New build

[slaveofconvention]

?? both 1366 and 1156 are exclusively DDR3. Since the RAM controller is on the CPU, they'd have to go pretty far out of their way to run either with DDR2.




So they're gonna run both sockets in parallel? That's...odd...it seemed like they were just transferring everything over to socket 1156 (ex, replacing the 720 with the 860), and ditching socket 1366. Has Intel released their official plans for 1366 yet?

DDR3 is faster than DDR2 - I'm talking about quantity of physical sticks - you buy pairs for 1156 and sets of three for 1366 - being able to write to 3 at a time instead of 2 provides the performance boost.

[x88x]

Oooooh, after looking around, I think I see what you're getting at. I knew the i5's didn't support triple channel, but it looks like the x1156 i7's don't either. ...damn Intel, making our lives more complicated. Why can't they be like AMD and have one socket for everything in the desktop market?

[Chewy_Solo]

Dammit. I was the in the MIDDLE of checking out, go to the confirm order screen and BAM "EVGA E757 MOBO IS OUT OF STOCK"..... I guess I will need to wait until the 13th now. Man newegg, you fail.

[Chewy_Solo]

Ordered. Picking up the case and CPU at microcenter next tuesday

[x88x]

niice. I love Micro Center

[Chewy_Solo]

I may need to get my CPU from newegg after all... They have them for 80 less at Microcenter but apparently only have C0 Steppings... we will see on tuesday.

[Chewy_Solo]

Got my case and CPU, they had the D0 Stepping... Will start build next week.