Sunday, September 15th 2019
Dozens of GIGABYTE Intel 400-series Chipset Motherboards Show Up at the EEC
Intel is inching closer to the launch of its socket LGA1200 mainstream desktop platform based on its 400-series chipset and 14 nm "Comet Lake-S" silicon. The platform provides a forward upgrade path to the company's 10 nm "Ice Lake-S" processors when they come out. "Comet Lake-S" is a derivative of the "Skylake" microarchitecture that's been scaled up to 10 CPU cores, and HyperThreading enabled across the board, with clock speeds pushed to the limits of the 14 nm silicon fabrication process. The TDP of some of these parts is reportedly set as high as 125 W. GIGABYTE is ready with dozens of motherboards for these processors, based on one of five chipsets - Z490, H470, Q470, B460, and H410.
The Intel Z490 Express will be the top-end chipset geared toward gamers and enthusiasts wanting to overclock their processors. The H470 will be a slight step down, and possibly lack multi-GPU and CPU overclocking support. The Q470 is its twin with certain enterprise-relevant features. The B460 is the mid-range chipset, targeting a spectrum of users including gamers who don't overclock their CPU. The H410 will be the entry-level chipset for everyone else. What's interesting about GIGABYTE's list of motherboards filed for regulatory clearance from the Eurasian Economic Commission, is that is looks partial. There are far too few AORUS-branded products.
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The Intel Z490 Express will be the top-end chipset geared toward gamers and enthusiasts wanting to overclock their processors. The H470 will be a slight step down, and possibly lack multi-GPU and CPU overclocking support. The Q470 is its twin with certain enterprise-relevant features. The B460 is the mid-range chipset, targeting a spectrum of users including gamers who don't overclock their CPU. The H410 will be the entry-level chipset for everyone else. What's interesting about GIGABYTE's list of motherboards filed for regulatory clearance from the Eurasian Economic Commission, is that is looks partial. There are far too few AORUS-branded products.
17 Comments on Dozens of GIGABYTE Intel 400-series Chipset Motherboards Show Up at the EEC
Not so long ago I've seen a very similar sentence on this forum about SMT being available on all Ryzen. :-)
Intel has the market share and they focus on making money.
AMD fights for the market share, but as it grows, they'll become more and more like the company you criticize so much. :-)
That being said, I am leaning towards AMD still. Just waiting a bit longer for drivers to mature some more.
They didn't wanna double down on B450 to make good chunky MATX boards, and decided to leave this chipset with cheap offerings, so there's that.
B -- 460
H and Q -- 470
Z -- 490
I am convinced that the marketing people at Intel are on drugs.
The real kicker is it's not the chipset that's redundant here, it's the Comet Lake CPUs.
About Intel mATX boards been easier to build, can you give me explanation or link, cause that doesn't make sense.If you said market saturation still favoring Intel however, I get the point :D
Gigabyte has mATX board for Ryzen, but I'm feeling like they half ass build it. AX370M and Aorus B450M are prime example, hindered by bad VRM, insufficient cooling and terrible BIOS :nutkick:
They made a well performing chip and they got traction in the "enthusiast" segment (including favorable reviews).
But this strategy will not give them mainstream success.
And as they become more and more like Intel, it will be interesting to observe how the hardcore fanbase reacts. :-)
It's a good chance it does, but I haven't seen those details.
There are many components and many properties. They make many combinations.
And since plexi cases became popular, we're also getting mobos with different colour schemes.Hardly anyone buys them. There's no point in making more.