I'm so excited by Intel's 4th respin of Sky Lake. Can't wait to buy a massively expensive new motherboard that will be outdated by the end of next year because it doesn't support DDR5 or PCIe-4!
Yeah and given that Intel has released no RocketLake samples to OEMs they really are just guessing at future PCIe 4 compatibility. I wouldn't be dropping big money in the hopes that it will support PCIe 4 someday. If they run into problems it will be the first thing scrapped in favor of getting you to buy a new RocketLake optimized board.
Furthermore, it's not as if the motherboard makers don't already have PCIe4 experience with Ryzen motherboards. They're not going in blind, making Z490 boards.
You basically have to pay double the amount for a Z490 vs. an AMD B450/550 motherboard in Canada. So the total cost CPU plus motherboard means Intel's 6 core is competing against AMD's 8 core in price.
That $900 Z490 Dark isn't a Z490, it's a Z390 from a Newegg reseller that's selling it for double it's MSRP. Z490 Dark will probably be $500. Maybe $600 at most.
I am rather stuck between a rock and a hard place.... I need about 48 pcie lanes for my next build IFF I go dual graphics and 32 if I don't (PCIe Raid card = 16 lanes). AMD supports the number of lanes I need, but that means threadripper CPUs And they are hot, don't OC too well, slower than I would like. Intel has the CPU speeds I would like, but not the PCIe lanes for even my minimum spec of 32 lanes. AMD has PCIe gen 4, but there aren't really any SSDs that take advantage of that. (I am sure that will change sooner than AMD producing speedy CPUs or Intel producing more PCIe gen 4 lanes...) Faster next-gen RAM would be a plus, but RAM is not really a bottleneck at the moment Just ranting
If you need 48 PCIe lanes then AMD is your only option, so stop kvetching about irrelevancies like the CPUs being hot and being bad OC'ers - especially when Intel CPUs have the same problems but worse.
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rallyhard - Wednesday, May 6, 2020 - link
“...can cost a mouth-watering $1299“I think you meant eye-watering! The hardware might be drool-worthy, but the price is anything but.
krazyfrog - Wednesday, May 6, 2020 - link
Gavin eats motherboards for breakfast.gavbon - Wednesday, May 6, 2020 - link
The bigger the board, the fatter I get!Flunk - Wednesday, May 6, 2020 - link
I'm so excited by Intel's 4th respin of Sky Lake. Can't wait to buy a massively expensive new motherboard that will be outdated by the end of next year because it doesn't support DDR5 or PCIe-4!ArcadeEngineer - Wednesday, May 6, 2020 - link
At least some of them are marketed as 'PCIE 4.0 ready' for use with rocket lake, which is meant to be about the end of the year.shabby - Wednesday, May 6, 2020 - link
Is intel pinky-promising pcie 4 support? lolmrvco - Wednesday, May 6, 2020 - link
Hopefully someone can hold the marketing department accountable at the end of the year.TheUnhandledException - Wednesday, May 6, 2020 - link
Yeah and given that Intel has released no RocketLake samples to OEMs they really are just guessing at future PCIe 4 compatibility. I wouldn't be dropping big money in the hopes that it will support PCIe 4 someday. If they run into problems it will be the first thing scrapped in favor of getting you to buy a new RocketLake optimized board.yeeeeman - Wednesday, May 6, 2020 - link
How exactly do you know if intel released rocket lake samples or not?lmcd - Wednesday, May 6, 2020 - link
If the traces support it, then unless Intel gimps its chipset the board will support it.1_rick - Wednesday, May 6, 2020 - link
Furthermore, it's not as if the motherboard makers don't already have PCIe4 experience with Ryzen motherboards. They're not going in blind, making Z490 boards.regsEx - Thursday, May 7, 2020 - link
All AMD chipsets before X570 were PCIe 2.0. Did anyone notice that?Myrandex - Thursday, May 7, 2020 - link
What are you talking about?? The x570 supports 4.0, but before that they supported 3.0. My B450 runs 3.0 just fine.edzieba - Monday, May 11, 2020 - link
The CPU lanes are 3.0, but like with the 3xx series chipsets, all PCIe lanes from the chipset itself are PCIe 2.0, not 3.0.shaolin95 - Friday, May 8, 2020 - link
The usual sad amd troll fanboy. Don't worry, in 5 years amd may hit 5ghzQasar - Friday, May 8, 2020 - link
amd doesn't need to hit 5ghz to be competitive with intel, intel needs 5 ghz to be competitive with amd :-)Potato Power - Wednesday, May 6, 2020 - link
$1299 a motherboard for a Intel mainstream CPU? It makes Apple $700 wheels for Mac Pro looks like a bargain.Alistair - Wednesday, May 6, 2020 - link
No B series Intel motherboards with overclocking? No Intel CPU purchases.Alistair - Wednesday, May 6, 2020 - link
You basically have to pay double the amount for a Z490 vs. an AMD B450/550 motherboard in Canada. So the total cost CPU plus motherboard means Intel's 6 core is competing against AMD's 8 core in price.drexnx - Wednesday, May 6, 2020 - link
when was the last time a non-Z intel chipset _did_ officially support overclocking? gotta be P67 in 2011, right?iranterres - Wednesday, May 6, 2020 - link
Intel never fails to impress me, down the sinkhole.TresNugget - Wednesday, May 6, 2020 - link
That $900 Z490 Dark isn't a Z490, it's a Z390 from a Newegg reseller that's selling it for double it's MSRP. Z490 Dark will probably be $500. Maybe $600 at most.1_rick - Wednesday, May 6, 2020 - link
Yeah, when you search for a product, it's good to make sure the result is what you were actually looking for and not something "close".Hulk - Wednesday, May 6, 2020 - link
Would be nice to know what the CPU's that go into these mobo's will cost.willis936 - Thursday, May 7, 2020 - link
It’s linked in the article.https://www.anandtech.com/show/15758/intels-10th-g...
croc - Thursday, May 7, 2020 - link
I am rather stuck between a rock and a hard place.... I need about 48 pcie lanes for my next build IFF I go dual graphics and 32 if I don't (PCIe Raid card = 16 lanes). AMD supports the number of lanes I need, but that means threadripper CPUs And they are hot, don't OC too well, slower than I would like. Intel has the CPU speeds I would like, but not the PCIe lanes for even my minimum spec of 32 lanes. AMD has PCIe gen 4, but there aren't really any SSDs that take advantage of that. (I am sure that will change sooner than AMD producing speedy CPUs or Intel producing more PCIe gen 4 lanes...) Faster next-gen RAM would be a plus, but RAM is not really a bottleneck at the moment Just rantingThe_Assimilator - Thursday, May 7, 2020 - link
If you need 48 PCIe lanes then AMD is your only option, so stop kvetching about irrelevancies like the CPUs being hot and being bad OC'ers - especially when Intel CPUs have the same problems but worse.fogifds - Monday, May 11, 2020 - link
Intel X-series has the PCIE lanes you need.brucethemoose - Thursday, May 7, 2020 - link
That was the generatiob they introduced the Z naming scheme, IIRC. The P67 boards didnt support IGPs, but the Z boards had it all.drexnx - Thursday, May 7, 2020 - link
which is why I bought a Z68 board back then ;)MDD1963 - Saturday, May 9, 2020 - link
'$1299" ....now that is downright humorous, right there, no denying it! :)cacudeyi - Friday, September 11, 2020 - link
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