Sandy Bridge E / LGA2011 / X79 is slower (clock for clock), more power hungry, and more expensive overall than IB on LGA1155. If you need more than 4 cores, or need lots of PCIe lanes, 2011 is a great platform--but otherwise you're spending more money for less. LGA1155 supports 32GB of memory--enough to fit the needs of most users into the foreseeable future. Ivy Bridge E for 2011 may never even get released, and most reports place it at around Q3 2013 if it is. By that time, Haswell will have been out on LGA1150 for months.
For the record, I have a 6-core LGA2011--I wanted more than 4 cores and needed a lot of PCIe lanes for GPU, multiple RAID cards, and 10GbE NIC. For the record, I hate that the high-end, enthusiast platform has fallen a generation+ behind the mainstream performance parts. -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Jason Chue Sent: Tuesday, September 18, 2012 9:30 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [H] Ivy Bridge and heat? Case and Coolers Guys, if you're thinking long term, why not the LGA 2011? Slap in a 4 core i3820 and you have gobs of memory (8 dimms) that will last you a bit. A little more expensive on the motherboard but a decent IB platform would also cost around the same.
