Gigabyte motherboard for KabyLake-X with no support for Skylake X

[Chaitanya]

Found PR for new X299 board with support for only Kabylake X and no support for Skylake X.

https://www.overclock3d.net/news/cp...aunches_a_kaby_lake-x_only_x299_motherboard/1

 

[TheLostSwede]

MSI has one too.
C$257 on pre-order - http://www.pc-canada.com/item/X299M-A PRO.html

Source: https://videocardz.com/71656/x299-kabylake-x-only-motherboards-are-here

 

[Chaitanya]

But doesnt this quintessentially kill the purpose of existence of HEDT? I am still trying to comprehend the existence these new chips and motherboards supporting kaby lake X exclusively.

 

[TheLostSwede]

Your guess is as good as anyone else. Intel clearly had a major brain fart in making these CPUs, or thought they somehow could gain some extra sales, whereas the motherboard makers are clearly less than impressed... Hence we end up with a separate SKU of motherboards to reduce problems.
Anandtech managed to fry one of their LGA-2066 chips, as the 7740 and 7640 apparently have a different Voltage for something or the other and if you don't clear the CMOS when you swap to one of the HEDT chips, you can fry them due to this.