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> The new CPUs have the LGA1200 socket, which means that current 300-series motherboards are not sufficient, and users will require new LGA1200 motherboards. Th
by css 6y ago
> The new CPUs have the LGA1200 socket, which means that current 300-series motherboards are not sufficient, and users will require new LGA1200 motherboards. This is despite the socket being the same size.
Well that is disappointing.
- eemil 6y agoWith Intel's track record, I would expect nothing less.
- leetcrew 6y agoseems like a dumb move, but I'm sure they have their reasons. I bought z390 mobo last year with some very beefy VRMs. it was near the end of the cycle for the 9th gen parts, so I was thinking I would consider upgrading whenever they released the next line of chips. I would honestly consider buying the 10900K if it were compatible with my motherboard, especially now that I'm compiling code at home, but I'm not willing to also pay $200-300 for another high-end motherboard. I sort of suspect they looked at the last gen motherboards and worried that they wouldn't all be able to handle the increased power demands. maybe they decided not to support that to avoid making people look up each SKU to see if it could handle the new processors.
- willis936 6y agoThe list of reasons are pretty short when they are not adding support for any new interconnects or changing the microarchitecture.
- Denvercoder9 6y ago> but I'm sure they have their reasons. Making money by selling new chipsets.
- blattimwind 6y ago> seems like a dumb move, but I'm sure they have their reasons. Uhm, Intel has been doing this since always. One generation of boards for one generation of CPUs. At most two.