Friday, August 12th 2011
Intel Desktop Board Lineup for 2011-12 Disclosed
Here are some of the first motherboards by Intel's Desktop Board brand of consumer motherboards. Towards the end of 2011, Intel will release its Sandy Bridge-E high-end desktop platform. Like with the launch of any new chipset or desktop platform, Intel will have its Desktop Board products in place, that follow the chipset and branding specifications to the letter. With Sandy Bridge-E, Intel will launch two Extreme Series motherboards, the DX79SI and the DX79TO. In the second half of 2011, Intel will also launch a variety of Intel Atom boards, including one codenamed "Marshaltown".
Then in the first half of 2012, Intel will launch its next-generation 22 nm "Ivy Bridge" desktop processors in the LGA1155 package (compatible with Sandy Bridge). To back its launch, Intel will release a new chipset called Z77 Express. There will be no discrete graphics chipsets. H77 is the client desktop chipset that lacks overclocking features. Z77 has them, and support for Smart Response technology. Q77 adds a few enterprise management features. Intel's Z77 based motherboards include two Extreme series models, and two top-end Media Series models.
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DonanimHaber
Then in the first half of 2012, Intel will launch its next-generation 22 nm "Ivy Bridge" desktop processors in the LGA1155 package (compatible with Sandy Bridge). To back its launch, Intel will release a new chipset called Z77 Express. There will be no discrete graphics chipsets. H77 is the client desktop chipset that lacks overclocking features. Z77 has them, and support for Smart Response technology. Q77 adds a few enterprise management features. Intel's Z77 based motherboards include two Extreme series models, and two top-end Media Series models.
21 Comments on Intel Desktop Board Lineup for 2011-12 Disclosed
But then again The Ivy bridge generation chipset might have some features people really want like sata express and/or thunderbolt.
Intel likes to dribble out new features on different boards to make it hard to plan ahead...those sneaky guys.
To bad i has no money currently.:(
btw 8 slots
Just one thing, that PCI slot looks so out of place for a board that will be released in the 2011~12 time frame, reminds me of some boards that still had ISA slots when ppl had moved from that standard many years ago :p
In my particular case, I'm just gonna wait till Ivy Bridge is released, I believe my SB rig should be enough until then, no need for SB-E :)
Consumer product=
Yeah, you're right, are those serial ports or VGA ports on the back panel on that previous GB board? must be a board designed for an specific purpose :confused:
Only 4 memory slots though, not that it matters much, since Win7 Home 64bits only addresses 16GBs, and that should be plenty enough for a couple more years :) Unless you're into professional video or photo editing, in that case Win 7 Pro can address orders of magnitude more RAM, but for gaming... nah... 16GBs should work until Win 8 and eventually TES VI are released :eek:
Thanks for the pic :rockout:
Side note: Wish there was a better roadmap picture.