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MB quick question.
- Thread starter GAZ_XB9R
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Why do you want to upgrade?
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Thanks for that. 2600K and Z68 it is just in case.
Now to persuade my wallet to spring the cash.
Looking at how far I can take my i7 920 X58 rig.
Thinking of watercooling and don't want to have to do a rebuild soon.
Thinking of going with SLI high end GPU's and don't want the CPU to hold them back.
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A i7-920 with a decently high overclock, around 4GHz, isn't going to bottleneck anything anytime soon. It's pretty pointless to upgrade, you're not getting much of an improvement. Wait for Sandy Bridge-E or Ivy Bridge would be my recommendation.
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Thanks for that. I'm gonna upgrade my graphics on air and watercool the i7 920 as the block is useable on LGA1155 as well so should be transferable to the next rig.
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It's going to be a new socket, LGA2011. But most blocks will come out with a new mount. 
According to Intel, 1366 isn't dead yet. SB was not meant to compete with X58, it was supposed to replace the midrange segment where 1156 lay. LGA 2011 will be the "true" replacement to X58.
According to Intel, 1366 isn't dead yet. SB was not meant to compete with X58, it was supposed to replace the midrange segment where 1156 lay. LGA 2011 will be the "true" replacement to X58.
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It's going to be a new socket, LGA2011. But most blocks will come out with a new mount.
According to Intel, 1366 isn't dead yet. SB was not meant to compete with X58, it was supposed to replace the midrange segment where 1156 lay. LGA 2011 will be the "true" replacement to X58.
Good info thanks for that.
