Intel Haswell Refresh Processors Codenamed Devil’s Canyon – Launching in Mid 2014 With Unlocked Desi

bakes0310 · 22 Apr 2014 at 20:12

That's the one ill be getting

Boomstick777 · 22 Apr 2014 at 20:34

16x16 and still uses DDR3 so won't need to fork out for new ram..

Gibabyte Z97 and 4790K might be tempting..

wazza300 · 22 Apr 2014 at 20:37

its 16x16x8x last time I checked (z97)

Jamin280672 · 22 Apr 2014 at 20:38

Any Z87 board with a PLX chip now will do x16 x16, my gigabyte sniper 5 does it, just hope the K series works on it.

X16 / x8 / x16 / x8 if I remember right, that's the config of the slots.

setter · 22 Apr 2014 at 20:38

Boomstick777 said:
16x16 and still uses DDR3 so won't need to fork out for new ram..

Gibabyte Z97 and 4790K might be tempting..

Indeed, improved Tim sounds good as my current chip is insanely hot. Do i delid or upgrade, decisions decisions.

wazza300 · 22 Apr 2014 at 20:49

is it on the same 22nm? or a die shrink

Jamin280672 · 22 Apr 2014 at 20:52

Still 22nm, first die shrink we will see is broadwell 14nm

rare · 22 Apr 2014 at 21:21

Be really interesting to see what gains the new DC design changes bring about in terms of over clocking. 5Ghz would be awesome, and would be relevant for quite some time I would imagine. Heres hoping...

RetrogamerX · 22 Apr 2014 at 21:31

16X16 is a big plus for me.

setter · 22 Apr 2014 at 21:38

If its possible to drop a 4790k into a Z87 board id go this route, would be cheaper than having to get a new board too.

Mei · 23 Apr 2014 at 10:31

i like the look of the asus delux with the round heatsink

whats with the gigabyte black edition, it has yellow on it, not that i have anything against yellow, its just not.... black

shamus21 · 23 Apr 2014 at 10:56

rare said:
Be really interesting to see what gains the new DC design changes bring about in terms of over clocking. 5Ghz would be awesome, and would be relevant for quite some time I would imagine. Heres hoping...

Hope being the word when it comes to Intel. :rolleyes:

bakes0310 · 23 Apr 2014 at 18:34

Gigabyte GA-Z97X-SOC Force Z97

http://thepcenthusiast.com/gigabyte-ga-z97x-soc-force-z97-motherboard-revealed/

This will be my next board, especially with the support gigabyte give there current force boards.

Neil King · 23 Apr 2014 at 19:04

Anyone know when Overclockers UK will be having any Z97 boards to buy?

Looking to buy a complete PC build so will wait for Z97.

Jamin280672 · 23 Apr 2014 at 20:35

bakes0310 said:
Gigabyte GA-Z97X-SOC Force Z97

http://thepcenthusiast.com/gigabyte-ga-z97x-soc-force-z97-motherboard-revealed/

This will be my next board, especially with the support gigabyte give there current force boards.

I saw this earlier, its quite nice, but they have done away with the G! sniper series though :-(

and re-named it to G1 Gaming series with a red colour scheme, it looks like the MSI and ASUS ROG boards now, I perfered the Black and Green theme.

http://www.techpowerup.com/200109/gigabyte-g1-gaming-z97-motherboard-pictured.html

Mei · 24 Apr 2014 at 07:36

Jamin280672 said:
I saw this earlier, its quite nice, but they have done away with the G! sniper series though and re-named it to G1 Gaming series with a red colour scheme, it looks like the MSI and ASUS ROG boards now, I perfered the Black and Green theme.

http://www.techpowerup.com/200109/gigabyte-g1-gaming-z97-motherboard-pictured.html

yeh not sure why, with the nvidia green that should get them sales
there's sooo many red n black builds

spoffle · 24 Apr 2014 at 07:45

Boomstick777 said:
E series are soldered. It's only the mainstream chips that Intel cheap out on the TIM. This is good news for those that can upgrade to these chips though. Slight speed bump, new process but no die shrink. Improved TIM. These might actually be nice chips. Those on Haswell I3's / I5's might have a worthy upgrade option.

I don't even think they're cheaping out, I think they do it to purposefully limit overclockability due to plans to release newer chips with only a small increase in speed.

Geeman1979 · 24 Apr 2014 at 07:50

^
Agreed.

Boomstick777 · 24 Apr 2014 at 10:40

spoffle said:
I don't even think they're cheaping out, I think they do it to purposefully limit overclockability due to plans to release newer chips with only a small increase in speed.

Obviously... That's why they have cheaped out on the previous gens. To limit the overclock..

Now Intel's attitude has changed toward the mainstream, even allowing upcoming Pentium chips to overclock and repurposed the Haswell chips for overclocking, including improved TIM.

These are going to be very nice for overclocking.

Taken from OC.NET, Alatar post.

Regular haswell and Devil's canyon side by side:

Booner! · 24 Apr 2014 at 10:48

So tempted to grab the weekly deal on the bundle with an i7 4770k at 4.2ghz + 16gb DDR 2300mhz, or should I wait a few more weeks?