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hold off building any 1156/1366 socket system

Intel has never been known for supporting old hardware platforms so I don't know why you are shocked/angry by this so if you buy Intel and your a hardware enthusasit then you acept that when it's time to upgrade you will be buying a new motherboard.

I'm saying you have to like it or that I'm a fan of Intel's chipset strategy it's just the way it is and I've grown to acept this. If it bothers you that much then I suggest buying an AM3 system as AMD consistely tries to make it's new products backward compabilile with older platforms.
 
If you want cutting edge hardware then prepare to totally upgrade cpu, mainboard and maybe even your ram every couple of years on average.

Otherwise upgrade when your software requires it... personally i manage just fine on the system in my sig and it runs everything i want to amazingly well.

When something comes along that my system cannot handle then i will look at getting new gear. If you are rich or have lots of spare cash then go mad, but remember it costs to stay with the "in" crowd ;)
 
sorry they are replacing my chipset in 2011 oh noes

i hope it still works after then

will all the work i've done in the 18 months previous go to waste? </sarcasm>

but seriously i don't tend to upgrade CPU on its own if i want a new system i will buy mobo at the same time.
 
arknor said:
but its how far around the corner it is that matters.

anyone buying 1156/1366 top end now would be crazy
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Anyone buying s1156 top end (p55 + i7 870) is crazy. (but i3 dual core/ i5 quad does make a lot of sense)

However, the s1366/X58 is the enthusiast level Intel platform and will not be displaced by the first wave of Sandy bridge. It will remain Intel top-dog until Q3 2011. If you expect someone who wants a high level of performance now and is willing to pay for it - good luck convincing them to wait for 15-18 months.
 
cmndr_andi said:
Anyone buying s1156 top end (p55 + i7 870) is crazy. (but i3 dual core/ i5 quad does make a lot of sense)

However, the s1366/X58 is the enthusiast level Intel platform and will not be displaced by the first wave of Sandy bridge. It will remain Intel top-dog until Q3 2011. If you expect someone who wants a high level of performance now and is willing to pay for it - good luck convincing them to wait for 15-18 months.
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if it was a matter of next week or maybe even month I would wait but I don't see much point tbh as everyone else said (plus this is about 15 to 18 months away so up to a year and a half) and that's if they are on time and thats before you go into the problems of price for new products.
altough yeh why someone gets the s1156 top end I don't know.
 
I've almost always bought my hardware thinking about the possibility of upgrading in the future, and i've never once bothered to upgrade the CPU, always end up waiting until there's a big enough performance jump and go with a whole new machine from scratch, meaning the socket type was irrelevant the whole time. Usually the only thing that gets upgraded during my PC lifecycle is the gfx card.
 
Think I'll take the plunge anyway.

Over a year away for the EOL and my other half has her eyes on the current system :D
 
arknor said:
but its how far around the corner it is that matters.

anyone buying 1156/1366 top end now would be crazy
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Oh Noes. Intel are bringing out a new socket in just under a years time with a new chipset, let's go AMD! :rolleyes:

Just think. If you constantly waited for new tech you'd never buy. I'd say socket 1366 will still be around until 2012 at least and even then, if you want a new cpu you generally buy a new processor aswell...
 
lets remember that intel are bringing out the lower price 6 core chips too on 1366.

6 cores of 4ghz i7 tech

who needs more than that for the next 18 months?

:D
 
LinktoInsanity said:
Oh Noes. Intel are bringing out a new socket in just under a years time with a new chipset, let's go AMD! :rolleyes:

Just think. If you constantly waited for new tech you'd never buy. I'd say socket 1366 will still be around until 2012 at least and even then, if you want a new cpu you generally buy a new processor aswell...
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i never said lets go amd i said its a bad time to buy high end intel and is.

its never a good time to buy high end when a chipset is at the end of its life
 
So say I'm looking to build at some point between now and say September, it would be best to wait for the new socket? Will the new socket have a new chip-set too? Or would an i5 still be worth going for?
 
Knightinator said:
So say I'm looking to build at some point between now and say September, it would be best to wait for the new socket? Will the new socket have a new chip-set too? Or would an i5 still be worth going for?
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I suppose it depends on how much you need a new PC and how long you are prepared to wait. Quarter 1 2011 could be January, or it could be March. Also, if there are any problems Intel may revise their roadmap and delay the launch until even later.

What do you use your system for and what are its current specs? How do you find your current system is handling your workload?

The sandy bridge chip will definitely be a new chipset and socket as they will be radically different from current Nahalem architecture CPUs like the i5.
 
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