Questions about Broadwell

[Dazza477]

I've got an Asus Z97 board and a G3258 in it at the moment. I have a few questions if anyone knows the answers?

1. When will Broadwell Unlocked i5s come out?

2. Will they fit an 1150 socket on Z97?

3. Can I use DDR3 RAM with Broadwell?

4. Should I buy an i5 4690k in a month, or wait for Broadwell i5s?

5. Will they use more power than my OC G3258?

Thank you so much to anyone that can help.

[Goussy]

Yes...

[Ganz]

1. No released date announced.

2. Yes

3. Yes

4. Your call, Broadwell will see 2-4% performance increase. 

5. Probably

[Oshino Shinobu]

1. No official date, but Q2 2015 is rumoured.

2. Yes.

3. Yes.

4. It's unlikely that Broadwell will bring much of a performance increase (hence their likely short lifespan), so going for the 4690K is probably the best option. 

5. They'll be more efficient, but if you're going for a quad core unlocked CPU, it's probably going to use more power. 

[JustCallMeVlad]

I'm thinking April / may for broadwell

[Goussy]

From an article I read I said that there will be 65w TDP

[Megahurt]

They talked about it yesterday on pcper's podcast. Apparently only 2 versions of it, both unlocked, and they comes with IRIS graphics. Guess intel is testing the APU market ? No new chipset for them.