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Which LGA standards will the new broadwell CPU run with?
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bryonhowley
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It would be best to wait for Broadwell to actually come out before buying a motherboard for it. If you are needing to update your PC now then you could update to a 1150 motherboard and CPU with the chance that 1150 will support Broadwell as well.
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According to leaks, Broadwell-K appears to be the only desktop model and requires a modified power specification (new motherboard) possibly due to its 128MB on-board L4 cache / Iris Pro eDRAM or changes to how its VRM works on Intel's 14nm process.
The final specs are still nearly a year away so Intel can very well change their mind before then. As things stand right now though, I would recommend considering Broadwell-K as if it required a new socket. Personally, I would ignore Broadwell altogether and plan around Skylake.
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am not OC-ing my system, any good mobo to intro? along with a cpu. currently am using the i5 2400, with h61 u3s3 mobo.
should i wait or carry on with the upgrade considering the values for it on the market. ?
should i wait or carry on with the upgrade considering the values for it on the market. ?
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Without OC, an i5-4670 would be around 25% faster than your i5-2400, which is definitely NOT worth it IMO.
Unless you add OC or step up to i7 or are currently running into irritating or unbearable CPU-bound usability issues, you can probably wait for Skylake in 2015 or at least the platform (97-series chipsets) refresh with Haswell-Refresh if you cannot wait until Broadwell-K in late-2014.
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