervening period?
Going without a gaming rig for a few weeks never hurt, plus it makes the eventual build all the sweeter.

yes i definitely am getting a rig in march it is my birthday in march and his in may it is his 21st so i thought it would be an ideal gift as i was going to get a new rig anyway

Martini1991 · 5 Aug 2012 at 23:22

wazza300 said:
welcome to intel,socket change every year

to the op,id stick with what you have now and save up for haswell,your system is still good atm

So much ignorance in Intel sockets >.<
1366 lasted about 3 years.
1155 will be about 2 years old when it's replaced.

Only socket that really blew in recent history was 1156.

Tweaker · 5 Aug 2012 at 23:42

Do many people buy a setup then update the CPU later on? If we think back to the original 775 socket, it may have been the same number 6 years later, but with each new chip came new features which the old boards didnt support, so you still had to update the motherboard. I think people kid themselves with the whole upgrade path thing, you buy what is best for you at the time, then upgrade when that isn't the case anymore.