Hi, hope some peeps could help me.
The reason I ask is that I have the following dilemma.
I look towards longevity and cost effective upgrading when building my own rig.
So was hoping to simply upgrade my motherboard, and drop in a Bulldozer when the price falls.
But the power consumption of Bulldozer has put me off, though this may improve with later stepping.
The dilemma is the following.
Seeing that the life of AM3+ may well be short lived, how long will socket 1155 be around?
Having already bought DDRIII RAM, to move towards socket 1155 would require a new motherboard and a new CPU.
If I know that socket 1155 will have CPU upgrades for a longer timeline than socket AM3+ then I would consider incurring the extra cost in moving platform.
If the timeline is about the same, then would have to decide with sitting with my current rig and waiting to see what will be available at that time.
But from what I have understood, AM3+ CPU's may still be released into late 2012, so that already is too long to wait.
Thanks
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