New computer, 1366 or 1156 socket?

[alcattle]

To add to Freddie's comments:

The 1366 is more likely to be able to upgrade to the next gen of CPU's such as hex-cores.

1156 only the i7s has the boost feature ( I think) The best CPU is the 1156 family is the i5-750 (bang for buck)
Most 1156 MBs can only hold 4 sticks which is a max of 8 gigs until the 4 gig sticks drop a lot. 4 gig (2x2) ~ $200 4 gig stick ~ $400.
All that said, I am going with an i5-750.

Look at Tom's reviews for real world application tests. (tomshardware.com)

Edit: after further review.... all i5 series CPUs have Turbo boost, it is hyper Threading I was kind of thinking of.