is the lga 2011v3 socket a dead end?

[Super_]

will there be any more cpus to come out that will fir the lga 2011v3 socket?

 

[Supahos]

Yes it's a dead end socket unless they do release broadwell in xeon form. I suspect they won't do so however

 

[DonkeyOatie]

I don't think that question can be answered definitively, except in as much all sockets are dead ends eventually. Likelihood says yes it is dead end, and no, there will not be anymore CPUs. (Broadwell is disappearing from the desktop)

I would not expect there to be any more Haswell-E chips for that socket, and any more modern chip might use a similar or even identical socket physically, but the pin-outs and/or signals would need to be different.

Intel would need to change what they have done in the past for the LGA2011 to remain active.

Until more modern 6+ core processors are released, the LGA 2011v3 will remain current.

 

[InvalidError]

Based on patterns for mainstream sockets, the odds don't look good: if there had been another set of CPUs planned for 2011v3, it would be Broadwell but Broadwell was not even intended for desktops in the first place, so an LGA2011v3 versions seems highly unlikely.

With Skylake moving the core voltage regulator back to the motherboard, it also seems unlikely there will be Skylake chips on LGA2011v3.

 

[Super_]

so i should just get a cheaper skylake processor to hold me over until the release of kaby lake right?

 

[Theresa55404]

The question is does it matter? What's wrong with the current processors? As far as I know there's nothing wrong with them that cries out for replacement.

 

[DonkeyOatie]

so i should just get a cheaper skylake processor to hold me over until the release of kaby lake right?

If I were building a 'must last five years' rendering system today, LGA 2011v3 would be at the head of the list, and if I had one, I would have no thoughts of replacing it any time soon.

 

[InvalidError]

so i should just get a cheaper skylake processor to hold me over until the release of kaby lake right?

Upgrading from Skylake to Kaby will most likely not be worth the trouble, just like incremental generational upgrades have not been worth the trouble for most people in the past 3-4 years.

If you meant Kaby-E, then that's around two years away but then, socket-whatever that Kaby-E will use might be dead-end too if the pattern of sockets lasting two CPU architecture generations continues.

 

[1LiquidPC]

If its eventually made, Broadwell-E would be the only upgrade CPU. However, the small IPC gain would be minimal. Skylake-E would be another socket. If your doing heavy rendering, using 3 or 4way GPU setup, ect., the 6 or 8 core CPUs they offer would be worth it. If not, Skylake would be better in long run due to newer platform features and higher IPC.