whoes upgrading to socket 2011 when its out and what are you upgrading from ??

I will be upgrading from a QX6700 on an Asus P5QL-E with 16GB RAM. I recently upgraded my GPU from a GTX 275 to a GTX 560 Ti which helped a lot in BF3, but even at 3.2GHz the old workhorse is a bottleneck. It's also a chore to run more than two virtual machines due to the lack of cores, which has limited my ability to build a test lab. The QX6700 is still a decent processor, but it's time for me to move on.

I had initially planned to get an i7-3930k but my lack of patience got the better of me yesterday, so I ordered an i7-3960x and an Asus P9X79 Pro. I purchased four Corsair Vengeance 8GB kits when they were on a "this week only" offer in October, so I'll have 32GB of RAM to play with. I paid roughly the same for the new kit as I did for my QX6700 setup back in January 2007. Other than a few GPU upgrades (8800GTX died, GTX 275 wasn't up to BF3) and a move to SSD, it's the same system, which means I got nearly 5 years out of it.

While I can't deny that an element of bragging rights influenced my choices, what I'm really hoping to achieve is the same sort of longevity I got out of my QX6700.
 
I dont see why people would buy new things and not use them.

I have my old X58 UD5 sat on a shelf cos no one wanted it for £99 :x

I'll probably sell it together with my I7 920 for £150 should the 980 / 990x get reduced soon :)
 
Surveyor said:
Excuse me for saying so but that does seem a bit of a mad thing to do.

Either get the benefit of the new components now or buy when Windows 8 is released.
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Well I won't purchase my SSD probably until the January Sales; I believe Windows 8 will be ready by then. It just makes migrating from system to another easier, not that I have had any problems running Beta versions except for Vista which I avoided totally because of driver compatibility issues. Tbh I am not in any way dissatisfied with my current system it just that come April 2010 I will have been running the same chip and board for 3 years which is too long IMO, Mores Law and all that. My aim is to experience as bigger jump as I did when moving from dual to quad core.
 
mayebaza said:
Well I won't purchase my SSD probably until the January Sales; I believe Windows 8 will be ready by then.
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You're going to have a lot longer wait than that unless you're suggesting you're going to run a Beta version.

The various stories on the net suggest mid/late/autumn 2012 as the release date.
 
Well if its out at the end of this month and work out the same price as a i5 2500k system, I might aswel cos Im upgrading at the end of the month.. Plus it has to be as fast as a i5 2500k.
 
Surveyor said:
You're going to have a lot longer wait than that unless you're suggesting you're going to run a Beta version.

The various stories on the net suggest mid/late/autumn 2012 as the release date.
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I think that's what I said said previously, that I am a Beta tester. I ran Windows 7 for nine months previous to its release.
 
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