SNB-E LGA 2011 in Q4'11 or Ivy Bridge LGA in 2H'12?

[natx808]

Its Nearing time to upgrade my 5YO rig

i'm contemplating going to SNB-E when it comes out later this year.

My concern is that intels roadmap doesn't appear to utilize LGA2011 with ivy bridge in the future - is LGA 2011 a dead end platform? In terms of CPU upgrades at least?

I understand Z68 mobos out now will handle Ivy bridge cpus next yea. If the performance of Ivy Bridge is better than SNB-E and possibly less expensive as Ivy Bridge is targeting more mainstream than enthusiast market, what should I do? Or what would you do?

 

[mdd1963]

I don't think the socket 2011 offerings will be all that 'value' oriented, with new X79 mainboards likely rivaling current flagship x58 mb pricing ($300-$500), with 6-8 core cpus at least commanding current $1000+ for the current reigning top-tiered "EE" variants.

Even if SB-E and/or IB are able to outframe current 2500k/2600k offerings, that will not make current cpus suddenly/magically seem slow or inadequate for gaming.

 

[natx808]

Clearly Socket 2011 is geared to the enthusiast crowd. To rephrase my question which chipset should i go with. X79 or Z68 (or ?)

The determining factor for me is: will be a Ivy Bridge-E class of LGA2011 cpus out next year? If Intel has no plans for an Ivy or simular processor on LGA2011, I might have to to with a Z68 now and upgrade to Ivy year. I expect a price drop on regular Sandy Bridge procs once the SNB-E line is released.

It would make sense for Intel to release an Ivy bridge-E class cpu to come out in 2012 supporting LGA2011...but that is my guess.


I'm trying to future proof my rig as much as possible.