Intel won't add USB3 or SATA 6gig to their chipset until they're ready to release Lightpeak.
Uh did you read the sandy bridge article? SATA 6gb is already in.
Intel won't add USB3 or SATA 6gig to their chipset until they're ready to release Lightpeak.
The only major disappointment for me in the new platform is the obvious lack of USB 3.0 integrated. It'll still be a great upgrade to get a new mobo with both SATA 6gb and USB 3.0 (with add on chip). That itself is a nice reason to change motherboards, especially if you also plan to get the faster ssds for 2011.
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Everywhere i look i see people saying SB has double the bandwidth of lynnfield's lanes. Is that correct?
If you mean PCI-E lanes. Yes that's correct. Sandy Bridge has 8 pci-e 2.0 lanes at 5GT each. The old platform was only 2.5gt each.
Wouldn't that effectively make them as fast as X16 or am i way off?
Uh did you read the sandy bridge article? SATA 6gb is already in.
I have nothing to upgrade to.
What am I suppose to do?
I hadn't gotten around to reading Anand's yet. I knew SATA 6gig was on it I just didn't know Intel had updated their own chipset for it.
Anandtech's article's are top notch. I don't really read anything else.
I'm just hoping that SB drops the price of the 980x down, even if it is just in the resale market. If I can snag one for around $300 that would be a pretty nice deal and keep me from upgrading for another couple years (been on i7 for about a year an a half so far and still hummin' along).
After the release of Core i7 800 series and 32nm Westmere (1156), Socket 1366 is dead for 99% of users.
I wonder why anyone will even consider to buy a 1366 platform now that SBs are released.
I don't believe they will.
Someone else posted this in another forum and I will tell you what I told them. unless you can find one used on Ebay/forums for a good price that is a dream that will never happen.
If you look at retail pricing for previous extreme edition processors the prices have gone up not down once something faster is released. Intel just doesn't drop prices on those processors ever.
Why is that? Sandy Bridge seems ideal for an enterprise solution.
Why is that? Sandy Bridge seems ideal for an enterprise solution.
Someone else posted this in another forum and I will tell you what I told them. unless you can find one used on Ebay/forums for a good price that is a dream that will never happen.
If you look at retail pricing for previous extreme edition processors the prices have gone up not down once something faster is released. Intel just doesn't drop prices on those processors ever.
Go outside and play?
It's freezing out there and the cars are stored for the Winter.
It's freezing out there and the cars are stored for the Winter.