Questions About Broadwell

[StevenGibson1994]

Hi guys.

 

When intel release their Broadwell CPU line will I need to upgrade my Motherboard or will the new Broadwell CPU's work with the X99 chipset.

 

The build I am going to be building in the summer: 

PCPartPicker part list: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/yCxvhM

Price breakdown by merchant: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/yCxvhM/by_merchant/

 

CPU: Intel Core i7-5820K 3.3GHz 6-Core Processor  (£310.00 @ Novatech) 

CPU Cooler: Enermax ELC-LT240-HP 111.0 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler  (£88.56 @ Scan.co.uk) 

Motherboard: Asus X99-A ATX LGA2011-3 Motherboard  (£187.43 @ More Computers) 

Memory: Crucial 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-2133 Memory  (£75.84 @ CCL Computers) 

Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  (£39.95 @ CCL Computers) 

Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 970 4GB Superclocked ACX 2.0 Video Card  (£274.99 @ Novatech) 

Case: Corsair Air 540 ATX Mid Tower Case  (£101.98 @ Dabs) 

Power Supply: EVGA 750W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  (£90.11 @ Amazon UK) 

Total: £1168.86

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

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I look forward to your replies.

 

 

[Senzelian]

 

Hi guys.

 

When intel release their Broadwell CPU line will I need to upgrade my Motherboard or will the new Broadwell CPU's work with the X99 chipset.

 

The build I am going to be building in the summer: 

PCPartPicker part list: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/yCxvhM

Price breakdown by merchant: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/yCxvhM/by_merchant/

 

CPU: Intel Core i7-5820K 3.3GHz 6-Core Processor  (£310.00 @ Novatech) 

CPU Cooler: Enermax ELC-LT240-HP 111.0 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler  (£88.56 @ Scan.co.uk) 

Motherboard: Asus X99-A ATX LGA2011-3 Motherboard  (£187.43 @ More Computers) 

Memory: Crucial 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-2133 Memory  (£75.84 @ CCL Computers) 

Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  (£39.95 @ CCL Computers) 

Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 970 4GB Superclocked ACX 2.0 Video Card  (£274.99 @ Novatech) 

Case: Corsair Air 540 ATX Mid Tower Case  (£101.98 @ Dabs) 

Power Supply: EVGA 750W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  (£90.11 @ Amazon UK) 

Total: £1168.86

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-02-17 13:57 GMT+0000

 

I look forward to your replies.

 

AFAIK Broadwell uses Z97.

Edit: I just found out, thanks to wikipedia, that Broadwell works on 2011-3 and 1150. So X99, H97 and Z97 are supported.

[ForFour]

AFAIK Broadwell uses Z97.

Edit: I just found out, thanks to wikipedia, that Broadwell works on 2011-3 and 1150. So X99, H97 and Z97 are supported.

does it work on z87 too or only the newer 9x boards? msi z87-g43 to be specific

[Senzelian]

does it work on z87 too or only the newer 9x boards? msi z87-g43 to be specific

 

I had the exact same board before I installed a new Asus board.

But no, unfortunately not. 

[StevenGibson1994]

Would there be any point in upgrading to broadwell or should I just wait till skylake come's out.

[G27Racer_188]

does it work on z87 too or only the newer 9x boards? msi z87-g43 to be specific

 

It could probably work with BIOS update (just like it was for Haswell refresh), but I don't think any manufacturers would do that, because they want you to buy a new motherboard.

[juretrn]

Broadwell(-E) won't be on X99 for a while...

[Senzelian]

Would there be any point in upgrading to broadwell or should I just wait till skylake come's out.

I'm not sure. I don't know how much better Skylake will perform and I also don't know when Skylake will come out.

But you'll definitly need a new motherboard for Skylake as it uses LGA 1151.

I don't even know if its not better to stick with a i7-5820k instead and overclock it.