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Old Jul 24, 2011, 04:49 AM   #8
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Originally Posted by lilhasselhoffer View Post
What?

Seriously?

The Sandy Bridge series trumps the 1366 in almost every way right now. Price, performance, and an actual upgrade path. 1366 is functionally dead. Either wait 5 months for socket 2011, or a little while longer (no exact date, other than "soon") for bulldozer. Spending any substantial amount of money on 1366 is like lighting it on fire.
That's what I'm thinking (just not as strongly) but I wanted to make sure That's why on the 2nd line of my OP I said I THINK this is the way to go (waiting).

thanks for the opinion
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