Wednesday, June 27th 2018
Intel Z390 Platform, Intel Core i9 CPU Lineup Leaked?
According to a report from WCCFTech, Intel is prepping the release of the Z390 chipset and is gearing up to bring their Core i9 branding series to the mainstream desktop platforms. Apparently, Intel's renaming scheme serves as a way to add the required "branding impact" to the fact that the i9 series of processors is finally hitting the mainstream - but don't be deluded. As we've previously covered, Intel's Z390 chipset may well become a rebrand of sorts from the current Z370 chipset, after Intel found insufficient capacity at its 14 nm node (which has to cope with the vast majority of Intel silicon production, following the smattering of delays hitting its 10 nm process). Basically, Intel's Z390 chipset will bring forward features that weren't built on the Z370 chipset at its inception, but have since become part of Intel's lineup (read, for example, its H370 chipset): Intel Wireless-AC 802.11 AC and Bluetooth 5.0; Intel Wireless-AC Adapter; and up to 6 x USB 3.1 Gen 2 Ports.
According to WCCFTech, there's only confirmation of an 8-core, 16-thread CPU (Intel Core i9-9900K); a 6-core, 12-thread one (Intel Core i7-9700K) and a six-core, six-thread part (Intel Core i5-9600K ). No confirmation on an i3 part has been had yet, but it's very unlikely Intel has shelved that part of their lineup. A 4-core CPU is simply too important - from a yield perspective, mainly - for Intel to shelve it - and there's still enough demand for these, even with AMD's many-core democratization push.
Sources:
WCCFTech, Intel 300 Series Chipsets
According to WCCFTech, there's only confirmation of an 8-core, 16-thread CPU (Intel Core i9-9900K); a 6-core, 12-thread one (Intel Core i7-9700K) and a six-core, six-thread part (Intel Core i5-9600K ). No confirmation on an i3 part has been had yet, but it's very unlikely Intel has shelved that part of their lineup. A 4-core CPU is simply too important - from a yield perspective, mainly - for Intel to shelve it - and there's still enough demand for these, even with AMD's many-core democratization push.
47 Comments on Intel Z390 Platform, Intel Core i9 CPU Lineup Leaked?
I am all for it if price/performance and its ability to overclock remains intact. Let AMD have a taste of their own medicine.
This will mean identical single core performance but multi being about 30% faster which will be great.
Anderson basically told the press that the launch of a Ryzen 7 2800X hinges upon Intel's response."
"When AMD announced their second generation Ryzen processors a few days ago the AMD Ryzen 7 2700X was positioned at the top, rather than something like a 2800 or 2800X to match the Ryzen 7 1800X. However, AMD’s Senior Vice President, Jim Anderson, has hinted that we might see a 2800X at a later date."
www.notebookcheck.net/We-may-still-see-a-Ryzen-7-2800X-at-a-later-date-says-AMD-s-Jim-Anderson.300696.0.html
Why would they call an 8th gen i7 9700? why not i7 8800? 8900K.... marketing people make no sense.
What i really want is a cheap Cascade Lake 10 core that is soldered and can crack 5Ghz w/ HT off ... not gonna happen but would be nice.
Damn... you dont even know what these Intel cpus run at in their 8 core iteration. Completely baseless and BTW Ryzen is already surpassing Intel in performance ona number of tasks, and it is faster clock-for-clock too.
The only reason Intel still has CPUs that matter is because they provide them with a factory OC since kaby lake. Stop fooling yourself
I sure miss my old 5930K since it was the last processor I owned which was soldered and had linear thermal characteristics unlike this spiky and unpredictable 7700K. From experience when overclocked no amount of cooling is sufficient for this chip unless I decide to Delid it someday which is unlikely.
What's the point???? That has to be rebranded 8700K.
The i9 marketing seems to work well on some giullible fools.... even on TPU. Crazy
That being said in recent times Intel does seem to have employed this rather annoying and confusing tactic of introducing an endless amount of chipsets and re-branded CPUs that only work with a specific line of CPUs every single time they notice any movement from their competitor.See , actually the 9700K is supposed to be the current 8700K . Seems like the confusion is already manifesting:laugh:
well, even if i would be the only one (highly unlikely) that would still be one ... positive point .... that would make me unique :laugh: to have taken that option ... (oh well it's not like the IPC gain from the new Intel CPU will bury Ryzen ... far from that and you can be sure that the price will not reflect the meager gain over it)
kinda fed up to pay more for ... not really morei kinda hate my country ... a 6/7/8700K is rather in the 450$ range for me ... sooooo, fat chance a 9XXX would be in the 370$ for me :laugh:
and if it was only 50$ more than a 2700X that would still be an argument in favor for an AMD switch to me ... 50$ is 50$ hehe
But, I'll do it anyways.
Intel should solder their next gen CPUs. It's been quite a long while since I've owned an Intel chip--It was a Pentium Pro. I'm very impressed with this 8700k, but at the same time VERY disappointed. The ONLY, ONLY, ONLY thing holding it back is the TIM. The ONLY thing! It's a disgrace to all that is holy and unholy. It's ridiculous, honestly. It's a damn shame. They are bad people and they should feel bad.
The only reason I can come up with for it is warranty purposes. How can they tell that you actually overclocked and fried your chip? They can't. But if you want to overclock it for real, you have to delid it, and void your warranty. I can understand it--but at the same time I can hate it.