Wednesday, June 27th 2018
Intel Z390 Platform, Intel Core i9 CPU Lineup Leaked?
According to a report from WCCFTech, Intel is prepping the release of the Z390 chipset and is gearing up to bring their Core i9 branding series to the mainstream desktop platforms. Apparently, Intel's renaming scheme serves as a way to add the required "branding impact" to the fact that the i9 series of processors is finally hitting the mainstream - but don't be deluded. As we've previously covered, Intel's Z390 chipset may well become a rebrand of sorts from the current Z370 chipset, after Intel found insufficient capacity at its 14 nm node (which has to cope with the vast majority of Intel silicon production, following the smattering of delays hitting its 10 nm process). Basically, Intel's Z390 chipset will bring forward features that weren't built on the Z370 chipset at its inception, but have since become part of Intel's lineup (read, for example, its H370 chipset): Intel Wireless-AC 802.11 AC and Bluetooth 5.0; Intel Wireless-AC Adapter; and up to 6 x USB 3.1 Gen 2 Ports.
According to WCCFTech, there's only confirmation of an 8-core, 16-thread CPU (Intel Core i9-9900K); a 6-core, 12-thread one (Intel Core i7-9700K) and a six-core, six-thread part (Intel Core i5-9600K ). No confirmation on an i3 part has been had yet, but it's very unlikely Intel has shelved that part of their lineup. A 4-core CPU is simply too important - from a yield perspective, mainly - for Intel to shelve it - and there's still enough demand for these, even with AMD's many-core democratization push.
Sources:
WCCFTech, Intel 300 Series Chipsets
According to WCCFTech, there's only confirmation of an 8-core, 16-thread CPU (Intel Core i9-9900K); a 6-core, 12-thread one (Intel Core i7-9700K) and a six-core, six-thread part (Intel Core i5-9600K ). No confirmation on an i3 part has been had yet, but it's very unlikely Intel has shelved that part of their lineup. A 4-core CPU is simply too important - from a yield perspective, mainly - for Intel to shelve it - and there's still enough demand for these, even with AMD's many-core democratization push.
47 Comments on Intel Z390 Platform, Intel Core i9 CPU Lineup Leaked?
But, I'll do it anyways.
Intel should solder their next gen CPUs. It's been quite a long while since I've owned an Intel chip--It was a Pentium Pro. I'm very impressed with this 8700k, but at the same time VERY disappointed. The ONLY, ONLY, ONLY thing holding it back is the TIM. The ONLY thing! It's a disgrace to all that is holy and unholy. It's ridiculous, honestly. It's a damn shame. They are bad people and they should feel bad.
The only reason I can come up with for it is warranty purposes. How can they tell that you actually overclocked and fried your chip? They can't. But if you want to overclock it for real, you have to delid it, and void your warranty. I can understand it--but at the same time I can hate it.
Yeah, delidding voids warranty, but seriously, it's pretty damn hard to break a CPU without killing with insane voltages etc., I've delidded 3 Intel CPUs in the last years (two with a razor, one with a delid tool), and it's as easy as opening a beer, if you know what you're doing. :)
So they might as well call them 9th gen and be done with it.
2019 is going to be the exiting year. Intel 10nm vs AMD 7nm with Spectre, Meltdown, Ryzenfall, Chimera, MasterKey fixes in hardware instead of software/workarounds.It is very easy to delid with tool, or you can use a delid service.
Took a 8700K to 5.2 GHz last week post delid. ~25C temp drop. I have delidded around 20 Intel CPU's since Ivy Bridge. All succesful.
Yeah it sucks, but there's no other option for high fps gamers (especially). Ryzen gimps fps too much for 120-240 Hz gaming. Much lower min, max and avg fps in 9 out of 10 games.
8700K at 5 GHz slams Ryzen 2700X at 4.2 GHz in games. Often 2700X stock will have similar gaming performance as all cores at 4.2, because of single core boost clock up to 4.35 GHz, but all cores barely even hits 4.2. TPU hit 4.0 on their 2700X if I remember correctly. And 4.1 on 2600/2600X.
I really hope 7nm Zen 2 is capable of 4.5+ I'd hate to see even more cores with same IPC and clockspeed limit. Most software and almost all games are not heavily multithreaded.
It seems that for some people, monopoly is only bad, when it´s not the brand they like the most dominating the market.
It's good for everyone that Intel, even caught up with the pants on hand, continue to launch alternative products to Ryzen. A mainstream 8C/16T is a good adition.
If we're going to keep getting more cores how about more memory channels...
@las Just wanted to say I much prefer your new style of advocating delids. Im sure you get me ;)Amen to that!Thats HEDT territory plain and simple. The segmentation is only positive because I really dont want to pay for those lanes or channels like you do...
Ryzen on the other can barely overclock and getting anything over 4 to 4.1GHz is beyond painful. Sadly overclocking Ryzen is fast becoming pointless due to XFR 2.,,
Not sure why you had to have a go at Ryzen though, it's irrelevant, it's like me saying your CPU is limited by cores when that isn't the topic.
Most 8700Ks need quite a bit more than 1.3 to get 4.9, and some even need 1.3v to get a 4.7 all core boost, which means the OC headroom simply isnt there with the stock TIM. It shows that the TIM is at the edge of its capacity.
If I want to hit 4.9 I need 1.36v which means temps skyrocket straight into high 80s and peak at 95 C. Prolonged loads like that will push the solution beyond TjMax.