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sygnus21 · 05 Dec 2010

I understand that. My point is that Intel still considers the i7-900 series chips their premier chip until they are replaced. That the sandybridge chips aren't those replacements. If you look at the reviews, they basically compare to the i7-800 series. That's the way I read it anyway.

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nate42nd · 06 Dec 2010

Quote: Originally Posted by TechnoMan

Quote: Originally Posted by ratman

Why wait for the Sandy Bridge? New technology could and probably will be unstable at least for the first 3-6 months.

This is generally not the case with processors...

It is with motherboards though. I learned this when socket 1156 came out. Got a board and i7860 on the 1st day and the boards were discontinued because of the sockets within 2 months.

I would wait at least 3-4 months before going to a new socket

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