I almost forgot I had this blog. I was considering where to jot down a few notes on my next computer build and had one of those "...Oh...yeah..." moments.
It looks like my plan to put off building a new computer until March of 2017 is going to work out perfectly...well almost. My budget would have been accumulating on schedule, had I not dipped into it to purchase a couple irresistible deals, but I should be able to make it up in time (I'm usually a little OCD about compartmentalizing my funds. Maybe I'm cured). If not, I'll just have to wait until May or so. No biggie.
I might want to wait a little while longer anyway to see how the new tech is vetting and being priced before committing to a schedule. I do want to have it finished before the 2017 holiday season, however.
Originally, I thought I might be looking at a Skylake or even a Cannon Lake chip, but now it's looking like Kaby Lake is going to be taking that spot. That's okay. It always seems like a new die shrink has a few bugs to work out in the manufacturing and quality control areas and Kaby Lake is going to be a refresh of sorts in the 14 nm arena. I don't know. I guess that might help the churn go a little smoother. We'll see.
While Kaby Lake is compatible with the current generation of motherboards with the LGA 1151 socket, Intel is supposed to be releasing a new chip-set (200 series) at the same time as the new CPU and those motherboards aren't out yet AFAIK. I can't really plan too much further ahead without first deciding which motherboard I want to stick it in. We'll just have to wait. It looks like there is going to be a confluence of new tech all hitting at the same time. This might be fun...and research intensive.
A mostly benighted mélange of observations, perspectives and periodic rants, but, of course, I think I'm right. Otherwise, I would think something completely different.
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