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LGA 1356... really?

i seriously hope it's just outdated info that was never updated. give me a break intel. i can't keep changing sockets! give us another LGA 775 that lasts forever!
 
Doesn't shock me, Intel is just abusing the system now.

If AMD did one thing right with BD, it was sticking with AM3 as the socket, hopefully the next version of the architecture will do the same so I can upgrade without breaking the bank.
 
RavenSEAL said:
Doesn't shock me, Intel is just abusing the system now.

If AMD did one thing right with BD, it was sticking with AM3 as the socket, hopefully the next version of the architecture will do the same so I can upgrade without breaking the bank.
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Piledriver is also AM3+


I hate Intel's constant socket change.
 
S775 might have lasted a long time, but you were SOL if you wanted good processors in the early boards. First you had to upgrade for Pentium D, then for Core 2, then for 45nm Core 2, then 45nm Core 2 Quad. Jeebus - I think of all the S775 boards I had a later one - a P31 - that could run the gammut. Granted, that was the socket/chipset for a couple years, but there were/are a lot of S775 boards that are basically worthless.
 
RavenSEAL said:
Doesn't shock me, Intel is just abusing the system now.

If AMD did one thing right with BD, it was sticking with AM3 as the socket, hopefully the next version of the architecture will do the same so I can upgrade without breaking the bank.
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BD is AM3+ not AM3. Thats one of the things that pissed me off so much since AMD originally announced it would be AM3 compatable.
 
blckgrffn said:
S775 might have lasted a long time, but you were SOL if you wanted good processors in the early boards. First you had to upgrade for Pentium D, then for Core 2, then for 45nm Core 2, then 45nm Core 2 Quad. Jeebus - I think of all the S775 boards I had a later one - a P31 - that could run the gammut. Granted, that was the socket/chipset for a couple years, but there were/are a lot of S775 boards that are basically worthless.
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Yeah, I dunno why some of us here are always moaning about changing sockets. They are so few cases that a drop-in CPU would make sense for a well-thought out existing build and new mobos aren't even that expensive to start with at ~$100. Unless they insist buying $300+ mobos for every new CPU then all I can say is: deal with it.
 
StrangerGuy said:
Yeah, I dunno why some of us here are always moaning about changing sockets. They are so few cases that a drop-in CPU would make sense for a well-thought out existing build and new mobos aren't even that expensive to start with at ~$100. Unless they insist buying $300+ mobos for every new CPU then all I can say is: deal with it.
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Yea, I generally like to keep my old computers functional so needing to change sockets never an issue for me.
 
I dont mind Intel changing sockets. I do not like to buy a new CPU to use on old mobo, old chipset which may not take full advantage of all the new CPUs features. Even if there was a bios compat update. They dont introduce new chipsets for new CPUs for nothing.
 
amenx said:
I dont mind Intel changing sockets. I do not like to buy a new CPU to use on old mobo, old chipset which may not take full advantage of all the new CPUs features. Even if there was a bios compat update. They dont introduce new chipsets for new CPUs for nothing.
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when AMD did it with their AM2+/AM3 phenom chips, it was nice being able to use the chips on the older DDR2 motherboards. performance difference was virtually identical and an end user couldn't tell the difference between DDR2 & DDR3.
 
blckgrffn said:
S775 might have lasted a long time, but you were SOL if you wanted good processors in the early boards. First you had to upgrade for Pentium D, then for Core 2, then for 45nm Core 2, then 45nm Core 2 Quad. Jeebus - I think of all the S775 boards I had a later one - a P31 - that could run the gammut. Granted, that was the socket/chipset for a couple years, but there were/are a lot of S775 boards that are basically worthless.
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agreed, s775 had a lot of ho-hum early CPUs and was ultimately defined by its plethora of chipsets, it didn't really matter that the socket lasted forever because it was more than likely you either had to or would want to upgrade the entire motherboard anyway because of a newer and vastly improved chipset. Really the platform as a whole wasn't truly noteworthy until P35, but even then there was eventually X38, P45 and X48 to entice us into continually upgrading our motherboards up until the end of s775

really it just goes to show how amazingly awesome s1366 and X58 has been and has spoiled us. I'm sure there are still plenty of extremely happy campers who decided to pull the trigger and become an early adopter of an i7 920 rig with an X58 motherboard around this time in 2008 and are still more than content with the level of performance they have to this day. Throw in the occasional DDR3 upgrades/expansions and maybe a 5800 series card at the end of 2009 and we're looking at what had to have been one of the most future-resistant platforms of all time.

Socket 939 might have had a similar run if AMD would have never bothered with s754 in the first place.
 
Rifterut said:
BD is AM3+ not AM3. Thats one of the things that pissed me off so much since AMD originally announced it would be AM3 compatable.
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that is something which pissed me off too which is why I upgraded one of my computers to intel core i3 2120 which has served me well. will probably keep my am3 computer with my amd athlon ii x3 455 until sometime next year.
 
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