1150 or 1155?

[Judaeus Apella]

I have two options, 1150 or 1155. I've looked around for answers to this question but I can't decide. So what are your thoughts guys? I want to know what you think. Seems to come down to maturity vs newer technology.

[HuffPCair]

I too am interested as I am getting ready to actually get back into building computers and wanting to get some new hardware soon.

[zir_blazer]

I don't see any reason why a new build should NOT go with a Haswell. At the worst case scenario, you will be losing just a few % against a very heavily overclocked Sandy Bridge/Ivy Bridge, which had the potential of higher Frequencies to compensate for the lower IPC (Reason why no one found upgrading enticing enough).

[yojimbo197]

I don't see any reason why a new build should NOT go with a Haswell. At the worst case scenario, you will be losing just a few % against a very heavily overclocked Sandy Bridge/Ivy Bridge.

Depending on where you buy the CPU and Mobo, CPU and Motherboard prices would be two potential reasons.

[Judaeus Apella]

Yeah, I'll be building a new system in about 2 or 3 months. I can't make up my mind because I keep hearing about how the 1150's come with all kinds of new advancements and will be around for years to come with lots of new CPU's to upgrade to, but I'm worried about glitches that haven't been worked out with new boards and I can't even get a good CPU till Q2 2014. The 1155's have been around much longer and have more options and the technology has had time to mature and work out glitches... but its going to be a dead technology soon as 1150's start to come out and take 1155's place. I'm at a loss here, I have no idea what to go with.

But I will say this. The integrated graphics mean absolutely nothing to me because the rig I'm building is going to use a video card, so I don't care about integrated graphics at all. If there is however anything that can help video card performance in any possible way, that will interest me though. This build is going to be for not only high end gaming but game modding, mapping, modeling, texturing, and scripting, but NOT programming. I don't touch that stuff. I don't want to go crazy and spend lots of cash but I also want good bang for my buck, just like most people I'm sure.

[HuffPCair]

I just decided to go with a 4770k from MicroCenter only 280 there. Just need to decide on motherboard.

[BHD]

Buy Socket : 2011 , Intel Corei7 3930K Use Quad Channel ,

[Justintoxicated]

Just wait till C2 stepping z87 boards come out if you want good bang for your buck. They should start coming out this month. or waiting longer is always an option but there is always something better around the corner.

[andressergio]

I luv my ivy setup at 5GHz but i must admit that a 4770K delided pumps RAM to heaven and gets easy stable to 4800HT 2933CL12 and its great

U can check my OC page on my sig all info of haswell testing is there
Cheers
Sergio

[Buckeye]

For a new system I would go with Haswell as I believe you get better features on the new Chipsets ?

[andressergio]

For a new system I would go with Haswell as I believe you get better features on the new Chipsets ?

yes Buck crazy IMC better perf than IVY but u must delid if on water as it burns like hell...but at 4800HT scores more than my IVY at 5GHz HT been doing benches at

3770K 5GHz HT / 2666Cl10-12-12-31 1T compared to 4770K 4.8GHz HT / 2666CL11-13-13-35 1T and 4770K wins