1151 Socket for how long

[*DeXTeR*]

OK am planing to start with i3 6300 and socket 1151 so how long I can expect to have support and for how ling I could use that PC build next year am planing to go on i5.

[Electronics Wizardy]

i3 6300 is just about the worst value you can get, get a g4560

 

Probably one more gen for 1151.

 

For that budget, id get a ryzen r5, its faster, about the same price.

[MinionTM2]

12 minutes ago, *DeXTeR* said:

OK am planing to start with i3 6300 and socket 1151 so how long I can expect to have support and for how ling I could use that PC build next year am planing to go on i5.

Honestly with how intel needs to put on a strong front for AMD for the next gen, MIGHT get another gen out of 1151 but they could scrap it for a new platform to try and stomp amd. Honestly, would go amd with how cheap the r5 lineup is.

 

Not a amd fanboy btw, my rig is 1151 but I have no plan to upgrade.

[RadiatingLight]

4 minutes ago, MinionTM2 said:

Honestly with how intel needs to put on a strong front for AMD for the next gen, MIGHT get another gen out of 1151 but they could scrap it for a new platform to try and stomp amd. Honestly, would go amd with how cheap the r5 lineup is.

 

Not a amd fanboy btw, my rig is 1151 but I have no plan to upgrade.

R5 isn't competing with i3 CPUs

that's R3

[RadiatingLight]

like others have said, G4560 is only slightly worse than 6300 and costs half the price.

[MinionTM2]

4 minutes ago, RadiatingLight said:

R5 isn't competing with i3 CPUs

that's R3

He is talking about upgrade potential, so the AM4 socket is a good bet. yes it costs more, but he can either spend a little more for the r5 1400 or wait and save to maintain that upgrade potential. That was my point.

[Daniel644]

1151 might get 1 more generation, but I wouldn't bet on it, the Skylake-X and KabyLake-X HEDT chips are gonna be on a different socket and Coffee Lake has rumors of 6 core CPU's which might mean a new socket (not sure what really dictates the need for a different socket). we'll know for sure within the year, Kaby Lake is supposed to be getting slightly faster/better refreshes of the 7600k and 7700k with the 7640k and 7740k respectively sometime this year with Coffee Lake launching either toward the end of the year or early next year. Honestly though, if you concern yourself with upgrade paths on your current mobo then you just aren't buying good enough parts to start with, you should buy parts that will do what you need them to do for the next 5 years (maybe more) so by the time you actually need to upgrade hardware it won't matter because it will be all new parts regardless the socket.

[RadiatingLight]

22 minutes ago, Daniel644 said:

1151 might get 1 more generation, but I wouldn't bet on it, the Skylake-X and KabyLake-X HEDT chips are gonna be on a different socket and Coffee Lake has rumors of 6 core CPU's which might mean a new socket (not sure what really dictates the need for a different socket). we'll know for sure within the year, Kaby Lake is supposed to be getting slightly faster/better refreshes of the 7600k and 7700k with the 7640k and 7740k respectively sometime this year with Coffee Lake launching either toward the end of the year or early next year. Honestly though, if you concern yourself with upgrade paths on your current mobo then you just aren't buying good enough parts to start with, you should buy parts that will do what you need them to do for the next 5 years (maybe more) so by the time you actually need to upgrade hardware it won't matter because it will be all new parts regardless the socket.

not always.

 

my friend is building a budget gaming PC with a used 4160 I snagged up for $35.

but in the future, if he wants to upgrade his CPU to go with a better GPU or something, it's good to know that he can just pick up an old 4770 used, instead of needing to buy new RAM, Mobo, and CPU all together.

[Daniel644]

2 minutes ago, RadiatingLight said:

not always.

 

my friend is building a budget gaming PC with a used 4160 I snagged up for $35.

but in the future, if he wants to upgrade his CPU to go with a better GPU or something, it's good to know that he can just pick up an old 4770 used, instead of needing to buy new RAM, Mobo, and CPU all together.

but thats starting with used parts and going out and getting more used parts, i'm talking building the machine you need NOW with NEW parts like the OP appeared to be discussing to do what you need it to do, then by the time it needs upgrading it's all new stuff, like how our Work desktop is rocking a 4-5 year old FX6300, we are still running the same software we did back then so the only reason to upgrade would be parts failure or we just want a faster machine so we get things done faster, it doesn't NEED an upgrade to keep doing what we need it to do. I personally have a trust issue when it comes to used PC parts, you never know how they where treated.