Intel 775, how long will these be supported?

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Primevil

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Hey guys, I just recently upgrade my comp to a 680i, E6600 and 2gig of G-Skill DDR800. I came from a X2 4400, Socket 939 and was upset with the short lifespan of the board as I had only purchased about 9 months prior to this recent upgrade. I was pretty much stuck with what I had, I really had no room to grow processor wise. This is why I switched over. My question is - how long is the 775 going to be supported? I''m hoping for another year or more of new processor releases - that way, when it does come time to upgrade the proc my MB and ram will still be useful.

Really though, with this thing OC'ed to 3.4 I personally can't imagine it being maxed anytime soon - it's just a beast.
 
Well, you can definitely get a Quad core processor for the 775, so know that, at least now... You can double up :).

As games use more and more cores... well, you know the drill.
 
I dont think Intel will change the socket until after 2007. There consumer line of Quad-Cores are LGA 775 I believe. Probably be a socket change when the PCI Express 2.0 standard is finalized and DDR 3 ram being used for system memory.
 
680i should support the entire lineup of CPU's for 07'

If you read the box is says support for 1333 FSB CPU's when they arrive.

They'll have entry level and higher versions of the C2D next year along with more Quad Core variants.

It's not really the socket, because 775 has been around for a while, just that the chipset keeps changing which happens to use the same socket.
 
I'm in a similar situation as you. My next upgrade will probably be for a 45nm C2D. Hopefully it will be simple as a BIOS upgrade.
 
Intel's next major step is the Bearlake chipset, but that should affect the CPUs. I'm pissed at AMD also. I spent nearly $300 for my Asus A8N32-SLI socket 939 board, only for AMD to change sockets. I'm sticking with Intel for a least the next year.
 
jchen012 said:
I'm in a similar situation as you. My next upgrade will probably be for a 45nm C2D. Hopefully it will be simple as a BIOS upgrade.
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Intel seems to love making new chipsets and forcing them on people (ie., everyone got the 925's and then we had to go to 945/955's for pent D's.. then 965/975 for conroe!), all with the same socket.. so it really doesn't matter, you'll have to pony up cash for a new mobo regardless for a next gen chip. Compared to AMD which, after 754, all 939 chips worked in all mobos just with a new bios.

the only good thing about keeping the same socket is, you can upgrade the mobo while keeping your same chip.
 
i think 775 lga will be around untill 35nm . there may even be some q-cores in 775 in the 35nm size . but i'm allmost sure a 8 core will require a new socket --but don't bet the bank on it .

if you have the same socket ie775lga --you might still need a new mb due to a diffrent VRM requirement. remember all the 775-lga's that can't run core 2 ? :eek: :cool:

if i can run my current mb's into the 45nm core 2's --that will be enough for me --if i get some 35nm's--thats just life-span gravy--lol :cool:
 
Intel has got to make some money off of all the old fabs they have lying around after they are no longer good enough to produce the latest generation of processors. The industry is happy to oblige since new cpu -> new chipset -> new motherboard -> new memory -> new GPU
 
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