Any advantage of Socket 1150?

[joydivision]

I need to place this order in the next hour, but I am upgrading my bench system as it is currently an aging Conroe. I want to build an entry level Intel system running Windows 8.1.

A 1150 system works out about £20 more, is it worth going down this route? I am well out of the loop now so have no idea what the advantages are.

 

[BrentfromZulu]

1150 is the Haswell socket. Performance is probably similar to 1155, but I would do it as you could upgrade to the next generation processors next year, and you get more Sata 3.0 Ports. There might be other things, but I would do it just to be on the latest and greatest (plus it's a lot more energy efficient)

 

[joydivision]

1150 is the Haswell socket. Performance is probably similar to 1155, but I would do it as you could upgrade to the next generation processors next year, and you get more Sata 3.0 Ports. There might be other things, but I would do it just to be on the latest and greatest (plus it's a lot more energy efficient)

Thanks I have read mixed things, it is only a bench machine which will probably spend most of its life on amazon, ccl and Technibble but at the moment I am having to use my I3 in my bedroom for more serious tasks so it would be nice to have this machine (bedroom) being used as a purely personal machine again.

I will do a double check of costings then decide but if there is not much in it I will go with a Haswell G3220 which has decent benchmark scores. I think all the Haswell chipsets have USB 3.0 built in too, where as the cheapest H61 1155 boards don't which means like for like the Haswell isn't any more expensive.

 

[joydivision]

Ordered the parts now, Intel G3220 and an Asus H81 board with 4 x USB 2 and 2 x USB 3.0 ports and SATA 6mbps .

 

[gikstar]

A Bench System?

For me, a bench system has to have ATA connectors to connect clients' hard drives for testing and virus removal, etc. Unfortunately newer systems don't come with ATA connectors.

 

[joydivision]

For me, a bench system has to have ATA connectors to connect clients' hard drives for testing and virus removal, etc. Unfortunately newer systems don't come with ATA connectors.

Have USB bridges for that, and I rarely rarely come across IDE drives now, even the antique machines I get in are SATA.

 

[Tekguy]

The system you're building sounds pretty similar to an upgrade I did for a customer last week. I used an Asus H81M-A motherboard, Intel G3220, 4GB ram, Samsung Evo 120GB SSD & a Seasonic 380W PSU.

As mentioned previously in this thread the real benefit is that you've got the newest motherboard & even the entry level Haswell boards have USB 3.0 & Sata 6 Gb/s ports. I didn't notice any significant power efficiency gains over similar Sandybridge or Ivybridge builds (the Haswell build listed above idled @30 watts & with Prime95 running peaked @57 watts.)

I think the mobile side of Haswell is where Intel mainly concentrated on reducing power consumption.

For $335 in parts this computer is extremely fast & quiet. I was very impressed with the Samsung 840 Evo 120GB SSD as the 4k random write speeds were twice as fast as my Samsung 840 Pro 128GB SSD.

Not sure if you're using an SSD, but it sure does make things fun with a new build.

 

[brandonkick]

I went socket 1336 back when I upgraded my rig last. Kinda wished I hadn't. The tripple channel memory controller is a PITA and I really have no need for the i7 930 that's in there. It really hasn't shown much signs of aging in the going on 3 years I've had it now.


Moral of the story is to just do your homework and make sure you do plenty of it. I could have went with a different socket/chipset and wound up with much the same experience for a few hundred dollars less.