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I'm planning on building another Highend Desktop - or dual CPU server (not sure which right now) but I heard that some of Intels chipsets might be dropped soon. Which ones? Which ones are supposed to last longer?
I was able to find LGA 775, 1156, and 1366 (single CPU) and LGA 1366, 771, and 603/604 (dual CPU)
The extra AES sounds awesome - perhaps I'll wait a couple months for these. – Xeoncross – 2011-01-03T19:48:29.113
2Sandy Bridge products are hitting NEXT WEEK, at least LGA1155 (this is the replacement for LGA1156). LGA2011 will be Q4, that's the LGA1366 replacement, which is higher-end stuff. That said, the top Sandy Bridge chip (the i7 2600K) is just as fast as the $1000 i7 980X for anything that isn't heavily multithreaded, so go Sandy Bridge. – Shinrai – 2011-01-03T19:56:07.880
Well, LGA775 lasted a relatively long time, ending with processors much more powerful than the original Pentium 4s. – paradroid – 2011-01-04T02:07:53.673
@paradroid LGA775 was released in mid 2006 and was replaced in late 2009 with LGA1156 (3 years). LGA1156 is late 2009 to early 2011 (1 year). Socket 478 was around from late 2001 to early 2006 (4 years). Socket 370 was late 1999 to late 2001 (2 years). It's in the middle of the pack of lifespan and had a decent increase in power. – Doltknuckle – 2011-01-05T16:58:28.137
@Doltknuckle: LGA775 actually came out in early 2004, with the Prescott P4. I bought an Asus P5W DH Deluxe LGA775 motherboard as soon as the C2D Conroe came out in mid-2006, when it was already quite an old board, as I wanted an Intel X series chipset, for overclockability and ECC RAM support later on when I wanted to use it in a server. – paradroid – 2011-01-05T18:55:47.690
@paradroid: True, I forgot that they took the Prescott and changed the interface to fit LGA775. I also seem to recall it was more of a mid to late 2004 that we started seeing product. This is starting to dive into a completely different topic so I won't go on. – Doltknuckle – 2011-01-05T21:52:13.217