So, Intel revealed at Computex their new LGA 2066 -platform and CPUs to accompany it.
And it's a mess.
Kaby Lake-X are the exact same as Kaby Lakes only fitted for LGA 2066 instead of LGA 1151, and iGPU fused off (but still on silicon).
They support 2 memory channels, so 2-4 slots (depending on if the motherboard has 4 or 8 slots) per motherboard apparently won't work at all.
They support 16 PCIe lanes, so some of the PCIe slots won't apparently work either.
Skylake-X is split into two: LCC aka Low Core Count and HCC aka High Core Count.
LCC's are 6 to 12 cores, 4 memory channels and 28 PCIe lanes for 6- and 8-core models, 44 for 10- and 12-cores. Intel hasn't specified 12-core versions clocks, caches or TDP yet. Intel hasn't specified release dates for all of the models yet apparently either (6-10 cores Q2, no word about 12-core)
HCC's are 14 to 18 cores, 4 memory channels and 44 PCIe lanes. Intel hasn't specified any clocks, TDP, release dates or anything for any of the models yet. Asus rep slipped that 18-core version won't actually be even released until next year. edit: ASUS rep has edited his post to say "later this year" instead. https://rog.asus.com/forum/showthread.php?93632-Late-June&p=653561&viewfull=1#post653561
LGA 2066 platform has great new feature: Bootable NVMe RAID from the CPU.
Except that it's only RAID 0 by default. Getting RAID 1 and 10 means you have to buy physical key which costs $99. Getting RAID 5 means getting another physical key which costs around $300. And you actually need Intel-branded NVMe SSDs for it to work at all.
Video with lot of the same info:
edit: fixed small mistakes I made tired last night
And it's a mess.
Kaby Lake-X are the exact same as Kaby Lakes only fitted for LGA 2066 instead of LGA 1151, and iGPU fused off (but still on silicon).
They support 2 memory channels, so 2-4 slots (depending on if the motherboard has 4 or 8 slots) per motherboard apparently won't work at all.
They support 16 PCIe lanes, so some of the PCIe slots won't apparently work either.
Skylake-X is split into two: LCC aka Low Core Count and HCC aka High Core Count.
LCC's are 6 to 12 cores, 4 memory channels and 28 PCIe lanes for 6- and 8-core models, 44 for 10- and 12-cores. Intel hasn't specified 12-core versions clocks, caches or TDP yet. Intel hasn't specified release dates for all of the models yet apparently either (6-10 cores Q2, no word about 12-core)
HCC's are 14 to 18 cores, 4 memory channels and 44 PCIe lanes. Intel hasn't specified any clocks, TDP, release dates or anything for any of the models yet. Asus rep slipped that 18-core version won't actually be even released until next year. edit: ASUS rep has edited his post to say "later this year" instead. https://rog.asus.com/forum/showthread.php?93632-Late-June&p=653561&viewfull=1#post653561
LGA 2066 platform has great new feature: Bootable NVMe RAID from the CPU.
Except that it's only RAID 0 by default. Getting RAID 1 and 10 means you have to buy physical key which costs $99. Getting RAID 5 means getting another physical key which costs around $300. And you actually need Intel-branded NVMe SSDs for it to work at all.
Video with lot of the same info:
edit: fixed small mistakes I made tired last night
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