Xeons and z170

[leonardow9]

According to Linus on Intel cpu guide 2016 it is up to manufacturers to implement xeon support on z170 boards,

has anyone found any compatible boards in particular asus.

 

[EPPHO]

C232 and C236 motherboards support Xeon Skylake CPUs only

[Lehti]

There's this one: https://www.asus.com/Motherboards/E3-PRO-GAMING-V5/

[leonardow9]

1 hour ago, frozeNNN said:

C232 and C236 motherboards support Xeon Skylake CPUs only

However Linus said it is upto manufactures to implement unofficial support 

[HKZeroFive]

3 minutes ago, leonardow9 said:

However Linus said it is upto manufactures to implement unofficial support 

It's extremely unlikely that their motherboard partners will ever implement support for Xeons... I suspect Intel doesn't want people 'exploiting' (or as I like to put it - buying smart) the cheaper Xeons and using them with consumer mobos like they did with Haswell.

 

I wouldn't get my hopes up.

[leonardow9]

6 minutes ago, HKZeroFive said:

It's extremely unlikely that their motherboard partners will ever implement support for Xeons... I suspect Intel doesn't want people 'exploiting' (or as I like to put it - buying smart) the cheaper Xeons and using them with consumer mobos like they did with Haswell.

 

I wouldn't get my hopes up.

To be honest in the UK I can get a xeon for the price of a i5- similarly clocked, personally a great deal, I don't overclock as I have a non k haswell cpu at the moment, nor do I intend to buy a overclockable chip.

[HKZeroFive]

1 minute ago, leonardow9 said:

To be honest in the UK I can get a xeon for the price of a i5- similarly clocked, personally a great deal, I don't overclock as I have a non k haswell cpu at the moment, nor do I intend to buy a overclockable chip.

If you're currently on Haswell, you could go for the Xeon 1231 v3. It's a i7 4770 without the iGPU.

[leonardow9]

5 minutes ago, HKZeroFive said:

If you're currently on Haswell, you could go for the Xeon 1231 v3. It's a i7 4770 without the iGPU.

Im looking at changing architectures, might sell current system to my brother...

Don't need a igpu as a discrete gpu. Thankfully 

 

Intel are just being annoying as its affecting their profits, like it will, amd hasn't released a brand new architecture in 5 years making intel the go to. Allowing them to increase prices because people need new desktop cpus

[HKZeroFive]

14 minutes ago, leonardow9 said:

Im looking at changing architectures, might sell current system to my brother...

Don't need a igpu as a discrete gpu. Thankfully 

 

Intel are just being annoying as its affecting their profits, like it will, amd hasn't released a brand new architecture in 5 years making intel the go to. Allowing them to increase prices because people need new desktop cpus

I think most people can agree to the fact that Intel essentially has a pseudo-monopoly at this point of time. One of the reasons why so many people are excited/hyped about AMD's Zen as it will signify their return to the CPU market as a worthy competitor, provided all things go well.

[Lehti]

 

47 minutes ago, HKZeroFive said:

I think most people can agree to the fact that Intel essentially has a pseudo-monopoly at this point of time. One of the reasons why so many people are excited/hyped about AMD's Zen as it will signify their return to the CPU market as a worthy competitor, provided all things go well.

If they can manage to ship a competitive product that will make a good investment for the money, sure. And we may get better deals on Intel CPUs, although this is pure speculation: we'll have to see independent benchmarks when the new lineup is released. Anyway, if you're rock-solid on changing architecture, go for a Xeon E3-1230 v5. Otherwise, get the E3-1231 v3 and stick to your current motherboard, as you likely won't be seeing a huge performance increase going from Haswell to Skylake.