i7 920 or 860?
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Bodaggit23
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Where are those prices at? They must be sale prices.
anyway...Biggest factor, IMO:
Socket 1156/P55 is limited to 16 total lanes PCI-E, so running multiple graphics cards,
you will be limited to 8x/8x and some 1156 boards run the second GPU at 4x.
Not so great for the serious gamer that wants multiple graphics cards.
Not really a factor, as it's been proven not to make that much difference:
Socket 1156 runs Dual Channel memory, compared to Triple Channel memory on the
Socket 1366. At the same time, Triple Channel kits are more expensive than Dual Channel kits.
Not really a factor, as mainstream users seldom use more than a few Gigs:
Most 1366 boards I've seen go up to 24Gigs of memory, while most 1156 boards I've seen only go up to 16Gigs.
So, if you're not a hardcore gamer that wants to run more than one GPU, go for an 1156.
Where are those prices at? They must be sale prices.
Local Microcenter retailers - every day prices :good:
Thanks for the input, not a serious gamer, most use is for photo/video editing/rendering, running multiple apps - prices are microcenter, i was curious as to future proofing my machine (potentially dropping an i9 in later). neweggs price is 288 for the 920 which is why i thought the 199 price at microcenter (ends today) might be something worth jumping on, but if the 1156 was a better future proofing setup, i'd spend the extra few bucks...
Jet
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Definitely go for the i7 920, then buy a 1366 motherboard off of Newegg. I chose the ASRock X58 Extreme (Tomshardware gives it good reviews) and got it open box for $120 (though it's somewhat risky), but the Foxconn Flamingblade is another great alternative for $150 or so. 1366 is going to be around for a very long time, and if you want the i9 later, the 1366 is gonna have it first.
BikerTrash
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Dang, almost worth the trip down to Chicago! $199 is a great deal, when I can get it for that price online, it's mine.
Thats a great deal on that X58 ASrock board, I'm a big fan of ASRock. Did that price come down recently? Pretty sure that board used to be $180+ now it's $160. Thats cheap.
I payed $115 for my P55 pro ASrock 1156 board, and it's a great board. My I5 OC's to 4.2ghz without breaking a sweat, wasn't expecting that with such a cheap board but seems to be really good quality. I'm sure there's more to go I've only had the board for 3 days LOL. Yet again was I impressed with an ASrock board.
I payed $115 for my P55 pro ASrock 1156 board, and it's a great board. My I5 OC's to 4.2ghz without breaking a sweat, wasn't expecting that with such a cheap board but seems to be really good quality. I'm sure there's more to go I've only had the board for 3 days LOL. Yet again was I impressed with an ASrock board.
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How will 1366 be more futureproof?
Intel changes sockets more often than most people wash their car. It's simply here and now, there is no such thing as futureproof more than the other if you atleast getting any I7.
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Bodaggit23
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PCI-E lanes, for SLI.
bomberboysk
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Or crossfire/raid/etc Basically anything pci express
Also, the need for more memory is always growing, and it would be cheaper to get 12gb of memory on an 1366 platform than on a 1156 platform because 4gb dimm's are prohibitively expensive. 1366 is also the platform that the new high end CPU from intel will be on, the i9.
Not necessary. A powerful single card is plenty for his needs (if that, probably just a mid range card going by what he said), plus just anyway 8x/8x can handle 4890's with NO drop in performance whatsoever compared to 16x/16x.
Right now 4gb is plenty for most people. 8gb will be plenty should the need arise until 4gb sticks come down in price.
Haha yeah right, mark my words the I9 will not be on 1366. Thats not intel's way.
Bodaggit23
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For cards now, yes, but in the future, cards may be able to take full advantage of all the lanes... That's what you asked specifically. :good:
bomberboysk
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Lol, i9 is on 1366....didnt you see that there were already people selling ES i9's on ebay?
And like i said, future, key word in futureproofing
It will be awhile until 4gb dimms come down in cost, and the increasing need for memory usually exceeds the rate that memory cost per megabyte decreases.Yup, not this current generation of cards or fermi, but whatever the HD6k from ati or whatever nvidia brings after fermi will definately be bottlenecked.
In the FUTURE, he will always be able to run a powerful single card at 16x
And guess what, after that, there will be PCIe 16x 3.0 so your 1366 board will be obsolete then too.
There is no such thing as future proofing 1156 VS 1366 if you only ever plan to run a single card.
Bodaggit23
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In the FUTURE, he will always be able to run a powerful single card at 16x
And guess what, after that, there will be PCIe 16x 3.0 so your 1366 board will be obsolete then too.
Well, you asked.
Anyway, I don't think that PCI-E 16x 2.0 will become "obsolete" with the introduction of 3.0, since 2.0 didn't render gen 1 obsolete.
1366 has a long road ahead.
