LGA 2011 platform's end, why not buy?

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I've read several people's posts advising to avoid the 2011s because their cycle is coming to a close. I don'd understand this.

First off, doesn't the end of a cycle mean that the 2011s have been worked, reworked, and (provided they weren't compromised) worked some more? That's a good thing in my eyes.

I've learned the hard way to avoid first gen anything, and though the haswells show some decent benchmarks, I am not impressed with the motherboards available nor the cpu's themselves.

I'm hoping to use my next build for 4-5 years, so no matter what I get, it will be a dinosaur by 2019. I'm okay with it provided the tech is survives.

Second question (and I know this is highly subjective): which will give me room for minimal upgrades down the road, the 2011s or 1150s (or 1155, whichever haswell is)? the x79 sabertooth has a 5 year warranty on it, and i just don't see the features yet for haswell to make it convincing. i am, however, a novice at best with computer savviness so I am aware of the fact that there are myriad variables I am not taking into consideration.

 
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as kristianAA said, the 2011 motherboard is for people needing more PCI lanes.
So unless you want 3 GPUs or anything else that need a PCIE 2.0/3.0 a 1150/1155 is more than enough.
The thing is, noone really can "future-proof" a build, because alot can change.
You might end up needing to upgrade your GPU after 2 or 3 year to still be able to play on max, I dont believe there are going to be any huge CPU improvement the next couple of years. (anything lese than the regular, less power usage, better iGPU and such)

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as kristianAA said, the 2011 motherboard is for people needing more PCI lanes.
So unless you want 3 GPUs or anything else that need a PCIE 2.0/3.0 a 1150/1155 is more than enough.
The thing is, noone really can "future-proof" a build, because alot can change.
You might end up needing to upgrade your GPU after 2 or 3 year to still be able to play on max, I dont believe there are going to be any huge CPU improvement the next couple of years. (anything lese than the regular, less power usage, better iGPU and such)
 
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Socket 2011 CPUs also have up to 6 cores and 12 threads so if the OP is doing something that is very CPU intensive, then going the 2011 may not be a bad idea.

However, for gaming purposes, you will not get much of a benefit. The one exception would if you are going to record your gameplay where two physical cores and a few of thread Hyper Threads can be used to do the encoding while you have 4 cores devoted to the game.
 

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all sound advice and i've begun researching the 1150 and 1155 boards. part of my interest in getting a board that i can build on is not so much to "future-proof" the system but more to push the odds in my favor. lots can change, but if i can throw another gpu or two in the system to keep it chugging along i'm alright shelling out a bit more now.

are there any companies to be avoided outright? i personally keep from msi, based on nothing other than their ads insulting my intelligence. if you need to display cute girls cladly dressed with your tech then it says to me you only want cursory understanding of their workmanship.

thanks all!