[Solved] Need help picking 1156 vs 1366

APPROXIMATE PURCHASE DATE: I will be coming home from Iraq in mid November so around the first of the month i want the parts there when i get home.

SYSTEM
USAGE FROM MOST TO LEAST IMPORTANT: Gaming, Gaming, oh and more Gaming (COD MW2)

PARTS NOT REQUIRED: Monitors, keyboard mouse

PREFERRED WEBSITE(S) FOR PARTS: newegg don't really know any others with the same great service.

PARTS PREFERENCES: no real preference love asus

OVERCLOCKING: Yes / CROSSFIRE: Yes when i purchase another card

MONITOR RESOLUTION: 2@1280x1024, will be 1680x1050 when i pick up 2 monitors later on.

ADDITIONAL COMMENTS: just looking for some good input on which one will last longer and upgrade easier 1156 or 1366 with price and performance. I only used newegg for the parts if there's other places please let me know. i post a couple weeks back my basic system build i was planning on building untill i read some things about the 2 chipsets and its making me lean towards x58. also HD i know people say the f3 is good but can it perform like the raptor and i dont need space. Will the power supply handle 2 5850's. one reason for the evo instead of the pro is dual nic's i always get a lighting storm to knock 1 or both out on the last 3 boards i have had.

The base build is this

Case - COOLER MASTER Storm Scout

Ram - Mushkin Enhanced Blackline 6GB Model #:998679

Cooler - COOLER MASTER Intel Core i7 compatible V8

Thermal - OCZ OCZTFRZTC Freeze Extreme

HD - Western Digital VelociRaptor 150gb

Video - a 5850 not sure which brand being there sold out all the time i plan on buying another in a couple months

Power - OCZ ModXStream Pro OCZ700MXSP 700W


Now for the differences

1156 build

MOBO - ASUS P7P55D EVO LGA 1156

Chip - i7 860

1366 build

MOBO - ASUS Rampage II Extreme LGA 1366

Chip - i7 920

I am purchasing like i said early next week!! the price difference is $140 after mail in's

Core i9 will be 1366, just consider that for your MB when upgrading..

1366 motherboards till now shows more overclocking reliability

i personally have EVGA X58 3x SLI Classified Motherboard, planned to get Core i7 975 ( too much expensive for me i would buy it if i had money) so am going to i7 920 and overclock it to 4.0 GHz maybe with cooler master V8.

at the moment having EVGA GTX 285 FTW 1024 i'll try to save money for the 300's when they come out

You shoud onsider SSD drives at least for your OS partition it will boost everthing out, i have 2x Intel X25-M G2 80 GB planning to put them in RAID 0 ( thank god didn't firmware the TRIM new firmware yet)

1. That works too
2. Triple Channel RAM is for 1366 boards
3. It's ok but it doesn't support crossfire
4. http://www.tomshardware.com/charts [...] ,1013.html

On the Ram i know and on my last post i had the rip jaw ram which one is better the ocz or the rip jaw?

thats cools i am now only hung up on the ram

Just an FYI. I'm currently using the CM Storm Scout and its a very nice case, but very tight inside. Not that you can't fit two cards in it, but I doubt that something like a 5870 would fit in it.

I suggest getting a full tower case that way you're not as limited to the hardware that you can fit in your system.

has anyone bought parts from these sites they are the only ones with xfx 5850's
provantage.com
pcconnection.com
antaresdigital.com