SOLVED INTEL CONFUSES ME

HEH GUYS BEEN SURFING YOUR FORUM FOR QUITE A WHILE BUT HAVE NEVER POSTED, SO HERE GOES!

NEED HELP CHOOSING NEW INTEL BUILD CHIPSET. I HAVE JUST RECENTLY COMPLETED MY FIRST AMD BUILD THAT i HAVE HAD FOR ABOUT 6MONTHS. MY SPECS ARE:

CASE: FT01
MB: ROG XHAIR IV FORMULA
CPU: [email protected]
GPU: 2 X 5850 XF
MEM: 8GB GSKILL
HD: WD RAPTOR 150GB, 4 X SAMSUNG F3 1TB

I WOULD LIKE TO PASS THIS MACHINE ONTO MY SON AND BUILD MYSELF A NEW INTEL MACHINE FROM THE GROUND UP.

HOWEVER I AM A BIT CONFUSED ON THE RIGHT CHIPSET TO FOLLOW:

1155 SOCKET CPU'S ARE GREAT BUT THE MB CHIPSETS ONLY PROVIDE 1 X16 PCIE LANES IN XF. TO ME THAT IS SO OLD TECH. THE 1366 SOCKET LOOKS THE WINNER BUT THEY ARE DUE TO BE PHASED OUT BY WHAT I AM NOT SURE, SHOULD I WAIT FOR THE REPLACEMENT. ALSO NOT SURE IF I WANT ANOTHER 6 OR 8 CORE MACHINE AS IT PROVIDES NO ADVANTAGES THAT I HAVE SEEN TO DATE. I THINK THE QUAD CORES ARE THE WAY TO GO FOR AT LEAST THE NEXT 2 - 3YEARS.

I NEED HELP DECIDING, I AM SO LOOKING FORWARD TO STARTING A NEW INTEL BUILD AROUND THE NEW CORSAIR 600T.

SORRY FOR THE LONG POST....

Just curious as to if your Caps Lock key is stuck.

I LIKE CAPS, YES ITS ANNOYING SORRY

to OCForums!

I agree that the caps are annoying...

The difference in x8/x8 and x16/x16 SLI/Xfire is only like 3%, so it's not a big deal. The new LGA1155 P67 platform is worth the 3% decrease in SLI/Xfire, the new CPUs are more efficient than LGA1366 CPUs and use less power.

looks like the caps have been a big hit. Oh well I guess i better pack my bags and move on cheers.

You could just post in normal case like everyone else.

if you have a vision problem, simply use the zoom option on your browser.

reading all caps becomes straining on the eyes.