At 07:48 PM 6/26/2013, you wrote:
So if I want to go six core, and don't want to wait until some
undetermined time next year, ... the best choice is to wait until
September and go with the 4930K and Ivy bridge board?
w
Pretty much, unless you score a hex-core Westmere for cheap on
Craigslist or some such
(got a 980X for $175 on the Dallas CL a couple of months ago -
flipped that baby to finance two Haswell builds :P )
The real problem will be Broadwell - it's supposedly BGA only, so
it's like a double-whammy from Intel given that
Haswell is not all that impressive for a tock, and the next shot
enthusiasts will supposedly have is Skylake.
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