LGA 775 holds 77% share in 2009, 50% 2010

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1. February 5, 2010 6:35 PM
   

   Archean, TechSpot Paladin, said:

   Probably one major reason behind this is TCO of the newer platform, and that situation exists due to lack of much competition at the upper mainstream/higher end products. Also despite its age, LGA 775 still packs a considerable punch, when it comes to computing needs most of us ordinary folks have

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2. February 5, 2010 6:50 PM
   

   Captain828 said:

   The whole problem behind Intel's new desktop sockets (1156 and 1366) is that most of us would need a new motherboard, a new CPU and even new RAM (DDR2->DDR3) to upgrade... and that isn't very cheap.

   Also, given the lack of chipset competition, it might take a while for prices to settle and for more chipset types to appear.

   IMO, the new sockets should see widespread adoption in about 1-2 years from now.

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3. February 5, 2010 7:20 PM
   

   dividebyzero, trainee n00b, said:

   For the majority of users i3/-5/-7 doesn't make enough of a compelling argument for upgrade.

   An upgrade for most would likely involve not just the new socket but the new tech it needs to make it effective - SATA 6Gb, USB3, SSD's, larger/better quality monitor, DX11 graphics etc. The better upgrade path for many will be Windows 7 and a TRIM enabled SSD for speeding up their LGA775 and holding out until Sandy Bridge (P65/H67?) comes out with native SATA 6Gb support on a (probably) cheaper process.

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4. February 6, 2010 4:18 PM
   thatguyandrew92 said:

   Q6600 is still more than enough

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5. February 6, 2010 11:38 PM
   Tgard said:

   I agree thatguyandrew92; while I would love to have a new i7 processor and all the trimmings, I just can't justify it while running a quad core Q9450 Oc'd mildly at 3.2Ghz.with 8 GB of DDR2, a decent ATI card and Windows 7. It really does all I ask of it from games to encoding and I just can't justify in my mind the price of moving to DDR3 and a new platform at this time. Bet I am not alone in this.

   Think my next move may very well be a TRIM SSD if anything at all in the next year.

   Tgard

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6. February 7, 2010 1:32 PM
   

   EXCellR8, The Conservative, said:

   if i could stuff a 5870 into my current case i wouldn't upgrade... but if i'm gonna completely rebuild my system around a graphics card I might as well just move to an i7 platform, even though i love my Q6600 and don't want to rip apart my liquid cooling just yet.

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7. February 7, 2010 3:53 PM
   Guest said:

   i have Q6680 CPU from 2007, 8GB OF DDR2 " PAID 100USD for it" & P43 chipset motherboard ...i don't think there is a reason for me to upgrade for the next two years other than PCI express 3.0, USB3 & SATA6.

   my first PC was p6 100Mhz with 8MB system ram and 512K VRAM and it won't even play some of dos games because they require 16MB of system RAM. now i don't know what needs 8000MB of RAM, so there is nothing making me change to DDR3 or I5/I7 other than the above mentioned technologies. it will be a waste of money.

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8. February 8, 2010 8:17 AM
   AfricanTech said:

   Yep - just too expensive to upgrade the entire rig - now if only someone would release a LGA775 board with built-in USB3.0....

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9. February 8, 2010 1:24 PM
   

   dividebyzero, trainee n00b, said:

   Yep - just too expensive to upgrade the entire rig - now if only someone would release a LGA775 board with built-in USB3.0....

   A USB3 PCI / PCIex1 add-in card would do the job. As would a USB 3.0 + SATA 6Gb (PCIe x4 slot required)

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