hello,
I was hoping to start a new core i7 (bloomfield) build soon, however, I am wondering whether I should hold this off to see if any new motherboards for the LGA1366 chipset surface soon?
Bloomfield i7 is almost one year old now. From what I've seen before, motherboards have become obsolete pretty quickly, and replaced by new revisions. The P45 chipset came out only one year after the P35 did.
Also, there have been many new hardware advances being talked about recently, what with SATA3 and USB3. From what I understand, these technologies have already been implemented on boards that are currently available using discrete chips? Surely integration into the Intel Southbridge will follow soon? And with it of course new mobos? Maybe even an entirely new chipset?
The only thing is, we have heard no news whatsoever of new motherboards, and Hexus posted an article this morning I think, citing industry heavy weights saying "Wintel" integration won't come for another 18 months at least.
I was planning on buying the Rampage II extreme, but it's "age" makes me feel as though a replacement is just round the corner.