Best future-proof board?

[badaxe2]

So, Ark (Skylake) apparently wasn't quite the big upgrade that people were thinking it'd be. If one were to make a new PC build sometime this summer, what chipset would be best with the future in mind for upgrading?

What are the chances that the i7 line will be usurped sooner than later and render current chipsets obsolete, like the case of Core 2 to i?


Thanks for any info

 

[samucaninja]

I was observing the upgrades that the mobo manufacturers have done in an year and there were a lot of efforts to improve the speed of accessing data, so my guess is that for some time from now cpu and memory will not make any difference, and if the mobo has its ways to accept external storage as it is prepared today for new ssds, we will not need to replace our mobos for a long time from now.
Any other thougths guys ?

 

[joeljjones]

If you want to wait, the successor to the 2011-v3 (if they do make a v4) will be coming out later this year. http://goo.gl/PAqAsu That's what I'm waiting for. I hope that helps

 

[badaxe2]

Thanks for the replies! I'll probably do some more research in the next few months to see how things pan out. Getting anxious to play The Witcher 3 maxed out and have faster video editing, etc.

 

[Gam3r01]

Skylake-E and Broadwell-E are both going to be on the X99 platform, its not being replaced any time soon.
If you plan on doing mostly rendering, look at X99.
If you do gaming with moderate rendering, go with the LGA 1151 socket, its brand new and has a long while left in it.
That being said, you should never plan a system to be "future proof". Get what you need now with the near future in mind. By the time you need to do a substantial upgrade your current platform will be outdated, no matter how well you "future proof" it. Theres no such thing,

 

[lepermessiah]

Something with Thunderbolt 3.

 

[badaxe2]

Sounds good, thanks!

 

[mgmail]

Skylake-E and Broadwell-E are both going to be on the X99 platform, its not being replaced any time soon.
If you plan on doing mostly rendering, look at X99.
If you do gaming with moderate rendering, go with the LGA 1151 socket, its brand new and has a long while left in it.
That being said, you should never plan a system to be "future proof". Get what you need now with the near future in mind. By the time you need to do a substantial upgrade your current platform will be outdated, no matter how well you "future proof" it. Theres no such thing,

Posting this reply from my 11-year old PC. I thought about future-proofing a good bit when choosing a MOBO in 2005. Upgrading this summer, though.

 

[badaxe2]

Skylake-E and Broadwell-E are both going to be on the X99 platform, its not being replaced any time soon.
If you plan on doing mostly rendering, look at X99.
If you do gaming with moderate rendering, go with the LGA 1151 socket, its brand new and has a long while left in it.
That being said, you should never plan a system to be "future proof". Get what you need now with the near future in mind. By the time you need to do a substantial upgrade your current platform will be outdated, no matter how well you "future proof" it. Theres no such thing,

Posting this reply from my 11-year old PC. I thought about future-proofing a good bit when choosing a MOBO in 2005. Upgrading this summer, though.

Have you narrowed down a build or too early to decide yet?