We'll see a whole bunch of motherboards announced soon at CES, Z590 that is. Four board from ASUS have surfaced read more below the fold.
Rocket Lake will finally open up PCIe Gen 4.0 to the infrastructure. And Z490 would/could be compatible, but knowing Intel, it's wont as they love to release new chipsets to boost their sales. New motherboards based on Z590, B560, and H510 chipsets thus are inbound. Rocket Lake-S (the desktop parts) are expected to offer 4 supplementary PCIe lanes, which can be used for direct CPU<>NAND NVMe PCIe 4.0 storage. Z590 and B560 chipsets will both support PCIe 4.0 x16 for discrete GPU, something that AMD is now offering for two years already. We're interested in Rocket Lake-S for sure; however, the 500-series motherboards will not be around for long. As later this year, Intel will announce Alder Lake, which is to feature an LGA1700 socket. Rocket Lake is LGA1200 ergo, and the motherboards will not be compatible.
@harukaze5719 on Twitter spotted pictures of ASUS's upcoming motherboards based on the new Z590 chipset: ASUS Z590 ROG Maximus XIII Extreme Glacial and ASUS Z590 ROG Maximus XIII Hero models. Then VideoCardz spotted the first pictures of ASUS Prime Z590-A and TUF Z590-PLUS WIFI motherboards.
Intel's new Rocket Lake-S type desktop processors, which combine Ice Lake cores with Tiger Lake graphics under the name Cypress Cove, will also run on the chipsets of the 400 generation, first manufacturers are already starting BIOS updates for Z490, W480 and H470 are working.
In October, Intel announced the 11th generation Core CPUs for Q1 / 2021 and is expected to talk about Rocket Lake-S and Tiger Lake-H on January 11th at 7:00 p.m. (CET).
| model | Cores /threads | Base rate | Turbo clock(one core) | Turbo clock(all cores) | Cache | graphic | TDP (PL1) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Intel Core i9-11900K | 8/16 | 3.5 GHz | 5.3 GHz | 4.8 GHz | 16 MB | Intel Xe | 125 watts |
| Intel Core i9-11900KF | 8/16 | 3.5 GHz | 5.3 GHz | 4.8 GHz | 125 watts | ||
| Intel Core i9-11900 | 8/16 | 1.8 GHz | 4.5 GHz | 4.0 GHz | 65 watts | ||
| Intel Core i9-11900F | 8/16 | 1.8 GHz | 4.5 GHz | 4.0 GHz | 65 watts | ||
| Intel Core i9-11900T | 8/16 | TBA | 35 watts | ||||
| Intel Core i7-11700K | 8/16 | 3.6 GHz | 5.0 GHz | 4.6 GHz | 125 watts | ||
| Intel Core i7-11700KF | 8/16 | 3.6 GHz | 5.0 GHz | 4.6 GHz | 125 watts | ||
| Intel Core i7-11700 | 8/16 | 2.5 GHz | 4.9 GHz | ?GHz | 65 watts | ||
| Intel Core i7-11700F | 8/16 | 2.5 GHz | 4.9 GHz | ?GHz | 65 watts | ||
| Intel Core i7-11700T | 8/16 | TBA | 35 watts | ||||
| Intel Core i5-11600K | 6/12 | TBA | 4.9 GHz | 4.6 GHz | 12 MB | 125 watts | |
| Intel Core i5-11600KF | 6/12 | TBA | 4.9 GHz | 4.6 GHz | 125 watts | ||
| Intel Core i5-11600 | 6/12 | 3.0 GHz | 4.9 GHz | 65 watts | |||
| Intel Core i5-11600T | 6/12 | TBA | 35 watts | ||||
| Intel Core i5-11500 | 6/12 | 2.8 GHz | 4.6 GHz | 65 watts | |||
| Intel Core i5-11500T | 6/12 | TBA | 35 watts | ||||
| Intel Core i5-11400 | 6/12 | 2.6 GHz | 4.4 GHz | 4.2 GHz | 65 watts | ||
| Intel Core i5-11400F | 6/12 | 2.6 GHz | 4.4 GHz | 4.2 GHz | 65 watts | ||
| Intel Core i5-11400T | 6/12 | TBA | 35 watts | ||||
| * unconfirmed | |||||||
Check below the mobo photos:
ASUS Z590 Motherboard Lineup Starts to Leak: ROG, TUF, and Prime Photos
