With the introduction of Core Nehalem Intel is planning to change their motherboard socket "Again" to a whole new one dubbed "LGA1366" and that's in less than a year frame . My question is : Is it logical to go and buy a X48 -when it gets out of course- or even a X38 and throw around 300 $ in the sea knowing that It won't last more than a year . A logical answer would be you won't have to because the Penyren core will be around for a couple of more years . The solution I came up with is that I will go with a socket AM2+ AMD mobo but again I found that AMD is not planing to adopt the DDR3 standard before a couple of years so the dilemma is still unsolved .
Actually I didn't mention why I wrote this introduction but I want to upgrade .That's because I only got a laptop with a Core 2 Duo 1.8 processor and a Geforce Go 7400 vga . And as I am a poor student that barely have money for food , I don't want to switch the whole rig each year , taking in consideration that my budget won't exceed the 600 $ mark that's also another thing to think about so I am pretty confused right now . If you're wondering what do I use it for ? , the usual 3D rendering and casual gaming .
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Actually I didn't mention why I wrote this introduction but I want to upgrade .That's because I only got a laptop with a Core 2 Duo 1.8 processor and a Geforce Go 7400 vga . And as I am a poor student that barely have money for food , I don't want to switch the whole rig each year , taking in consideration that my budget won't exceed the 600 $ mark that's also another thing to think about so I am pretty confused right now . If you're wondering what do I use it for ? , the usual 3D rendering and casual gaming .
Thanks