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Originally Posted by WingsofWar
^ well i have no rig right now..iv just been picking up parts here and there..but no motherboards that go with any of the processors iv found. Iv been doing all my interwebs stuff via my cellphone.
BTW since i scored a i7980 for much cheaper, should i flip it for more and get some cash back? or just stick with it since the 1366 boards are the "future" anyway, and im sure that having 6 cores will help with my rendering?
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Oh, if that's the case then I would just pick up the cheapest motherboard for either one of those two processors. Min-Max'ing with either one of those isn't really worth your brain cells. Whichever can be had cheaper for the month or two you'll be using it will suffice.
As far as the 980x goes, if all things were equal yes 6 cores > 4 cores, but all things aren't equal when comparing the older Gulftown to the latest Sandy Bridge. At stock clock speeds the 2600k is pretty damn close to the 980x performance wise, but the 2700k will be 10% better than the 2600k for the same price as the current 2600k. IMO, equal/better performance for 2/3 the price as well as cheaper motherboards and newer chipsets is a no-brainer.
The s1366 is not the future, it's actually end-of-life. Intel's new s1155 will be the mainstream socket that will be replacing the s1156 and the s2011 will be replacing the s1366 supporting the Sandy Bridge-E cpu's.
If you can sell that 980x for a profit I would definitely do that. Hell, the new Sandy Bridge-E chips will be out soon, the entry level 6-core will be between $550-600. It will also support PCIe 3.0 and Quad Channel Memory. If you have your heart set on those extra cores, which isn't a bad thing, I would maybe hold off and see how much an s2011 rig would set you back. They're going to be nasty machines. But even the s1155 based 2700k would be sexy and would give you a few years worth of possible upgrades before they release their next socket. If you stick with the s1366 you won't be seeing any new processors so you'll be stuck with what you have.