Intel B460 and H410 Incompatibility with "Rocket Lake" Explained

[Wirko]

"It turns out, that some batches of B460 and H410 PCH dies are re-badged from older generations of PCH, and built on the 22 nm silicon fabrication process; whereas the Z490 and H470 are based on a newer generation that's built on 14 nm."

This explanation only make things worst. It just proves that Intel have been rebranding old chipsets to use with "new" Sky Lake based processors, instead of allowing backward compatibility. So all the while, Intel have been recycling same processor and chipset, forcing people to upgrade motherboard if they want to upgrade to a newer CPU. All the more I won't be bothered about Intel as long as there are other alternatives out there.

It's not rebranding (old chip under a new name) that's the problem here, it's the bait-and-switch behaviour (even older chip under the same name).
Had Intel chosen to call these chipsets B455 and H405, and stated right away that we should not expect full compatibility, that would be just fine and fair. The added value for Intel would be to have us all confused with ten different chipsets instead of only eight.

 

[SL2]

Ouch.

Likely not all Z490 motherboard will support Rocket Lake-S processors

Admittedly, this is getting a little confusing, isn't it? Earlier this week you have been able to read here that Intel will not support H410 and B460 motherboards for their eleventh-generation desk...

www.guru3d.com

 

[sepheronx]

Ouch.

Likely not all Z490 motherboard will support Rocket Lake-S processors

Admittedly, this is getting a little confusing, isn't it? Earlier this week you have been able to read here that Intel will not support H410 and B460 motherboards for their eleventh-generation desk...

www.guru3d.com

Lol, I wonder if my z490 gaming plus won't be compatible?

Oh well, even if it isn't, my plan was a 10900 or so.

 

[ThrashZone]

Hi,
I don't see this series as a worth wild venture from 10900k unless it's near free.

i'm really hoping intel New Processors and Plataforms succeed.
AMD with the lead will just keep the prices High, we all need lower prices and better performance, ZEN3 is the proof that AMD is not really all that consumer friendly.
if only Intel could stop pulling shit like this i might be more optmistic tho.

Poor inventory keeps amd prices high if amd flooded the market like they did 30 series we'd see price drops just as we do on 30 series.

 

[newtekie1]

You know that there's a range of Rocket Lake processors right? Your average i3 and i5 won't be in the 600 bucks price range.

Except the i3s and maybe the i5s will be rebranded Comet Lake. And upgrading to an 11th gen i5 would just be a sidegrade anyway, as has been pointed out.

 

[KarymidoN]

Hi,
I don't see this series as a worth wild venture from 10900k unless it's near free.



Poor inventory keeps amd prices high if amd flooded the market like they did 30 series we'd see price drops just as we do on 30 series.

well they raised the MSRP too, lets not forget about that.
I'm an AMD user, i was prepared to switch to ZEN3 but the MSRP wanst for me, and i had stock in my country to buy, but the prices made no sense.

 

[ThrashZone]

well they raised the MSRP too, lets not forget about that.
I'm an AMD user, i was prepared to switch to ZEN3 but the MSRP wanst for me, and i had stock in my country to buy, but the prices made no sense.

Hi,
MSRP after 6-8 months usually doesn't mean much if sells are low one just has to wait for the price to drop which is the hard part for most

 

[SL2]

AMD is expecting CPU shortages at least until July. I know, offtopic..

 

[KarymidoN]

Hi,
MSRP after 6-8 months usually doesn't mean much if sells are low one just has to wait for the price to drop which is the hard part for most

not everywhere, in Brazil (the country i live) The MSRP almost never goes down, sometimes you can get a promo, but only if you wait till a new gen comes, so the old one goes on sale.

 

[Mr Bill]

Since I'm old and clueless, is it just the gamers that have to have the latest and greatest? Or, is it also some normal everyday PC users with lots of money that have a need for speed? Because my old 4th Gen i5 with 16 gig ram, just smokes across the web, of course my 1GHz internet helps. I can remember when there were lines out overnight at all the iPhone stores, because some had to have the latest and greatest, has the iPhone syndrome infected the PC world, or did it just spread by itself?