X68 and new Intel Socket

[Mehen]

Q3 '11.

-New socket, not compatible with 1366 cpus
-Sandy Bridge architecture support
-quad channel memory (will only support 1 dimm per channel, but I would expect 4gb dimms will be reasonably priced by then, with support for 8gb dimms in the future)
-likely PCI-E 3.0, and will include more lanes than X58
-first CPUs will be native 8-core (with HT)

http://www.bit-tech.net/news/hardware/2010/04/12/new-socket-to-replace-lga1366-due-in-2011/1

[Evildead666]

Prob go AMD this time round, waiting for Bulldozer o break out....

At least AMD has kept some backwards compatibility in its sockets...

[VJ]

I don't understand why they don't make a socket that is too big, just with spare holes in the current mainboards. They could then just assign the spare holes when a new processor arrives, making it easier to make things downward compatible...

[Umfriend]

I'm with Evildead, I think AM3 will last for quite some time. I'll be building a cheap Athlon II X2 / HD5570 and have an enormous upgradability for years to come should I ever need it.

[TransformX]

http://www.hexus.net/content/item.php?item=24207

http://www.techspot.com/news/38312-AMD-Phenom-II-X6-processors-specs-and-pricing-revealed.html