GIGABYTE G1.Gaming Z97 Motherboard Pictured

[Hood]

"I'd love to get the last Skulltrail Intel board and a 4770K, but it's just not going to do much but take $$$ outta me, but the same $$$ for 780 performance hell yes, "HELL NO" from the wife Lol !!!"
I had the same thought, but now I'm betting Intel keeps making desktop boards, since their recent public statement in support of desktop enthusiast platforms. If not, Asus boards are the next best thing, and they'll probably be working closer with Intel on board and chipset development. I almost ordered a 780, but decided that my 660 Ti would serve until the 800 series debuts. I'll upgrade MOBO, CPU & GPU in late 2014/early 2015 and hopefully be able to actually feel the difference coming from Ivy Bridge/Kepler.

 

[TheHunter]

I don't see what differentiates this from Z87, except the m.2 slot ( a $10 adapter card does the same thing). So now we'll have dozens of new boards to review, with nothing new to say about them, except how the color scheme looks, and how you still can't overclock worth a damn because of the on-die voltage regulator. I guess SATA Express won't arrive until Broadwell. This is why desktop builders are in a slump - 2 years has gone by since Z77 and nothing has really changed.

its not FIVR fault, but poor thermal contact between cpu die and IHS.
It can cope with it until certain voltage treshold, 1.30-1.35v looks the upper limit (3d gate gets hot - same by IvyBridge).

Intel also shared some data on how it achieved substantial power savings with Haswell, including using a new stacked power gate for the memory interface that reduced leakage by 100x over Ivy Bridge. Haswell's FIVR (Full Integrated Voltage Regulator) is also a topic of discussion in Intel's ISSCC papers. FIVR ends up being 90% efficient under load and can enter/exit sleep in 0.32µs, requiring only 0.1µs to ramp up to turbo frequencies.
http://www.anandtech.com/show/7744/intel-reveals-new-haswell-details-at-isscc-2014

If they make that 4790K that special, then I guess it will run ok at 1.30v+ @ 4.6ghz, ie if you try that on 4770K you would need to delid it for sure.



Good that Z87 is compatible, Broadwell should be too by the looks of it, although I kinda knew that all a long. ^
Its just intel wont say that out loud, they need to sell some Z97 and this new sataxpress.

 

[vega22]

no doubt dude, but you will never get much than 2200mhz from the sandy imc and even if you ran your ram at the same speeds and timings in a 4770k it would give better results. i shared my findings on ram bandwidth in the aida bench threads on here if you want to go look. but it was the sata and usb performance which also got the gains which i found most pleasing. everything from old usb2 drives upto my ssd all gains mb/s.

so while i agree i only get the same cpu performance on 1150 as i do on 1155 i get it at less power draw from the wall. which if i was to use it extensivley i could recoup the £300 out lay within the systems life.

i would love a skulltrail too, and dewar and a couple of pots

 

[revin]

I have to admit I'm Loving my Skulltrail board !! been going strong 24/7 for a few years now and I got my ROI $$$ back and then some !!
But mostly just sooo much fun, and no real issues..........just glad I was able to mod the 478 Scythe to fit.
I also love the Intel Intergrator Tool kit, modded my BIOS with an awesome background, and was able to set all the tweaks that is somewhat annoying to do in BIOS.
If and when the industry pulls off remarkble feats like the Samsung LP ram, and dont take the consumers to the bank, it's a great feeling!
So i'm hoping my post last year[or2??] about Intel staying in the M/B action come's true

At any rate it's the manufacture's that have the Dev's go the extra mile to use Intel's design to the fullest that make or break a M/B