Will X99 eventually become the standard?

[DevoChip]

Just curious if X99, ddr4, and etc. become standard like will it become the main components over the z97 and other chipsets that are currently in use today

[thekeemo]

X99 is not meant to be standard

[AlwaysFSX]

Of course not. It's an enthusiast platform and not a mainstream one which'll be replaced in a couple years anyways.

[Ostwind]

DDR4 will but X99 is an enthusiast platform so it will never become the "go to" hardware for a majority of people. The "big boy" platform has never been like that.

[Vegetable]

ddr4? yes. x99? no. Never has an enthusiast platform been standard.

[OddsCrazyStuff]

More likely so will it be DDR4 and Skylake thats the new standard.

[Enderman]

its an enthusiast platform which just like all other platforms gets replaced every few years with something newer

just like x99 replaced x79

[The Official Czex]

X99 is not a standard consumer platform, it is purely enthusiast-grade. DDR4, however, is soon to become common.

[Tsurani333]

I am wondering if the mainstream will adopt 6 and/or 8 core processors, and if the enthusiast-grade will adopt 10 core processors. 

[Pandora]

probs not. the only case where the enthusiast cpus hit the main stream was back with 1366 cpus. some company's like dell stocked them and sold them as normal computers

[Pandora]

I am wondering if the mainstream will adopt 6 and/or 8 core processors, and if the enthusiast-grade will adopt 10 core processors. 

i would hope so but in order for that to happen things will need to become alot more multi threaded. right now most programs are still 32bit so you can see how long it takes for things to change.

[DunePilot]

I am wondering if the mainstream will adopt 6 and/or 8 core processors, and if the enthusiast-grade will adopt 10 core processors. 

 

Cannonlake with Cannonlake-E having possibly having 10 core options. We are talking 2017-18 rumor mill stuff right now, I wouldn't hold my breath on any of it.

I would like to hold off on a new build until Cannonlake-E, direct X 12 development will have matured, Pascal will already be out for awhile for the green team.

 

Lots of good stuff on the horizon.

 

http://wccftech.com/intel-cannonlake-cpus-8-cores/

[harrynowl]

It's touted as an enthusiast platform so no.

[Fetzie]

I am wondering if the mainstream will adopt 6 and/or 8 core processors, and if the enthusiast-grade will adopt 10 core processors.

Right now, it is unlikely that Intel will move beyond 4 cores with hyperthreading on the consumer platform. If you want/need more, go to the X platform.

[Coaxialgamer]

It's an enthusiat platform, so it wont be a standard in a sense that you wont see cheap x99 systems, but eventually the mainstream platform will beat it in terms of performance