April Haswell Refresh...Nope! Motherboard Manufacturers Pressure Intel To Postpone Haswell Refresh to May

[keoghjacob]

Shortly after my thread posted yesterday claiming Intel could bring Haswell Refresh on April 14th, DigiTimes has posted an article otherwise.

Intel was originally set to release silicon in April, then consecutively release the chipset in May.

Now, motherboard manufacturers have convinced Intel to release all their products in early May.

Hopefully we will see Devil's Canyon (Our OC-geared 4770k improvement, the Refresh silicon, and the Z97 chipset , as well as possibly the Pentium Anniversary Edition CPU all released in early May.

Source: http://www.digitimes.com/news/a20140409PD210.html

[Geekazoid]

Shortly after my thread posted yesterday claiming Intel could bring Haswell Refresh on April 14th, DigiTimes has posted an article otherwise.

Intel was originally set to release silicon in April, then consecutively release the chipset in May.

Now, motherboard manufacturers have convinced Intel to release all their products in early May.

Hopefully we will see Devil's Canyon (Our OC-geared 4770k improvement, the Refresh silicon, and the Z97 chipset , as well as possibly the Pentium Anniversary Edition CPU all released in early May.

Source: http://www.digitimes.com/news/a20140409PD210.html

So it looks like those waiting will have to wait even longer, dang it! Good thing I'm not waiting so I'm not bothered by it, but for those who are or were, it kinda sucks.

[LukaP]

Goddamnit intel, one thing you do how you should, and you let those pesky manufacturers corner you...

[One Who Craves Souls]

My build is for the summer anyways, and it's only a few weeks, it's fine by me.

[brownninja97]

i cant wait for that new pentium

[qwertywarrior]

i have a question

the haswell refresh are just higher clocked variants right ?

[dragosudeki]

Would wait for Haswell-E. Refreshes aren't really that big of a difference between the current Haswell. Unless, the refresh can miraculously OC to 5GHz on average. That would be interesting

[LukaP]

i have a question

the haswell refresh are just higher clocked variants right ?

Better binned chips, more mature process, better TIM (could be solder)

[SilenT_LobsteR]

Wasn't it said these would be released at Computex in June?

[TheGosuStandard]

Will there a performance difference for laptops (battery life... etc)?

[Opcode]

i cant wait for that new pentium

Same here, plan on ditching my A10-6800k for one once they hit the market and benchmarks are done.

 

i have a question

the haswell refresh are just higher clocked variants right ?

Pretty much unless you are an enthusiast (overclocker). The new Devils Canyon SKU is suppose to have better TIM which will allow for higher overclocks than what's capable with Haswell.

 

Would wait for Haswell-E. Refreshes aren't really that big of a difference between the current Haswell. Unless, the refresh can miraculously OC to 5GHz on average. That would be interesting

If they use solder that could help the thermal issues that we've been having since Intel introduced TIM under the IHS. Tho really the only thing I am eyeballing is the unlocked Pentium.