socket 1156 questions.

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Now im curious, after forking out some money on socket 1156 gear, will there be future processors for this socket such as the i9?

it would seem a bit of a waste otherwise. I cant seem to find any news regarding this on the internet.
 
I expect so. Intel have said they're planning for it to become their mainstream platform for the foreseeable future. It makes sense from intel's point of view: in 6 months or a year's time release a bunch of new chips for 1156 users, rather than have to design a whole new chipset and socket when the release something new.

Socket 1366 is geared towards the high-end crowd who have to have all the latest hardware. Once a technology is 6 months or a year old, and the price starts to drop to levels most of us can afford..... then it'll be released for socket 1156.
 
I would expect one more batch-generation to come out on the 1156 socket, the rest after that will be 1366 and up. High-end or not, the 1366 is still newer tech and will be supported more than the "mainstream" in the future I would have thought. Expect some higher clocked i5s or the p55 i7s but that's about it, I would nearly bet money that the next lot of CPUs with more than 4 cores would not be compatible on 1156.
 
No the future of sk1156 was already decided just after its release.The most powerful CPU you're gonna be able to install on it is the i7 860.There aren't anymore CPUs coming out on this socket.Intel will start to focus on sk1366 especially now when the 6-Core i9 is coming out.Sk1156 should last at least 2-2 1/2 years until it becomes outdated.
 
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Im not arsed either way.. but im pretty sure the current fastest CPU for the socket wont be the last.
 
Ast3r said:
No the future of sk1156 was already decided just after its release.The most powerful CPU you're gonna be able to install on it is the i7 860.There aren't anymore CPUs coming out on this socket.Intel will start to focus on sk1366 especially now when the 6-Core i9 is coming out.Sk1156 should last at least 2-2 1/2 years until it becomes outdated.
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They just say stuff like that to encourage people to go with the more expensive stuff.

If anything, I can see 1366 becoming obsolete first.... when some new technology comes into play, Intel are going to want to get it on their "cutting edge" platform first. If the current socket can't handle the new tech, it'll get scrapped straight away.
 
Fairly sure from what I heard last year that there are no long term plans for S1156 as a platform for new processors. Didn't stop me buying one though, as in well over 10 years of upgrading I've never bought a cpu without also buying a mobo anyway.

My attitude is, if you are waiting a couple of years between upgrades, the chances are that by the time you do, technology will have moved on and simply slapping a new cpu in, even if available, will leave your system lacking in other areas, whether that be chipset performance, memory support, mobo 'features' etc etc. Not always but 'future proofing' is more something for serial upgraders who are constantly changing their system to think about.

1998: Celeron 300a on Slot1
2000: P3-650E on s370
2002: P4-1.6A on s478
2004: Secondhand 3000+ on s754, only did it because it was cheap, probably a silly move in hindsight, sold it for a small loss the next year
2005: Venice 3000+ on s939
2007: C2D E4300 on s775
2009: i5-750 on s1156

^Those sockets were either pretty much dead by the time I upgraded, or would have left me with something not really up to scratch. Yeah, so maybe I could have dropped a quad on the s775 platform, but it would still have been well off the pace of a 4.2ghz i5 which wasn't too expensive given the MSI mobo launch deals (also nforce 650i chipset wasn't the best for clocking quads).
 
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