How long will lga 1155 last after haswell launch

[FearfulSPARTAN]

Hi, right now I have a h61 mobo with a core i3-2105 but want to upgrade to a quad core later this year. I should just buy a new board and go with haswell but I really dont want to spend that much which is why I was wondering if I just buy a ivy bridge quad and waited 6-12 months will there still be any lga 1155 motherboards still around or are they phased out quickly. I just want to have sata 3 and usb 3.0 since I dont plan to upgrade my cpu for 3-4 years probably.

 

[Face2Face]

Hi, right now I have a h61 mobo with a core i3-2105 but want to upgrade to a quad core later this year. I should just buy a new board and go with haswell but I really dont want to spend that much which is why I was wondering if I just buy a ivy bridge quad and waited 6-12 months will there still be any lga 1155 motherboards still around or are they phased out quickly. I just want to have sata 3 and usb 3.0 since I dont plan to upgrade my cpu for 3-4 years probably.

I would just buy a used ivy bridge here on the forums or visit a microcenter if you live near one. I'm sure some people will want to unload them when Haswell becomes available. Pretty sure Haswell is not going to be much faster than Ivy.

EDIT: I realized you said you wanted USB 3.0 and Sata III, something your mobo does not currently have. If you are going to replace your mobo then maybe Haswell might be a better option. Of course you can buy expansion cards if you really want those two technologies.

 

[Sheep221]

I assume that new mobos and some CPUs continue to be sold at least in next 2 years and used for many many years to come.

 

[FearfulSPARTAN]

I would just buy a used ivy bridge here on the forums or visit a microcenter if you live near one. I'm sure some people will want to unload them when Haswell becomes available. Pretty sure Haswell is not going to be much faster than Ivy.

EDIT: I realized you said you wanted USB 3.0 and Sata III, something your mobo does not currently have. If you are going to replace your mobo then maybe Haswell might be a better option. Of course you can buy expansion cards if you really want those two technologies.

True, but iv also heard that expansion cards are not that great. Iv been considering going with ivy bridge if haswell is not much of an improvement and while I really dont care about usb 3.0 I would like to have sata 3. With cpu performance jumps as little as they are I figured I will probably stick with an i5 for 3-4 years or so and thought I should get a board with these features.

 

[ElFenix]

a new ivy isn't likely to be significantly cheaper than haswell. intel has price points that it likes to hit. stuff doesn't get discounted much beyond that, for the most part. just go look at nehalem generation processor prices on newegg. they're still high.

so, unless you're going with a used setup that someone is offloading (of which i think there will be few as haswell probably won't be a worthwhile upgrade for 99.99% of ivy owners), a new quad ivy and board won't save you much, if anything, over an equivalent haswell and board.

 

[xeledon20005]

is haswell not going to be socket lga 1155?

 

[dave_the_nerd]

is haswell not going to be socket lga 1155?

New socket. (LGA1150 / Socket H.)

Also worth nothing - BGA soldered parts.

http://www.tomshardware.com/news/Intel-Haswell-BGA-LGA-Socket,21917.html

Welcome to the future.

 

[ElFenix]

New socket. (LGA1150 / Socket H.)

Also worth nothing - BGA soldered parts.

http://www.tomshardware.com/news/Intel-Haswell-BGA-LGA-Socket,21917.html

Welcome to the future.

there's ivy bga parts. this is much ado about nothing.

 

[crashtech]

As much as I have tried to get people to upgrade, most treat their PCs like throwaways. Some BGA selections make sense for people like that, imo. It's obviously an unpalatable choice for most of us enthusiasts, but we are a minority.

 

[Meghan54]

New socket. (LGA1150 / Socket H.)

Also worth nothing - BGA soldered parts.

http://www.tomshardware.com/news/Intel-Haswell-BGA-LGA-Socket,21917.html

Welcome to the future.

I'm supposing dave didn't even bother reading what he linked. 3 cpus out of the 17 that were listed are to be BGA....not exactly like the sky has fallen.

I'd go try crying wolf somewhere else, dave.

 

[ShintaiDK]

New socket. (LGA1150 / Socket H.)

Also worth nothing - BGA soldered parts.

http://www.tomshardware.com/news/Intel-Haswell-BGA-LGA-Socket,21917.html

Welcome to the future.

And this is not correct. Broadwell, Skylake, Skymont will be LGA for sure.

 

[FearfulSPARTAN]

And this is not correct. Broadwell, Skylake, Skymont will be LGA for sure.

Actually if broadwell is confirmed to be lga as well then I might hold on to my i3 one more year but last I knew it was still on track to be bga only.

 

[SPBHM]

I think the transition will be pretty quick during the next 6 months, for Z chipsets, and i5/i7... if you consider how quickly it moved from sandy to ivy bridge (apart from i3s and lower) once they were out...