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Completely lost on sockets...What's best for future proofing? (Intel)

Werewolf

Werewolf

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Hi

I'm looking at an almost complete new build in a month or so (just keeping my case, some drives and GFX), but I'm not sure which socket to go for.

I'm thinking about going with an I7 and probably 32 GB of ram*, but I'm unsure of if I should be looking at a Socket 1155 or 2011 for some semblance of future proofing.


*Every build I think "I'll get more ram later", then find out that when I need it, it's gone up in price/is no longer the "current" ram.
 
Socket 1155 is pretty dead.
Haswell's due out in the next few months too that's on socket 1150.

However they're the mainstream platforms.

Socket 2011 still has a bit of life in it as it's due Ivy Bridge Extreme, although, I can't remember if that's Q4 2013 or Q2014 (Or even later)
 
Ah, so by the sounds of it possibly waiting for 1150 might be a good idea if I want some level of future proofing :)
 
Only problem is 1150 as far as I'm aware doesn't have hexcores, 2011 does, so arguably in total performance potential 2011 has the future proof bit down.
 
Socket 2011 & an i7 3820 will leave you an upgrade path to Ivy Bridge 6/8 core which are supposedly out later in the year... you're likely to have to pay £400+ for 6 core and £800+ for 8 core though as they are well and truly in a league of their own.

Waiting for LGA1150 isn't a bad idea either as there isn't much benefit to having more than 4 cores in a lot of tasks.
 
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In that case I may wait for 1150 and see what happens.

Re the ram, I've got a bad habit of getting "enough" ram and then putting it off a year or two later when I could do with more due to the cost/expecting to upgrade in short order ;)
Hence this time round I'm probably going to be going a little overboard to begin with (I may cut it to 16gb, but my aim is 32gb)...
Having said that, I'm probably going to be doing some video encoding work on the machine, so if I can do that without having to access the HDD too much, it would help.

Besides, you can never have enough ram :p
 
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