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Future CPU Compatability?

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Just a question about the Penryn and Nehalem.

I'm waiting till Feb/March to treat myself to a new build so I can take advantage of the new 45nm transistor processors, but I am wondering about compatibility of future processors. I want a computer to be as future proof as I can make it, therefore I am wondering, if I buy the right hardware, would I be able to upgrade my Penryn to a Nehalem in the future? Or would I need to replace the motherboard etc for this?

Futureproofing is a concern for me as the last time I built a PC (a good few years ago) I missed out on PCI-E slots and 64bit processing, which have become standards now and have limited my ability to upgrade my existing machine.

Thank you in advance for your responses.
 
Nehalem as far as I'm aware will need a different motherboard/socket to Penryn.
 
Nehalem will use a different socket so Penryn is the end of the line for LGA775. This is because Nehalem CPUs will have an integrated memory controller like AMD have used for some time so the whole motherboard architecture changes.
 
Just wondering, is it really necessary to go for the latest CPU all the time:)?, i will prob go for a penryn next year, and should last me a couple of years - or so! (I will be coming from a FX-55 Socket 939 CPU)

-Ant
 
It depends what you're doing with the PC. I survived the whole P4 era on my dual PIII/1133 as I really don't like single CPU PCs any more and I'm not gaming. I've now got two Q6600-based PCs which should last a while. I might replace the B3 stepping with an equivalent Penryn but I certainly don't need to.
 
Snapshot said:
It depends what you're doing with the PC. I survived the whole P4 era on my dual PIII/1133 as I really don't like single CPU PCs any more and I'm not gaming. I've now got two Q6600-based PCs which should last a while. I might replace the B3 stepping with an equivalent Penryn but I certainly don't need to.
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you did the wise thing staying away from the P4's:rolleyes:
 
BlairH said:
Northwoods were very decent though! Prescott...not so much.
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It wasn't until the Athlon64 processors that Intel fell behind anyway. Even the Prescotts were very competitive against the regular Athlons (Socket A).
 
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