Socket 1155

[AndreRio]

How far will the socket 1155 go? (i7-2800....?)

 

[DuronClocker]

Confirmed so far? i7-3770k (Ivy Bridge)

I don't know much at all about Haswell (not sure if there even is much to know at this point), but I don't see it being the same.

 

[colinstu]

i7-3770k (and possibly a slightly clocked higher one... but no point for the enthusiast who's gonna OC anyway) is gonna be the best chip.

Socket 1155 will be dead by the end of this year/beginning of 2013 with the introduction of Socket 1150 for the new Haswell architecture.

 

[dbxuau]

Its really unfortunate 1155 didn't last so long. My 2600k has been gangbuster up to this point, I would have have liked to see them squeeze out all they can on this socket.

 

[paperwastage]

Its really unfortunate 1155 didn't last so long. My 2600k has been gangbuster up to this point, I would have have liked to see them squeeze out all they can on this socket.

i guess its just 2 models

1) keep innovating / adding features, need to change socket... (whilst with the bonus of forcing everyone to pay more for a new mobo)
2) try to be backward compatible / future looking, but might have some features that can't be implemented

mobos right now don't cost too much for the 1155 platform (if you have a Sandy Bridge Celeron/Pentium (<$100), you'd still get an improvement from a 2500k upgrade. If you have a 2500k/2600k that you got for $200, a cheapo $70 mobo [35% of the cost of your CPU] isn't too bad to upgrade when the next mainstream socket comes out)

 

[colinstu]

Its really unfortunate 1155 didn't last so long. My 2600k has been gangbuster up to this point, I would have have liked to see them squeeze out all they can on this socket.

Tell that to 1156, that lived an even shorter life.

Intel doesn't have an interest in long-term upgrade paths, and it's much easier to just change the socket when required when making new architecture instead of gimping the new architectures (or having a harder time making it work). Intel isn't just removing a couple pins, lots of them are reassigned new functions, moved around, whatever is most efficient for the die and layout of the board. However, new chipsets were required anyways back in the Socket 775 days to get the most out of a new processor.... so it's not that much different. (9xx->P965->P35->P45 for example. Have fun using a wolfdale chip with a P965 motherboard).