Quote Originally Posted by 570091D View Post
WTF?!?

lga1366 has and will always be a performance/server platform. i'm willing to bet that next year there will only be 6+ core cpu's available for 1366. lga1160is the mainstream platform, and they will be offering us quads, duels, imbeded graphics, hyperthreading.... intel has been nothing but up front about this. people seem to be upset about the difference in performance between 1366 and 1160 cpu's, but this is a comparison that can't really be accurately demonstrated (because there are no 1160 cpu's to test for one). but the fact is that 1366 was created for people that actually need 8 threads and tripple chanel memory. i can't think of an application (outside the server realm) that can really use all of the i7's power. when we do see production 1160 parts, i don't think there will be much of a difference 1160 and 1366 performance concerning desktop applications. now if someone has the forsight to test them using some server apps.......
Sorry, I wasn't merely talking about just i7 but i5 and Penryns as well. Frankly I don't give a flip about what Intel or AMD will be doing but what they are doing right now! I don't care about upgrade paths or I'd still be using on of my P35. I expect a new board based on performance and Price.

Example
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16819115055
No way in hell that processor is worth $159 no matter WTF AMD is selling.

i5 or soon to be relabled as i7 whatever was listed as Mainstread and that's what I was talking about. Socket 1156 is Quickly becoming the New 1366 Price wise. I got an EMail of another VAR about another P55 going for $229 and I was thinking "Yeah, right". He even typed a himself LOL! As I told Shintai, I'm not even interested until maybe May 2010 before I even start shopping!