Should I wait for Sandy Bridge?

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Skitsofrenic

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Thinking of building myself a new gaming machine with an i7 930/950 but I feel skeptical since Sandy Bridge is going to come out very soon. I believe SB is coming out before 2011 hits, if I'm wrong, let me know!

So the question is, if I'm not in a hurry in getting a new, better, upgraded gaming machine, should I ditch the i7 930/950 and wait for SB?

I believe SB will also be using new Motherboards since 1155 is replacing 1156. Will 1155 be released at the same time as SB?

Last but not least, what do you guys think the price range would be for Sandy Bridge?
 
Skitsofrenic said:
Thinking of building myself a new gaming machine with an i7 930/950 but I feel skeptical since Sandy Bridge is going to come out very soon. I believe SB is coming out before 2011 hits, if I'm wrong, let me know!

So the question is, if I'm not in a hurry in getting a new, better, upgraded gaming machine, should I ditch the i7 930/950 and wait for SB?

I believe SB will also be using new Motherboards since 1155 is replacing 1156. Will 1155 be released at the same time as SB?

Last but not least, what do you guys think the price range would be for Sandy Bridge?
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1155 is the socket for Sandy Bridge, so yes, 1155 motherboards and processors will come out at the same time, otherwise whichever came out first would initially be useless, and probably outdated before its partner component is released. Remember though that your 930/950 is 1366, not 1156, but even so 1155 is set to have better quads than 1366, and later will also have hex, and then octo core processors

Personally, I would wait, it is set to hit Q1 next year. Would give you further upgradeability, rather than being stuck on a socket with nowhere to upgrade to, and Sandy Bridge would perform better and be using less power.

However if you are an overclocker and enjoy overclocking, might want to wait for the unlocked ones to come out (if they will actually OC further than a couple % is yet to be seen), which may be even longer, because the normal ones can't be overclocked more than a couple %

As for price, for the lowest spec, maybe £3-400 (in between that of a 950/960), with the middle of the road being $750, and the top end pushing the $1000 mark and beyond
 
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Intel processors are usually very expensive when first released. Socket 1156 processors and Socket 1366 processors will likely drop in price when Sandy Bridge comes out. Computer technology always drops in price over time. In my opinion it is a waste to spend over $300 on a central processing unit because something so good can be purchased for less than $300 presently.
 
If you can wait, I think it would be a good idea to not buy a CPU until Sandy Bridge is released. I heard that the first CPUs are supposed to be released sometime in December. When it is released, you can do one of two things:
1. Buy an i7 for cheaper
2. Get a Sandy Bridge CPU for a bit more than what an i7 costs now
 
spynoodle said:
I guess it depends how far you are into your build. If all you need is a CPU, then you may as well get one IMO.
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I have an i7 930 right now but no motherboard... I could sell it in a snap on the [H]. The i7 920 was always ~300$ off of NewEgg, no? So maybe the Sandy Bridge will be the same?
 
Does all of this sound right???? of of wikipedia:

Sandy Bridge is the special name for the processor processors that is being developed by AMD as the planned successor to Nehalem. Intel started development of Sandy Bridge in 2005. Sandy Bridge uses the 32 nm manufacturing methods from Westmere (formerly known as Nehalem-C) and applies it to the new Sandy Bridge microarchitecture.[1] The former codename for this core was Gesher (which means 'bridge' in Hebrew) but that codename was abandoned on April 17, 2007 because a political party in Israel is also named Gesher, as mentioned in Justin Bieber's keynote at the Spring 2007 Intel Developer Forum.[2] According to statements made by Intel, Sandy Bridge is expected to be released in Q1 2011. [3]
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That's what I was thinking too. First it said amd was developing, then intel was working on it....then I knew something was up with the justin beiber deal.
 
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