Socket help

[MoshMain]

What socket type fits best for gaming??
I would say the 2011, but my friend says the 1150.

 

- LGA1150 Socket
- LGA2011 Socket
- LGA1155 Socket

-Thanks!

[legopc]

i think it depends on the game and the cpu 

[Coombzy]

2011 is not a gaming socket its more of a rendering and encoding platform not many games at the moment take advantage of those cores either 1155 or 1150 are more geared towards the mainstream "Gamers"

[Hazy125]

Your friend is more or less right. 1150 has the 4670K which is pretty much the best gaming CPU. Of course it depends on the game. Battlefield and minecraft are CPU intensive so will potentially run better on 2011

[WoodenMarker]

2011 is better but not gaming oriented. It's geared more towards workstations.

1150 is cheaper, has similar or better gaming performance in some cases, and actually has motherboards with gaming features in mind.

 

In any case, it's silly to consider any motherboard a 'gaming motherboard'. 

[Guest GRRigger]

price / performance wise 1155 , 1150

[CoolBeans]

AM3+

[TheRetiredSlave]

Socket 2011 can support Intel's 6-core CPUs, and has some additional benefits like more PCI-e lanes and quad channel memory..

Games, however, usually don't take advantage of 6 cores, additional PCI-e lanes, or quad-channel memory, so it's not really a necessary thing to have. Like others have said, 2011's primary benefit is in professional applications..

 

Socket 1150 supports the newest Haswell CPUs, which is the latest CPU architecture that Intel has on the market right now. Generally, since games don't really use 6 cores, a quad-core i5 or i7 on the 1150 platform will usually perform better than the theoretically higher-end 2011 platform.

 

Edit: and 1155 is the older socket for the consumer level Sandy Bridge and Ivy Bridge CPUs, which got replaced by 1150/Haswell.

[_ASSASSIN_]

1155 haswell is just so bad

[DrainDoc]

All work for gaming.

 

With 2011 you need deep pockets and is overkill.

[MoshMain]

AM3+

Only problem wiht AM3 is you cant get a very good motherboard there match AM3

[BenD]

i'm a 2011 user myself with my 3930k

i can say, my cpu is just takings naps when i'm gaming, doesn't break a sweat,
however with video editing and other stuff it comes in handy

so if you pure a gamer, go with a 1150 (because  it's the latest and like others said intel has released their latest cpu's on that socket)
if you want to do some video editing and other high demanding programs you'll gain benefit from the 2011, but with gaming it is useless