*** Intel Kaby Lake is HERE! ***

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Intel Core i7-7700K 4.2GHz (Kaby Lake) Socket LGA1151 Processor - Retail @ £349.99 inc VAT https://www.overclockers.co.uk/inte...ocket-lga1151-processor-retail-cp-62f-in.html



BX80677I77700K,
Quad Core with Hyperthreading Technology,
4.20GHz clock speed,
14nm Process,
8MB L3 Cache,
Dual Channel DDR4 Controller,
Integrated Iris DX12 Graphics,
3 Year Warranty

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Intel Core i5-7600K 3.80GHz (Kaby Lake) Socket LGA1151 Processor - Retail @ £239.99 inc VAT https://www.overclockers.co.uk/inte...ocket-lga1151-processor-retail-cp-62h-in.html


BX80677I57600K,
Quad Core Technology,
3.80GHz clock speed,
14nm Process,
6MB L3 Cache,
Dual Channel DDR4 Controller,
Integrated Iris DX12 Graphics,
3 Year Warranty

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Gigabyte Aorus GA-Z270X-Gaming 8 Intel Z270 (Socket 1151) DDR4 ATX Motherboard @ £373.99 inc VAT https://www.overclockers.co.uk/giga...cket-1151-ddr4-atx-motherboard-mb-54k-gi.html



Skylake/Kabylake, DDR4 2133-3866, 4x PCIEx16, 2x PCIEx1, 2x M.2, 2x U.2, 2x SATA Express, 8x SATA 6Gb/s, 1x USB TypeC, 1x USB3.1, 9x USB3.0, SLI/Crossfire, 2x LAN, WIFI, BT, Thunderbolt


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Asus ROG Maximus IX Formula Intel Z270 (Socket 1151) DDR4 ATX Motherboard @ £349.99 inc VAT https://www.overclockers.co.uk/asus...cket-1151-ddr4-atx-motherboard-mb-68m-as.html



Skylake/Kabylake, DDR4 2133-4133, 3x PCIEx16, 3x PCIEx1, 2x M.2, 6x SATA 6Gb/s, 3x USB3.1, 6x USB3.0, 6x USB2.0, SLI/Crossfire, Intel LAN, WiFi, Bluetooth, EK CrossChill II Waterblock

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Asus ROG Maximus IX Hero Intel Z270 (Socket 1151) DDR4 ATX Motherboard @ £239.99 inc VAT https://www.overclockers.co.uk/asus...cket-1151-ddr4-atx-motherboard-mb-68q-as.html



Skylake/Kabylake, DDR4 2133-4133, 3x PCIEx16, 3x PCIEx1, 2x M.2, 6x SATA 6Gb/s, 1x USB 3.1 TypeC, 2x USB3.1, 6x USB3.0, 6x USB2.0, SLI/Crossfire, Intel LAN,



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i have to say, on a personal note, this is probably the nicest range of motherboards that i've ever seen. ok, there is probably too much rgb but you can turn that off!




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Modern motherboards include many times more components, PCB layers and general complexity than boards did less than a decade ago.

Of course RGB and other aesthetic additions have added to the cost too.

More advanced features such as PLX, headphone amps and expanded connectivity also require third parts chipsets which aren't cheap.

Finally, in the last decade, the dollar rate has dropped from 2$ to the pound to today's rate of 1.2.
 
Jamesyboyjim said:
I see the argument for these sky high motherboard prices is because they feature new technology and more features than ever, but surely in years gone by, motherboards then also contained at the time new technology and more features than before yet they were a third of the price.
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Yes, they had new technology, but so little of it. The technology in question was SATA, PCIE, USB2.0 all the stuff that we expect as standard now. These were the headline features for boards back then.

Not only that, we have so much more of it now. There are half a dozen different ways to connect your HDD/SSD and people expect the top of the range boards to have all of them... The audio is no longer a single chip with software codec, they have entire, isolated circuits with HIFI quality hardware and dedicated amplification. Then there is Multi/UEFI BIOS, Thunderbolt, Displayport etc etc etc...You don't think that Intel added all of this extra stuff to the chipset without increasing the price do you?

Finally, as I've said before, due to changes in dollar rate alone, the £120 Abit IP35 Pro (the legendary, top selling board from 2007/2008) would be circa £200 today.
 
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WingZero30 said:
i3 is the new i5 pricewise

i5 is the new i7 pricewise
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6700K was £320 when launched (based on the $ rate at the time = $500)

7700K is £350 (based on current $ rate = $430)

That, to me, doesn't support your statement one bit.

I just don't understand all of this negativity about pricing...
 
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haszek said:
So it's weird to compare prices to how it was on the "release" by using increased prices.
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It's also weird to compare launch pricing with deal prices that may have been floating around during peak periods.

I'm not going to look at Samsung's latest 65" 4K HDR TV which may launch at £1600 and compare pricing to last year's model which was available on Black Friday for £1100, maybe that's just me :confused:
 
Hikari Kisugi said:
I understand that, but how will it work later on those boards if it currently doesn't exists, will special types of DIMM appears, will it use the M2 slots, will it use the DIMM slots in different config from memory?

Will updates be required when it launches?
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One of the M.2 slots on the supported Z270 boards will be assigned to Optane. It can be used as a normal M.2 slot though.

The last time I saw a tech that excited me so much it was NVMe when compared to SATA (3000Mbps vs 600Mbps). I'm certain that it will be introduced, I'm certain that it will work. I don't know how much it will cost and I don't know, to what extent, it will replace RAM on this generation. The principle though, is that it will entirely replace RAM in the future as it is both faster and non-volatile.

From that I saw, the capacities planned at the start were 16GB, 32GB & 64GB, more than enough for any gaming PC and most workstations.
 
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