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Intel Sandy Bridge to Introduce New Sockets, Chipsets, Reorganize Platform Further

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It's a bummer, since I am a late 1366 adopter, but honestly, how many of us enthusiasts that buy top end hardware actually end up keeping the same mobo for years and years? Even if they kept the same socket, and just released a new chipset, we were still likely to buy a new mobo with our 8 core cpu anyway.

I hate to admit it, and it leaves me feeling a little burnt, but the truth is, it doesn't really effect me that much.

it shouldn't as you've got a thousand bucks processor which should (if ya don't kill it :laugh:) last for years

i'm still going to get an i7 processor and mobo sometime this year why ?
well i haven't upgraded in about 7 years :eek::wtf::shadedshu so hopefully the new i7
will last just as long as my current system has, which by then there might be a 24 core processor out
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im sad but this is going to stop me from spending for a while lol
 
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sweet

s775 --> s2011 4 me :D
 
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1366 -> 2011 for me ! ^_^

3 years is great, sucks for those who jumped on the Tylersburg/Bloomfield wagon much much later, tho they shouldnt complain, they didn't pay through the nose like us early adopters did!!

the good news is, I will not be going gulftown from my 920 haha, i mean, whats the point, if you know its going to be super seeded in a year you'd be crazy to spend such money on a cpu and find out its not future proof.

I am surprised that the x68 & cpus will have DMI, the x58 (AFAIK) are all QPI, so... Intels dropping quick-path interconnect as the exclusive for their top performance platforms :confused:
 
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The more frequently Intel releases new [incompatible] sockets/platforms, the more AMD systems I will be building for my customers, and for myself. A good upgrade path can be a strong selling point for informed builders/buyers.
 
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2 new sockets?

Fuck this, I'm outta here.
 
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yea it does seem really soon. i mean how long did LGA775 last? like 5yrs? 2004 is earliest i remember it, could be wrong and intel has still released CPU's for it recently. So seeing it live this long, people get used to that n then expect the next socket to do the same. Which imo they will, i think this is just an informing of what's to come. These socket changes won't happen Q1 2011 or anything.
 
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it's the same thing with windows..
Xp lasted too long and people had forgotten hoe regularly OSs changed..
same story different product.
 
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i :love: my Q6600 :)

LGA2011, my savings starts with my first paycheck
 
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my girlfriend just happened to be listening to "Tik Tok" by Kesha when I read this :laugh:
 

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Intel is getting carried away. But can you blame them? They are in business to make money.

However the I7 1366 platform is more than sufficent the next couple of years. When Windows OS, games and programs I use start utilizing multi-cores and multi threads a little more efficiently there is really no need for an upgrade.

Just a waste of money at this point.
 
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Intel is getting carried away. But can you blame them? They are in business to make money.

However the I7 1366 platform is more than sufficent the next couple of years. When Windows OS, games and programs I use start utilizing multi-cores and multi threads a little more efficiently there is really no need for an upgrade.

Just a waste of money at this point.

This is only a waste of money if the user is suffering from Upgrading OCD.
 

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This is only a waste of money if the user is suffering from Upgrading OCD.

Well imagine all the people on P4's who might want to upgrade. The way I see it is if you didn't get core i7 you should get Sandy Bridge and if you got core i7 it would be sensible to get the next iteration. Not sure if that makes sense.
 
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Well imagine all the people on P4's who might want to upgrade. The way I see it is if you didn't get core i7 you should get Sandy Bridge and if you got core i7 it would be sensible to get the next iteration. Not sure if that makes sense.

Makes perfect sense.

Just would be nice if Sandy Bridge chips were on a compatible platform, considering the more simple offerings of Intel's competitor.
 

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Intel=Nvidia 2 companies that force you to upgrade and cant stand any form of competition

I don't see how nVidia forces anyone to upgrade. Can you elaborate on that some more please?
 

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Makes perfect sense.

Just would be nice if Sandy Bridge chips were on a compatible platform, considering the more simple offerings of Intel's competitor.

I think if intel could, they would but the had to reorganise the whole socket in order for sandy bridge to work.
 
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i :love: my Q6600 :)

LGA2011, my savings starts with my first paycheck

here here :toast:. i too love my q6600. at 3.4ghz, it still runs games fine for me. I'll upgrade my graphic card before my CPU.

It's ridiculous how long multi-core chips have been out; dual, tri, quad, now hexa, and applications still aren't optimized for multi-core/threads. programmers need to step up and at least optimize CPU usage. Look at Valve, they did a great job on multi-core rendering with TF2 and L4D.
 
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I gave up Intel with the 775 switch to 1366...

Amd has made some switchs in that time too..But they have mostly been compatible..
So when Bulldozer comes out I'll switch to that..and never go Intel again..
To many sockets in so little time...It is BS..Some are willing to accept it I'm not
 
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Apparently the 1155 dual cores will have a tdp of 35w, and no processor will have a tdp over 45 (probably quads). So I'm guessing 6+ core procs won't be available for it.
 

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That's what Intel gets for moving the North Bridge to the CPU--constant socket upgrades.
 
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Is there no way for Intel to create a modular platform that can provide buses, links, sockets, etc. that can span many generations? And what do they gain by releasing two sockets at a time, and so close to the last two? Product line/platform differentiation? Is it that valuable?
 

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The main reasons are voltage, DIMM slots, and south bridge. Putting a processor in a motherboard that don't have the correct pinage for those things, something is going to get damaged. They change the sockets to make sure those mistakes don't have a chance of happening.

LGA-2011 = quad-channel, two-way
LGA-1366 = tri-channel, two-way
LGA-1156 = dual-channel, one-way

I'm not sure why they are changing 1156 to 1155 though, it could be voltages.
 

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it shouldn't as you've got a thousand bucks processor which should (if ya don't kill it :laugh:) last for years

i'm still going to get an i7 processor and mobo sometime this year why ?
well i haven't upgraded in about 7 years :eek::wtf::shadedshu so hopefully the new i7
will last just as long as my current system has, which by then there might be a 24 core processor out
that will :nutkick: my eyes brain and wallet:laugh::D

That's a big, BIG if. lol
 
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