New PC doubts

[elsaq]

Hello fellow users!

You see, I've been looking at the current state of processors and such, and with the release of AMD Bulldozer in a few days, I've been thinking about upgrading my motherboard/CPU/RAM to be able to play the latest games (I'll talk about the graphics card now).

On one hand, there are the AMD Bulldozer on the AM3+ platform. Pending the CPU price, the motherboard and memory prices for this platform are very reasonable, in exchange for (as is customary with AMD) always performing a step below INTEL (according to tests, I've never had AMD to verify this).

On the other hand, there are the Sandy Bridge on the LGA 1155, in this case, the i5 2500K would be the gaming option, given the 100€ less it costs compared to the i7 2600K, 100€ that I would rather put towards the graphics card.

The problem is that according to what they say, the LGA 2011 is coming out in November, and that's already, but I have no idea what kind of processors they will release for that platform, nor do I know if the Ivy Bridge, which are supposed to be the evolution of the current Sandy, will come out for LGA 1155.

In summary, I have a mess going on that I don't even understand. I had thought about maybe upgrading my rig to an i5 2500K on LGA 1155 and when the new Ivy Bridge come out, just updating the CPU, but for that, I would have to wait for the new LGA 1155 motherboards with PCIe 3.0 that should come out a few months before the Ivy Bridge, right? That way, I would already have a motherboard for the next generation (with a new chipset perhaps, or they will keep the Z68).

Sorry for making you read all this confusion lol, anyway, LGA 1155 vs LGA 2011 vs Bulldozer AM3+

Let's see if you can enlighten me and I can make sense of something!

Thanks! Best regards!

[Bm4n]

It is better that you wait, otherwise look at what happened with the 1156 vs 1155.

[elsaq]

What I don't understand very well is how the new generations will go, that is, LGA 1155 will continue to be used in Ivy Bridge, in theory, and LGA 2011 will be left for the high-end range which will be Sandy Bridge-E that are supposedly coming out now.

The thing is to know if there will really be much change in performance between Ivy Bridge and Sandy Bridge-E, as to pay the more than sure price difference that there will be, with LGA 2011 being theoretically more expensive.

We will wait for AMD this coming week to release them and do tests, but from what I have been reading, AMD has a reputation that if the first batch of processors are "beta" and that it is highly recommended to wait for second batches already for January 2012 possibly.

We will see how this evolves.

Thanks! Goodbye!

[Bm4n]

According to the info, there are 1155 with h/p67 and z68 chipsets that will support ivy, and they say they will have 20% more performance and especially novelties in the integrated graphics, the most interesting thing is that they will be manufactured in 22nm so less consumption and surely very good ocs.

But you never know when Intel changes something and releases a new socket, if you are not in a hurry it is better to wait 6 months to see, otherwise the current Sandy ones are going very well. About the amd I have no idea how they would perform, nor how it will affect the price competition.

[elsaq]

So you recommend I wait until November for the new LGA 2011 to come out and see how they go? And in the meantime, for the new LGA 1155 motherboards to come out that are compatible with PCIe 3.0 and Ivy Bridge (because I already have the platform for the coming months, and because I have the new chipset that I imagine they will release to replace the Z68) and maybe with one of those motherboards I can buy the i5 2500K and by summer switch to an Ivy Bridge, how do you see that?

Another question would be about the graphics card, since I have to buy one this month for around 100€, I was thinking of maybe buying an HD 6850 or 6870, which are around 140€, and when I make the switch to the new cards in a couple of months, for another 100€ (which will have dropped a bit in 2 months) I can set up a Crossfire and thus extend the life of the graphics performance for a few more months.

Thanks! Regards!

[Bm4n]

Just look at my motherboard for example, it already says in the latest BIOS that it supports Intel's new 22nm, but they have been messing around for a while, recently they changed from 1156 to 1155 for an architecture change just like that, leaving 1156 in limbo, now with the Z68 they have introduced new features that you don't have with the P/H67... that's all I can say, and I can't tell you how much longer you should wait

[elsaq]

We will wait then to see what they come up with

Thanks! Regards!