Lga 2011 vs 1155 ?

[silliconcrayon]

From the point of view of future upgrading .. which motherboard should I be considering ? LGA 2011 or LGA 1155 or LGA 1366 ? Yes I will be gaming most of it .. and rendering is second best thing I'll be doing but lets just not take that in accounts also don't mention the money stuffs ... .. I just want to know weather LGA 1155 have scope in future too ? or it'll be dead with time ?

 

[neon neophyte]

technically lga 2011 can handle more cores. so it is supposed to be more futureproof. realistically i would put money down on intel releasing a new chipset before more cores are released into the mainstream and usable by mainstream programs.

 

[bignastyid]

Socket 2011 X79 is going to support ivy bridge-e cpus which are suppose to have upto 12 physical cores. Ivy bridge-e is supposedly being released q3 13. This is one of the reasons I went with socket 2011 over 1155. Quad channel memory support was a factor aswell. If it was just for gaming 1155 would be just fine but I use my system for work and pleasure.

 

[silliconcrayon]

can you suggest any cheap LGa 2011 mobo ? around 190-200 $ ?

 

[bignastyid]

Its a bit over but its from a quality manufacture. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131855&name=Intel-Motherboards

 

[Kamen_BG]

This motherboard is slightly inferior to the Asus P9X79 but it's quite a bit cheaper and overclocks just as well.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813130635&nm_mc=AFC-C8Junction&cm_mmc=AFC-C8Junction-_-Motherboards%20-%20Intel-_-MSI-_-13130635&AID=10440897&PID=3938566&SID=

 

[InvalidError]

Haswell should be out before IB-E comes out, which is going to make IB-E feel somewhat obsolete before it even comes out.

Since the performance difference between SB-E and IB-E will likely be very similar to SB vs IB, there won't be much of a performance gain to be made from upgrading on LGA2011 unless consumer LGA2011 Ivy Bridge ends up having more cores, which seems unlikely.

So IMO, LGA2011 does not have much more of a future than LGA1155 does unless you do not mind plunking $300-600 on a 7% upgrade.

 

[mubin]

Go with lga 1155 for gaming and editing. Pick a i7-3770k which will do gaming and editing for you.

For 2011, you need a very high budget. Tight budget will not be good for this high end system.

 

[Jay-Z]

Personally, a z77 board with a i7 2600k would game and render like a boss (if your GPU was up to it). Spending the extra on 2011 is only worth it if you are going for some extreme 3930k build which would cost $2500 or more.

 

[IntelEnthusiast]

The main advantage to the 2011 processors is the support for quad channel memory and the increased number of PCI-E lanes over both the "6" series and the "7" for socket 1155. The problem is that unless you are going to be using heavily SLI or Xfire of 3 or more cards or have a memory intensive application there isnt a lot of value for socket 2011 except extra cores which may not be used on your applications.

 

[silliconcrayon]

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