Quote Originally Posted by saaya View Post
lol, you guys miss the point...
the 1156 cpus dont consume less power, the platform does.
1366 has an IOH, x58, while 1156 doesnt.
x58 is at least 25W, at least...

so yeah power consumption for 1156 systems will be lower, cpu power consumption eventually as well, but the latter will be minimal.

and overall looking at those graph, the advantage of 1156 over 1366 is a 50-75$ cheaper entry level cpu and 75$ cheaper boards with less features and slighlty less performance. 150$ at most... was it worth to wait for 1156 for 1 year? not really... everybody who gets an 1156 system soon and likes it, well, welcome to yesterday, you could have had this 1 year ago already :P

comparing those 1156 numbers with 775, i really dont see a reason to upgrade for normal end users and even frequent gamers...
what for? to go from 60fps to 70fps? and for that you need a new board and new cpu and hew heatsink and possibly new memory... nah, not worth it...

i think 775 will live on for a long time if intel doesnt kill it off actively, cause price perf wise its faring very very well.


99% of people who purchase a new computer aren't "enthusiasts" ..! The LGA1156 (p55/57) will be faster than the X58 for alot less, because thats what it's designed to do.

Only 1% of us can tweak a BIOS and unlock the true nature of the X58.

As it stands, dollar for dollar... the LGA1156 is a knockout platform.. thats real easy to get into for the majority of the people moving to Windows7.

Not everything is Xtreme.... don't over-shoot the topic.