Intel to launch 6 core Coffee Lake-S CPUs & Z370 chipset 5 October 2017

zornyan · 18 Jun 2017 at 16:49

Chuk_Chuk said:
I think he already owns a 6900k

currently on a 7700k.

DragonQ said:
Ah so he just needs that 5% performance boost or he'll be behind on his work, I get it.

I had a 5960x setup for a while, but got offered close to what I paid for it for cpu+mobo combo by a friend a few months ago, I had already contemplated selling the system before skylake x news because I was/am confident it would perform better, the price drops for the 8 core are just a sweetener as the switch actually nets me a slight profit.

my editing is a side job, and I put it on hold to do the swap over mainly, just doing little bits here and there with the 7700k to tide me over.

but I've got some work building up that I would like to get sorted asap, I can wait the week for delivery on skylake x, it's just the idea of possibly waiting 4+ weeks if it goes out of stock.

gavinh87 · 18 Jun 2017 at 16:55

They wont be going out of stock. I don't see many people willing to shell out for these

Simon Belmont · 18 Jun 2017 at 18:54

zornyan said:
nda lifts at the same time as preorders go live iirc

No one seems to know exactly when nda lifts tomorrow? 9am would be good?

Gerard · 18 Jun 2017 at 18:55

Intel yet again cheaping out on solder when they can easily afford to do it, while AMD are doing it properly.

zornyan · 18 Jun 2017 at 19:05

Simon Belmont said:
No one seems to know exactly when nda lifts tomorrow? 9am would be good?

I'm sitting through Google trying to see what the time difference was with skylake/kabylake etc but they all seem to differ slightly?

I'm guessing Intel like most companies run off of US time? which would put it at 5-7 hours behind us

so, if reviews aren't up at 9am (with them allowing preorders at the same time) then it'll be between 2-4pm if they're running off of 9am US time.

Simon Belmont · 18 Jun 2017 at 19:30

zornyan said:
I'm sitting through Google trying to see what the time difference was with skylake/kabylake etc but they all seem to differ slightly?

I'm guessing Intel like most companies run off of US time? which would put it at 5-7 hours behind us

so, if reviews aren't up at 9am (with them allowing preorders at the same time) then it'll be between 2-4pm if they're running off of 9am US time.

That sound about right. I remember a couple others were around 2pm GMT

zornyan · 18 Jun 2017 at 19:35

Simon Belmont said:
That sound about right. I remember a couple others were around 2pm GMT

last Nvidia gpu launches were about 5-6pm iirc? I swear I remember ordering my original 1080 gaming x just before 6pm when they went up on a certain vendors website. pretty sure the 1080ti was the same.

actually begs the question , I wonder if the European reviewers will have reviews out first, I guess it depends if the NDA Intel sent them said just 'lifts on x date' or specified a time like 'lifts on x date a xx:xx PST time'

Simon Belmont · 18 Jun 2017 at 19:40

zornyan said:
I guess it depends if the NDA Intel sent them said just 'lifts on x date' or specified a time like 'lifts on x date a xx:xx PST time'

Oh I hope not. That would suck

TheF34RChannel · 18 Jun 2017 at 22:32

Simon Belmont said:
Oh I hope not. That would suck

Better believe it!

zornyan · 18 Jun 2017 at 22:41

epc1 just posted in another thread

nda lifts at 9am eastern, 2pm BET

looks like they go off of yank times.

bah, by that time tomorrow my Mrs will be and have half a dozen 'Jobs that need doing' around the house if it's a nice day....whats the likelihood of it ******* down in Essex tomorrow?

Simon Belmont · 19 Jun 2017 at 06:21

zornyan said:
epc1 just posted in another thread

nda lifts at 9am eastern, 2pm BET

looks like they go off of yank times.

bah, by that time tomorrow my Mrs will be and have half a dozen 'Jobs that need doing' around the house if it's a nice day....whats the likelihood of it ******* down in Essex tomorrow?

hahaha I highly doubt it will

TheF34RChannel · 21 Jun 2017 at 15:50

New GFXBench and SiSoftSandra entries for an -H part:

Sweepr: Yet another Coffee Lake-H submission @ GFXBench. Makes me wonder if some mobile parts could be released earlier than expected as well.

From SiSoftware a few days ago: Genuine Intel(R) CPU 0000 @ 2.60GHz (6C 12T 2.59GHz, 6x 256kB L2, 9MB L3) (Intel CoffeeLake H DDR4 RVP)
The fact that they already have an ES with 6C/12T at 2.6 GHz base @ 45W TDP (standard for H SKUs) is good news. Core i7-7700HQ, probably the most popular Kaby Lake-H CPU, packs 4C/8T at 2.8 GHz @ same TDP.

Simon Belmont · 21 Jun 2017 at 16:10

TheF34RChannel said:
New GFXBench and SiSoftSandra entries for an -H part:

What he^ said

http://wccftech.com/intels-coffee-l...essors-with-3-5-ghz-base-clock-4-2-ghz-turbo/

I wonder with this leak how far from release?

zornyan · 21 Jun 2017 at 16:25

Simon Belmont said:
What he^ said

http://wccftech.com/intels-coffee-l...essors-with-3-5-ghz-base-clock-4-2-ghz-turbo/

I wonder with this leak how far from release?

I'm curious as to what TTL was hinting at by saying 'drop a bomb on coffeelake'

possibly him saying it will use a new socket? quite possible since normally it's 1 socket for 2 generations so skylake/kabylake z170-270 z370 for coffeelake/icelake?

DragonQ · 21 Jun 2017 at 16:57

zornyan said:
I'm curious as to what TTL was hinting at by saying 'drop a bomb on coffeelake'

possibly him saying it will use a new socket? quite possible since normally it's 1 socket for 2 generations so skylake/kabylake z170-270 z370 for coffeelake/icelake?

Definitely possible. Bit of a joke though considering Skylake, Kaby Lake, and Coffee Lake are essentially the same part in different configurations and processes.

Simon Belmont · 21 Jun 2017 at 17:07

zornyan said:
I'm curious as to what TTL was hinting at by saying 'drop a bomb on coffeelake

I've been waiting for him to say something about it since he let that slip. What's so mysterious about coffeelake he wants to say?

Doobedoo · 21 Jun 2017 at 17:07

zornyan said:
possibly him saying it will use a new socket? quite possible since normally it's 1 socket for 2 generations so skylake/kabylake z170-270 z370 for coffeelake/icelake?

It's been a socket per generation for quite a while I thought.

zornyan · 21 Jun 2017 at 17:43

Doobedoo said:
It's been a socket per generation for quite a while I thought.

basically yeah, although I guess no one knows how it's going to play out as tick-tock is dead so new processes aren't coming as fast.

broadwell fitted z97 iirc, so maybe this new v2 socket will be coffeelake + icelake (or whatever 10nm first cpu is)

maybe z270 boards won't be capable of another 2 cores being pushed hard?

**** knows tbh, need more info to be released.

TheF34RChannel · 21 Jun 2017 at 17:43

Simon Belmont said:
What he^ said

http://wccftech.com/intels-coffee-l...essors-with-3-5-ghz-base-clock-4-2-ghz-turbo/

I wonder with this leak how far from release?

So WCCFTech found the 12MB L3 -S part entry 20 days after the initial find *slow clap* aw WCCFTech

terrible site that.

Well at least the -S part is very near (August), the -H however, should be H1: 2018 but with such leaks we may be looking at a simultaneous release?

Fire_fly · 21 Jun 2017 at 17:45

zornyan said:
I'm curious as to what TTL was hinting at by saying 'drop a bomb on coffeelake'

I'm hoping he will give some more clarification on this too.

Although stupid question time, has it been confirmed that these initial coffeelake CPUs will be unlocked and overclockable?