Is 1155 worth it?

[CrimandEvil]

I'm looking to put together a MATX or a MITX SFF and I'm looking for opinions on whether or not I should consider a 1155 build or to build a 1156 one instead?

I want to overclock so that's very important to me and it means I'll need to get one of the K series 1155 CPU's but I really don't relish the fact of having to spend $200+ on the CPU just so I can OC it when I can get a 1156 CPU for a little over a $100 and OC it to 4Ghz or so easy.

If I give up on that I could get a Core i3-2100T (35w 2100) and go with a MITX build in a smaller case. Is the base clock spend enough? Looking for opinions here.

With a 1156 build I have lots of options for either a MATX or MITX build:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813157214
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128448
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131599
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813500056

With 1155 I have only two options, both MATX, since the IGP H series boards have no support for overclocking.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131708
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131707

So, I have a lot more options with 1156 then I do 1155.

I do have a spare AMD Quad I could use but I need to find a good board for it but I want to wait for Bulldozer compatible boards first.

 

[Dragonphreak]

I think most of the people, like me, who want ITX and overclocking are waiting for Z68, because it seems that no-one is releasing a P67 board. But also, from my understanding, even if you get the same clock speed between chips, the 1155 produces better results, with less heat and less power consumption. All around a better chip.

 

[Deleted member 147607]

CnE,

I can only give you an opinion from my viewpoint...and that is from a mini-itx non-overclocking point of view. If I planned on overclocking, I usually only oc my gaming rig and maybe a 10% oc at that, then I call it good.

In the last week, I've built three 1155 socket pc's. All three of them we're mini-itx of various cpu sizes(2100,2400S,2500). I went 1155 for the sole reason that I felt they weren't "paying me enough" to take the older socket. Meaning, the old socket isn't selling at a discount when I...for the most part I can get the cpu/motherboard/ram of the 1155 at the same price and with discounts rather cheap. Sata III/USB 3 we're secondary in my thoughts because as of now, I'm not really using them...but probably will down the road. I felt the newer platform had more longevity. Money well spent.

The sff build that I did for myself was an i3-2100, I was primarily looking for low wattage, no noise...and still have some spunk. I was tossing back and forth whether to purchase the T version or not, but at the end of the day, I went for the regular one. The T version has a gimped GPU and slower clock speed. Again, it boiled down to what am I getting for the cash... The i3-2100 after reading several reviews is efficient enough for most people's needs. My new HTPC is idling in the 20's...and in a very small case it's also idling in the high 20's for temp.

If you did go with the Gigabyte mini-itx motherboard you have listed above it's on sale through tomorrow for 99.99 shipped at SuperBiiz using the promo code BLOSSOM10.

I guess it all boils down to what you really want your pc to do...and how well you want it to do it. I'm using a 2500 with a GTX 460 for my mini-itx gaming rig(not oc'd) and I couldnt' be happier. It rocks as far as I'm concerned.

Best,

Liquid Cool

 

[lvyelion]

I think most of the people, like me, who want ITX and overclocking are waiting for Z68, because it seems that no-one is releasing a P67 board. But also, from my understanding, even if you get the same clock speed between chips, the 1155 produces better results, with less heat and less power consumption. All around a better chip.

you can still get a H67 mobo and K cpu, then upgrade to Z67 itx (if there will be any) in the future. this generation of mobos are so cheap, you lose mabe 50 dollar when you sell it. SB is good enough for most of tasks without OC

so if you want something now, just go and grab a H67

 

[MaxMax]

hi, i did have an asus p8p67-m and a 2500k cooled with a samuel17 prolimatech in a very small and tiny self build wood box. i was only able to overclock to 4.3-4.4 GHz before the cpu startet to throttle down because temps went over 86°C (and it was a good CPU with VID=1.13v and i could undervolt it -0.12v and still reach stable 4.2GHz while gaming)....so i mean if you go with a locked SB and/or a H67 chipset, you will maybe still be possible to "overclock" roughly to 3.8GHz with slight base clock increase + turbo dividers on all cores....so i doubt that you would feel any differences between 3.8 and 4.2 GHz except in (synthetical) benchmarks(i doubt that any overclocks >5GHz can be well cooled in a mitx/matx for 24/7 operation)...i would not touch any s1156 sys since its dead, no way to upgrade to lower powered more efficient cpus in the future like the 32nm SB are today (and Intel even promised that 22nm ivy bridge will also run on sandy bridge mobos, so you might have a future upgrade path if intel does not withdraw this plan)...or wait like i do for the Z68 chipset or bulldozer AM3+ ready mainboards (yes i have also an Phenom X6 VID=1.25v sitting around for a AM3+ ready board) (i returned my SB sys because of the sandy-SATA-bug to the reseller)

 

[CrimandEvil]

Damn. I was really hoping there was more options then this. I think I'm going to hold on for a bit, maybe wait for AM3+ boards to come out and just reuse my AMD Quad.

 

[jeremyshaw]

that's what I am hoping for, too. But we're not likely to see a decent mITX AM3+ board for a while

 

[CrimandEvil]

that's what I am hoping for, too. But we're not likely to see a decent mITX AM3+ board for a while

Yeah, I currently have the Asus one though and I'm quite happy with it (but not happy having to use SODIMMs instead of the lowprofile DDR3 stuff I have). I really wish AMD had some good MITX boards out, WTF happened to their whole DTX form factor?! Damn it...

 

[jeremyshaw]

DTX died along with AXIOM, lol. One dead AMD, one dead ATi

To be fair, there are industrial boards using DTX. Up until 2010, HP Slimlines used DTX for their motherboards (made by ASUS, however).