The 1151 socket's future?

[HelpMePeople]

Im planning to build a pc in early 2016. I'm pretty sure about going with the i5 4460. Although, I'm a bit worried about regretting that I didn't choose a Skylake cpu.

I know there's like a 10% performance difference between Skylake and Haswell cpus, but it's not about that. I'm just wondering if the 1151 socket will be around for many years to come, and that the future components will be made especially for the 1151 socket.

This is very hard to explain, but I basically mean that everything will be based around the 1151 socket and that it'll be around for an unusual amount of time. Then I'd have to upgrade my ram, cpu and mobo, when I could just have gone with the Skylake cpu, ram and motehrboard in the begining.

Thanks in advance for any answers

 

[Dark Lord of Tech]

http://wccftech.com/intel-kaby-lake-200-series-chipset-processor-platform/
Intel’s 7th Generation Kaby Lake and 200-Series Chipset Platform Detailed – Compatible With LGA 1151 Socket, Enthusiast 95W Options Included

 

[InvalidError]

If you look all the way back to the Pentium 4, Intel sockets have lasted two CPU generations or about two years each.

LGA1151 started with Skylake this year, will get Kabylake next year and Cannonlake in 2017 will likely get a new socket. Even if it reuses the same socket, chances is it will at least require an updated chipset.

 

[HelpMePeople]

http://wccftech.com/intel-kaby-lake-200-series-chipset-processor-platform/
Intel’s 7th Generation Kaby Lake and 200-Series Chipset Platform Detailed – Compatible With LGA 1151 Socket, Enthusiast 95W Options Included

Thanks for the quick answer, I got some nice information out of it. Do you think I'll be good with the i5 4460 for another 2-3 years though?

 

[HelpMePeople]

If you look all the way back to the Pentium 4, Intel sockets have lasted two CPU generations or about two years each.

LGA1151 started with Skylake this year, will get Kabylake next year and Cannonlake in 2017 will likely get a new socket. Even if it reuses the same socket, chances is it will at least require an updated chipset.

Thank you very much for the fast answer. Your answer was really good too but SR-71 Blackbird's was a bit more informative.

 

[babernet_1]

If you look all the way back to the Pentium 4, Intel sockets have lasted two CPU generations or about two years each.

LGA1151 started with Skylake this year, will get Kabylake next year and Cannonlake in 2017 will likely get a new socket. Even if it reuses the same socket, chances is it will at least require an updated chipset.

Yes, Cannonlake will require new motherboard. Same 1151 socket though. Don't hold your breath for Cannonlake. Intel is having a lot of problems with 14nm, look at the scarcity of 6700K's. Cannonlake could be pushed back to 2018.