Intel Skylake-S Platform Specs Z170-100-Series Chipset by 2H 2015

LesserHellspawn

2014-07-14 08:30

The biggest thing for me is that they will finally upgrade the PCIe lines. The top end variant will have 20 lanes from the southbridge in addition to what the CPU provides, and the path between CPU and southbridge will have it's bandwidth doubled. Sorely needed now that nearly all cards are PCIe and now that SSDs will need lanes too. Skylake might finally be worth uprading from Sandy.

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Battlefieldprin

2014-07-14 10:57

Indeed ..........since 3 years 2600k is really doing well ,my main concern with pc is the heat , since I live in the hottest place in the world .... Ivy + haswell are really hot ..... but DDR4 + 6 cores that's something want to upgrade to.........I hope the new cpu are not hot

#4872995

drac

2014-07-14 11:37

This has 8 core extreme CPU(s) doesn't it? Skylake I mean.

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heffeque

2014-07-14 13:20

I live in the hottest place in the world

Wow... living in Earth's inner core must be interesting...

#4873082

GhostXL

2014-07-14 14:55

I'm just going to drop a Broadwell onto this board when they arrive.

#4873110

-Tj-

2014-07-14 15:30

And me Cannon Lake & DDR4 with Z18x chipset. Or better yet true 8core Skylake-E & X170? chipset, yeah this will be better.

#4873115

GhostXL

2014-07-14 15:34

And me Cannon Lake & DDR4 with Z18x chipset. Or better yet true 8core Skylake-E & X170? chipset, yeah this will be better.

I can't justify spending that much money on something I wont take full advantage of. I mainly game/watch movies in my spare time. I gave a huge thought on X99 even, but decided dropping Broadwell onto the Z97 was a better idea.

#4873126

-Tj-

2014-07-14 15:45

Dunno I can't really see to get me another 4 core in next 2-3 years time.. Was gonna get a true 8 core (for current build), but now that I saw its only X variants for 1000€, no tnx.. Atm really happy with this 4770k, already 1year old and still pretty much owning in everything, especially if OC'ed, like you see yourself now:) -btw what voltage do you need @ 4.8ghz? And when Skylake-E appears there will be mainstream 8 cores for sure and some nice DDR4 32gb or something 🤓 Edit: although will see how this Broadwell fiasco turns out, I still think Z87 will need another firmware IME update just like now for DevilsCanyon. It was this intel PC manager Kirk Skaugen who said back in September 12th 2013 @ IDF conference. http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=KeDtXucTwRI#t=19

Broadwell is going to enable two different kinds of devices. One, you can plug the chips directly into the existing systems (z87). And second, we'll have brand new systems (z97) with a broad new range of fanless designs,” said Kirk Skaugen, corporate vice president and general manager of PC client group at Intel.

http://www.xbitlabs.com/news/cpu/display/20130915195724_Intel_Talks_Broadwell_More_Performance_Less_Power.html Then I might snag one Broadwell DT too, otherwise Im set to wait for Skylake-E lga2011.

#4873187

Enticles

2014-07-14 17:10

the density on the DDR4 chips is going to be roughly double that of DDR3, so you'll be looking at 2 stick 32GB kits 🙂

#4873194

BLEH!

2014-07-14 17:23

the density on the DDR4 chips is going to be roughly double that of DDR3, so you'll be looking at 2 stick 32GB kits 🙂

Going up to 128 GB 😀

#4873202

Hughesy

2014-07-14 17:44

Ops read post wrong just ignore, sorry.

#4873243

tsunami231

2014-07-14 18:45

interesting read, it might actual get me to upgrade off this build too. but then again been say thins for 2 years now

#4873246

BangTail

2014-07-14 18:48

Might be waiting for this over X99 (depending on X99 performance although I'm guessing it's not going to be a lot faster than IB-E). Skylake is looking very impressive.

#4873331

abula

2014-07-14 21:24

Im set to wait for Skylake-E lga2011.

I agree, i think the uprades on Broadwell and skylake none E will not be worth it, specially for someone with Haswell chips, i also plan on moving toward an E platform, but i feel its not the right time, with sata express still setting down, PCIe 4.0 coming in a year or two, DDR4 having better yields and coming down in price.... i feel skylake E will be good bet into a worthy uprade.

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Matt26LFC

2014-07-14 21:53

Might be waiting for this over X99 (depending on X99 performance although I'm guessing it's not going to be a lot faster than IB-E). Skylake is looking very impressive.

I guess that would depend on whether you buy the 8 core or not? I'm going to wait for X99 before I do anything platform wise.

#4873355

undeadpolice

2014-07-14 22:07

Wow... living in Earth's inner core must be interesting...

Are you kidding me? I live on the surface of the sun everyday the 3770k crash due to heat issue

#4873370

heffeque

2014-07-14 22:24

Are you kidding me? I live on the surface of the sun everyday the 3770k crash due to heat issue

You said the hottest place on the world, not in our solar system... You lied to us!

#4873371

Elder III

2014-07-14 22:24

Are you kidding me? I live on the surface of the sun everyday the 3770k crash due to heat issue

Well 4.8 is quite high for that CPU even on water it's going to get hot. Is it de-lidded perhaps?

#4873375

zimzoid

2014-07-14 22:27

Just going to hold on to my X79 rig for a few years and let the new platform mature some:)

#4873471

undeadpolice

2014-07-15 01:24

Well 4.8 is quite high for that CPU even on water it's going to get hot. Is it de-lidded perhaps?

Just kidding, Yes its de-lidded and its water cooled, it sits happily at around 60 degrees. But my area can be very warm in singapore, everyday is summer here. Leave a egg on the road at mid noon and you can cook it, and when I was in the army solders were punish by doing push up on the hot road for hours till our hands were cooked