Core i7-920 or Core i7-860?

I'm planning on building a new rig to replace my 5 year old custom AMD 3200+ clunker. I had everything planned out, including getting the Intel Core i7 920 for $199 at MicroCenter until I found out Intel is coming out with several new processors using a new 1156 socket, specifically, the Core i3, Core i5, and new ''Lynnfield'' Core i7's. Do you guys think I should wait to see how they perform or pull the trigger ont he Intel Core i7 920?Core i7-920 or Core i7-860?
my guess would be that 920 will perform better, but it never hurts to wait and see if u can wait til the new models come outCore i7-920 or Core i7-860?
[QUOTE=''halokillerz'']my guess would be that 920 will perform better, but it never hurts to wait and see if u can wait til the new models come out[/QUOTE]Thats what I am thinking too, plus with a 920 build you will be using triple channel memory instead of dual channel, though not sure how much of a difference that will make.
I would wait, though if you wait too long the 920 will be gone. They are making the lga 1366 socket will be for enthusiast. So if you want to upgrade from a 920 in the future you will have to put a big dent in the pocket, though lga 1366 will see th upcoming 6-core cpus, but I do not even want to think about the price on those.
The LGA-1156 equivelant of the i7 920 performs just about the same as the i7 920 for $100 less($300 for i7 920)
[QUOTE=''kilerchese'']The LGA-1156 equivelant of the i7 920 performs just about the same as the i7 920 for $100 less($300 for i7 920)[/QUOTE]



That's my predicament. I can get the Core i7 920 for $199 at MicroCenter so essentially it would be the same price as the LGA 1156 equivalent.
The i7 920 will perform better than the 1156 series. Don't sweat it, otherwise Intel would have to deal with millions of angry customers.
The 1156 boards are going to be cheaper though than X58 boards. Though most will probably be around the same price as the low end x58 boards.For example, EVGA's P55 board. http://anandtech.com/weblog/showpost.aspx?i=634
Core i7 920 vs Core i7 860 Benchmark

http://www.playwares.com/xe/?document_srl=6202448Interesting numbers. What do you guys make of all this?
the new models that are coming out from intel are meant to be for affordable then the i7 series, thats my understanding atleast, go with the i7
if you want cheap highend performance go with a phenom 2. They are much cheaper and not far off, and apparently the i3 is just a rebranded core 2. If you have the money go for the i7 but the i5 will probably be better value for similar performance.
You should get the i7 920.
I still can't make up my mind. The Core i7 920 is still an awesome price at MicroCenter but supposedly the Core i7 860 will provide the same performance and be cheaper in the long run (P55 mobos are cheaper than X58 ones).
i dont mean to hijack thread here but will the current i7's drop in price when the socket 1156's come on out to strut there stuff?
[QUOTE=''aura_enchanted'']i dont mean to hijack thread here but will the current i7's drop in price when the socket 1156's come on out to strut there stuff?[/QUOTE] Naturally, that is the trend with all electronics prices. There are rumors that the Core i7 9XX will be discontinued when the Core i7 8XX series launches as the latter provides better performance at similar price points. I'm not sure whether the current Bloomfiled chips will drop in price, but it will be interesting to see pricing for the accompanying X58 motherboards. Socket 1366 is going to be more for workstations.
[QUOTE=''CStheGreat''][QUOTE=''aura_enchanted'']i dont mean to hijack thread here but will the current i7's drop in price when the socket 1156's come on out to strut there stuff?[/QUOTE] Naturally, that is the trend with all electronics prices. There are rumors that the Core i7 9XX will be discontinued when the Core i7 8XX series launches as the latter provides better performance at similar price points. I'm not sure whether the current Bloomfiled chips will drop in price, but it will be interesting to see pricing for the accompanying X58 motherboards. Socket 1366 is going to be more for workstations.[/QUOTE]

That wouldn't make sense to discontinue the i7 9 series since the i7 8 series is lga-1156 and i7 9 series is lga-1366.
[QUOTE=''kilerchese''][QUOTE=''CStheGreat''][QUOTE=''aura_enchanted'']i dont mean to hijack thread here but will the current i7's drop in price when the socket 1156's come on out to strut there stuff?[/QUOTE] Naturally, that is the trend with all electronics prices. There are rumors that the Core i7 9XX will be discontinued when the Core i7 8XX series launches as the latter provides better performance at similar price points. I'm not sure whether the current Bloomfiled chips will drop in price, but it will be interesting to see pricing for the accompanying X58 motherboards. Socket 1366 is going to be more for workstations.[/QUOTE]

That wouldn't make sense to discontinue the i7 9 series since the i7 8 series is lga-1156 and i7 9 series is lga-1366.[/QUOTE]its a rumor that the 920 and 940 will be discontinued while the higher end models will still remain.
[QUOTE=''halokillerz'']its a rumor that the 920 and 940 will be discontinued while the higher end models will still remain.[/QUOTE]The 940 has already been discontinued. Replaced by the 950. I think the 920 hasn't been discontinued yet because it is probably selling well.
Core i7-920 go for it
If you have a microcenter near you, go buy it! It's certainly worth the $200. Also the i7 has its advantages.[QUOTE=''AnandTech Lynnfield Preview'']Why would anyone want a LGA-1366 system then? I believe there are three major advantages to the LGA-1366 platform for single-socket desktops:1) Support for Gulftown. You can only get 6-cores from the LGA-1366 platform in 1H 2010, Intel currently doesn't have any 6-core LGA-1156 parts planned.2) More overclockable CPUs. The best yielding Nehalems (and highest clocked Nehalems) will be LGA-1366 processors. I wouldn't expect any 1GHz+ overclocks from LGA-1156 CPUs.3) More bandwidth to PCIe slots. I don't see this as a huge advantage today, but there may come a time when having as much bandwidth to your GPUs as possible is important. I'm thinking general purpose GPU computing, DX11, OpenCL sort of stuff. But we're not there yet.[/QUOTE]Source:http://www.anandtech.com/cpuchipsets/showdoc.aspx?i=3570%26p=11