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1155 vs 1366

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fr0sty

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I'm in the process of doing research for a new rig I'm building. My question is the longevity of the 1155 vs the 1366 socket. I recently went to a Samsung store where the guy was telling me that 1155 will be phased out soon and 1366 will be supported for the next 8 years. However, many different sites I have looked up say the complete opposite. Can anyone please shed some light on this or even post a link to an article. Thank you.
 
fr0sty said:
I'm in the process of doing research for a new rig I'm building. My question is the longevity of the 1155 vs the 1366 socket. I recently went to a Samsung store where the guy was telling me that 1155 will be phased out soon and 1366 will be supported for the next 8 years. However, many different sites I have looked up say the complete opposite. Can anyone please shed some light on this or even post a link to an article. Thank you.
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that guy is a moron. 1366 is eol and is going to be replaced by 2011 in the next few months (dec i think). 1155 is getting ivy bridge so it isnt dead yet.
 
1366 is done, that being said it is still a power house that eat's any AMD rig alive still so I will personally be holding on to my i7 950 for another year or two.
 
just wow....apparently 1366 is going to be the longest living socket ever at ~11 years. As was pointed out already, 1366 is on its way out, and 1155 should be fine for some time. 2011 will be coming out in the near future, but that is actually the successor to 1366 as an "enthusiast" platform, so should exist concurrently with 1155. And given that what's on the horizon for socket 2011 seems to not be quite as tailored to the majority of power users as say a 2600k was in price performance, investing in 1155 at the moment seems to be a safe choice.
 
Guy's a tool. LGA1366 is being replaced by LGA2011. LGA1155 will continue to coincide like it has been and is not being replaced or phased out anytime soon...it's their meat & potatoes right now in terms of volume sales and revenue, whereas 1366/2011 is a small dessert cake.
 
fr0sty said:
I'm in the process of doing research for a new rig I'm building. My question is the longevity of the 1155 vs the 1366 socket. I recently went to a Samsung store where the guy was telling me that 1155 will be phased out soon and 1366 will be supported for the next 8 years. However, many different sites I have looked up say the complete opposite. Can anyone please shed some light on this or even post a link to an article. Thank you.
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The guy is clueless. As noted by other posters, LGA 1366 is already EOL since no new CPUs will be developed at all for this socket. Future higher-end CPUs will require a new and completely incompatible socket (LGA 2011). LGA 1155, on the other hand, will survive until at least the successor to Ivy Bridge gets introduced.

Also, the Samsung rep is clueless because AFAIK the company does not currently sell any desktop PCs at all.
 
Thank you all very much for the help as I have been out of the building loop for 4 years and had no idea. I figured something was wrong when I went looking for a new monitor and they couldn't explain the difference in their own products.
 
1366 is old, but is the only reliable option for multi GPU setups, as the x58 chipset has 36 PCI lanes.

1155 is new, and faster clock for clock, and more power efficient, but only has 16 pci lanes natively on the p67/h67/z68 chipsets. It needs an additional chipset (the NF200 for example) in order to get more lanes.

Intel's roadmap puts 1366 under the current enthusiast, and 1155 under the current performance line.

That being said, 2011 comes out next month, and the x79 chipset is going to be a killer. 40 pci lanes, SATA and SAS support. Its going to be super juicy. I wish i hadnt invested so much money into my 1366 setup lol
 
Right now with SLI or Crossfire on the socket 1155 running at x8/x8 vs. x16/x16 testing has shown that it only is costing you around a couple % points of FPS at most. http://www.hardocp.com/article/2010/08/23/gtx_480_sli_pcie_bandwidth_perf_x16x16_vs_x8x8/3. Until you reach the upper level of performance with multi-threaded or heavily multi-tasking the value of the socket 1366 and the extra lanes that it might offer isnt really that important.
 
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Unless you need more memory there is little reason to go for 1366. But on the other hand if you already have 1366 there is next to no reason to go for 1155. Im my 1366 system caught fire and was a right off I would replace it with 1155, but other than that there is little reason to swap over things for a minor performance upgrade, it's more of a sidegrade.

1366>2011 would be more tempting, as long as things play up well and its a serious performance upgrade. The cooling system could also be directly transferred across, unlike with 1155.
 
^ I think that was hypothetical and supposed to read "If my 1366 system..."
 
if...he meant if it caught on fire

I think folks will be flogging these 1366 systems for a while, look at the prices top end 775 components still get. I always thought 1155 was a punt. OP, if you want the hotness wait for the 2011.
 
i was thinking on getting the new 2011, but after reading some posts here. i think i am going to keep my 1155 rig for a while longer, get a new 1155 proc. if it will be faster than the 2600 i have now. these guys are correct, 2011 is going to be the top line. i just think that my 1155 at 4.2ghz is really fast. the 1366 is old now, has no future.
 
Looks like the guy at the Samsung Store got fired from Best Buy for being too knowledgeable! :)
 
Weeth said:
Looks like the guy at the Samsung Store got fired from Best Buy for being too knowledgeable! :)
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Or, he might have gotten fired for being stupid (frequently stating misleading facts to customers). You see, knowing absolutely nothing about the products the store sells will get that employee fired (terminated) - and knowing nothing will almost always disqualify a potential applicant from hiring consideration. And a lot of big-box stores have had extremely high employee turnover to begin with. And the reason why he's working at Samsung because that company does not currently sell any desktop/tower PCs at all. So, he can state incorrect facts about products that the company doesn't distribute or sell at all.
 
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Right now with SLI or Crossfire on the socket 1155 running at x8/x8 vs. x16/x16 testing has shown that it only is costing you around a couple % points of FPS at most. http://www.hardocp.com/article/2010/08/23/gtx_480_sli_pcie_bandwidth_perf_x16x16_vs_x8x8/3. Until you reach the upper level of performance with multi-threaded or heavily multi-tasking the value of the socket 1366 and the extra lanes that it might offer isnt really that important.
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i was speaking more along the lines of 3 and 4 gpu setups.

Or dual/triple gpu setups with additional expansion cards.

My future holds tri-sli + a sound card for me, so i did not convert over to an 1155 system :)
 
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