I decided to build a new machine and am shopping for parts right now. The question is 1156 or 1366.
What are your thoughts?
Newegg has a combo deal on the Asus P7P55D-E LX and Core i5-760 for $245 AR.
On the other hand, the ASUS Sabertooth X58 is $180 and the core i7-950 is $200 at MC.
The cost of the 1156 platform makes is more appealing. Is it worth getting the 1366?
I'm planning to run 16GB of RAM (4x4GB), most likely a single 1GB GTX 460 video card, an SSD (not sure which yet, holding out for possible deals) and several large SATA HDDs.
I don't need anything too exotic since I'm not much of a gamer, just a solid, fast and capable machine.
What are your thoughts?
Newegg has a combo deal on the Asus P7P55D-E LX and Core i5-760 for $245 AR.
On the other hand, the ASUS Sabertooth X58 is $180 and the core i7-950 is $200 at MC.
The cost of the 1156 platform makes is more appealing. Is it worth getting the 1366?
I'm planning to run 16GB of RAM (4x4GB), most likely a single 1GB GTX 460 video card, an SSD (not sure which yet, holding out for possible deals) and several large SATA HDDs.
I don't need anything too exotic since I'm not much of a gamer, just a solid, fast and capable machine.