<div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div class="gmail_quote"><div><div class="h5"><div>I disagree that this is the case at all. I am transforming my 2008 built budget system (LGA 755) into a new frontend... I can pick up an upgraded processor for 20 bucks, and DDR2 RAM is not too expensive on ebay. LGA 1155 should be even better... considering that my mobo will support anything from a Celeron G440 to an i7. It will be a couple of years before i7's start being sold cheaply on ebay... but they will.</div>
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<div><br></div><div>It's all about the chipset. and LGA 1155 has staying power. I wanted to go Intel, but I couldn't commit to either of their current chipsets because they are already scheduled to be replaced.</div>
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</blockquote></div><br><div>Correction... I wanted to go AMD but couldn't due to their chipsets is changing again soon and there is no clear upgrade path.</div>