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Haswell?

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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
 
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.
 
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.
 
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.
 
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
 
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. :)
 
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
 
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
 
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.
 
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.
 
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