Soleron on 23 January 2013
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3. "Futureproofing"
Ivy Bridge is the last 1155 socket processor as we all know Haswell is coming. AM3+ platform on the other hand still has the Steamroller processors to look forward to which are coming sometime late 2013/early 2014. With Piledriver, AMD delivered 15-20% improvement over the Bulldozer CPU while lowering the power consumption as well. If Steamroller manages to do the same in a years time and keep the prices where they are, AMD will have sustained a very competitive AM3+ platform for 3 generations(more if you count AM3 CPU's which work on AM3+ motherboards as well).
What do you guys think? Is the AM3+ platform right now the better way for a 1000 dollar rrig like I see it, or am I missing something?
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I believe AMD won't release anything more for the AM3 socket (not confirmed or denied). I think the non-APU Steamroller is dead.
I agree on your premise, but I still think it'd be worth spending the $100-200 extra to get an Intel setup. If you can't do that then OK.
