News Rumour: New socket to replace LGA1366 due in 2011

And the upcoming Phenom II X6 CPUs are AM3. I wouldn't say AMD are struggling by any means. Intel certainly beats them with higher-end CPUs, but AMD is doing well with the lower to mid-range market. The upcoming X6 will only help AMD gain more of this market.

Sorry for being off-topic.

 

however, the Sandy-bridge LGA1155 is confirmed?

 

I'm not planning on upgrading until I finish Uni, and I haven't actually started yet. So in 3 and a bit years I'll begin to think about a total overhaul, may upgrade the GPU eventually, but for now, it runs everything fine.

 

i hope no one is complaining cause i must have the slowest 1066 mbrd and probably the oldest , probably even older than the original 1066 norman conquest when the saxons had thier asses kicked .

 

At Last!

Been waiting for 4 channel / 8 core for the last three years. My next build will be based on it and has been on the drawing board for that long. Just had to wait for released technology to catch up.

I first heard about 4 channel about four years ago and it wasn't brand new then. I reckon all developments are drip-fed to us about five years late so the manufacturers can maximise profits. I bet there is already technology, in the labs, ready for production, at least a hundred times faster than what has already been released.

 

Yeah I hear ya, nice time to retire my 775 P4, shudder, I know. Between this and the hopeful Light Peak tech, I can't wait.

 

you see? this is why i went to am3. amd's range can do the same stuff intel's do. cheaper and same speeds! all intel is doing is charging you an extra $500 AUD for a bit more speed and a new socket that seems even more pointless than the last one to the 775 or 1156 fans who are still worthy to their pc. intel should be getting feedback and opinions from fans and be doing upgrades on what the FANS WANT instead of going with the future. there is still people out there that have even older sockets and are still happy with them!

 

Once the Q6600 hit, I upgraded and purchased the G0 stepping version. Mainly due to recommendations from sites such as Bit-Tech – what a fantastic CPU and for the length of time I had it. Was incredibly good value for money.

Early 2009 I moved onto the i7 920 D0 – once again, due to recommendations made by places like Bit-Tech.

Can’t help but feel I've struck gold twice in a row, purchasing at the right time and getting almost 3 years out of the 1366 platform before 2011 comes along. Oddly, whenever I purchased, RAM has always been at its lowest price also.

I'll be watching places like Bit-Tech carefully when the 2011 comes along, purchasing based on their recommendations as always.

I never want bleeding edge computing, I can't help but feel the benefits of buying such fast components never justify the price tag. Not unless you really need it (Video encoding all day long etc), which 99% of people don't...

From what I've seen over my last two upgrades, there is always that “sweet spot” CPU.. One that offers incredibly good performance, with a very competitive price tag. Which will last you to the next generation with ease, with plenty of room to overclock if required.