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Biostar confirms the existence of Intel's Z390 chipset

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What's the chances of compatibility with current coffee lake chips.


https://overclock3d.net/news/cpu_mainboard/biostar_confirms_the_existence_of_intel_s_z390_chipset/1

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Ever since Coffee Lake was first rumoured, Intel was expected to create a premium Z390 series socket which would sit above their existing Z370 models, delivering users additional features alongside support for long rumoured 8-core desktop CPUs.

The release of Coffee Lake was allegedly brought forward after the launch of Ryzen, forcing Intel to adapt existing chipsets for use with the platform. This accelerated launch is why Intel's Z370 motherboards are so similar to their Z270 counterparts. Intel's new chipsets were not ready for Coffee Lake, forcing the release of Intel's lower-end chipsets to be delayed into 2018, with Intel's high-end overclocking chipset being renamed to Z390.

Intel's new H370, Q370 and B360 motherboards integrate USB 3.1, ac-WLAN and other features into the chipset, cutting down on the number of 3rd party chips that motherboard makers require.

Biostar has confirmed that they have Z390 chipset motherboards in the works (via PCGamesHardware), releasing a combined Z390GT3/B360GT3S manual, providing official documentation for Intel's long rumoured high-end overclocking chipset.

Below is a motherboard layout diagram for Biostar's upcoming Z390 GT3 motherboard, which will use Intel's LGA 1151 socket and offers support for 8th Generation i7, i5, i3, Pentium and Celeron series processors with a maximum TDP of 95W.
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Minstadave said:
Intel may as well just ship their CPUs soldered to the mobo of your choice, every tiny revision needs a new board.
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It's not funny because it's true :( There's so little reason to change one without the other... They could probably issue them with soldered ram as well :P
 
eddiew said:
It's not funny because it's true :( There's so little reason to change one without the other... They could probably issue them with soldered ram as well :p
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Ironically that's why Intel haven't had any more money it of me since Sandybridge, no upgrade path worth taking.
 
TeraVirus said:
Bit of a shame that once you buy something, it'll get replaced in less than a year.
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RavenXXX2 said:
What's the chances of compatibility with current coffee lake chips.


https://overclock3d.net/news/cpu_mainboard/biostar_confirms_the_existence_of_intel_s_z390_chipset/1

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The question is what they mean "high overclocking"?
We already hit 5.1-5.3Ghz and 4.5-4.8Ghz Ring on the CoffeeLakes. Would Z390 allows us to push the very same chips to 6Ghz? :p
(i would be interested to that, as HOI IV eats the two threads alive but doubtful)
 
I think they use high end overclocking as a term to describe Intels belief you have to pay a premium for the privilege of overclocking, not that it will overclock better than previous high end overclocking boards.
 
Panos said:
The question is what they mean "high overclocking"?
We already hit 5.1-5.3Ghz and 4.5-4.8Ghz Ring on the CoffeeLakes. Would Z390 allows us to push the very same chips to 6Ghz? :p
(i would be interested to that, as HOI IV eats the two threads alive but doubtful)
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Allegedly 2 more cores clocked ~1GHz higher than Coffee Lake, doubt the chip would post.
 
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