Coffee Lake Motherboards Spotted From ASRock

[NvidiaIntelAMDLoveTriangle]

So the latest generation of Intel's processors called Covfefe, oh excuse me Coffee Lake, will be coming out and we have some pictures of the new motherboards needed to run them. Unfortunately no new info apart from these pictures and a rumor that the Coffee Lake platform might be coming out October 5th.

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Photos of a series ASRock Z370 motherboards for Intel Coffee Lake processors have leaked on-line. Coffee lake is the 8th gen Desktop processor series that will support up-to 6 core processors.

Over at VideoCardz the photos of six no less than Z370 motherboards have been published. The lineup from ASRock includes Taichi, Extreme4 and Killer SLI/ac. The more budget-oriented Pro4 comes in ATX and MicroATX form factor. The last motherboard is the first Mini-ITX Z370 motherboard.

It is indicated that October 5th the platform would become available. 

Pictures:

The Z370M-ITX/ac

The Z370M Pro4

The Z370 Taichi

The Z370 Pro4

The Z370 Extreme 4

The Z370 Killer SLI

 

Source: http://www.guru3d.com/news-story/asrock-z370-motherboards-for-intel-coffee-lake-cpus-surface.html

and https://videocardz.com/72416/exclusive-asrock-z370-motherboards

 

 

[FloRolf]

OH DAMN THEY LOOK LIKE MOTHERBOARDS! SWEEEEET!

 

 

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[NumLock21]

So the Extreme 4 has a box art of a failed satellite plummeting towards Earth?

[3 Minute Reviewer]

Is it just me or does the socket look kinda like a piece of bread? Maybe a biscuit to dip in the Coffee?

[79wjd]

I really like the Extreme 4. 

[Mira Yurizaki]

7 minutes ago, djdwosk97 said:

I really like the Extreme 4. 

I like the styling and the 5.1 audio without multiplexing is a nice touch. Though I kind of want the chipset heat sinks from the Pro because they actually look like a heat sink and not a heat spreader.

[DildorTheDecent]

Waiting to see if the Z370 OC Forumla  is yellow again. 

[Notional]

Z370? Really? Could both Intel stop being wankers and name their chipsets that close to AMD? It wasn't exactly brilliant when AMD went with x370 either, but now it's just total confusion.

[DarkBlade2117]

Asrock really deserves more attention. Their boards just keep getting better

[NvidiaIntelAMDLoveTriangle]

7 minutes ago, Notional said:

Z370? Really? Could both Intel stop being wankers and name their chipsets that close to AMD? It wasn't exactly brilliant when AMD went with x370 either, but now it's just total confusion.

Well AMD is to blame here, since AMD are the ones that stole Intel's naming scheme.

[79wjd]

1 minute ago, NvidiaIntelAMDLoveTriangle said:

Well AMD is to blame here, since AMD are the ones that stole Intel's naming scheme.

Our almighty savior, AMD, is never at fault. 

[XenosTech]

How will people get confused with X and Z ? Didn't you learn the alphabet ? A whole Y is missing >.>

[Mira Yurizaki]

4 minutes ago, djdwosk97 said:

Our almighty savior, AMD, is never at fault. 

AMD will bring us deliverance from our Blue and Green oppressors.

[SpaceGhostC2C]

59 minutes ago, DildorTheDecent said:

Waiting to see if the Z370 OC Forumla  is yellow again. 

Apparently, the trend is "all motherboards be gray, because RGB LEDs make all the color you need" (which of course doesn't). Time will tell.

[hobobobo]

i dont want to buy no zee/zed shit, its the last letter of the alphabet, just pathetic.

on the other hand x sounds tottaly cool and sexy with ex/eex, like the lo-key powerhouse it is

[Notional]

7 minutes ago, NvidiaIntelAMDLoveTriangle said:

Well AMD is to blame here, since AMD are the ones that stole Intel's naming scheme.

Not on the X chipsets. Intel jumped from X99 to X299, which makes no sense. I mean since Intel makes a new chipset every time they rebrand the same CPU, they probably went through 3 numbers after AMD made their number. 

 

After all, Intel went from z97 to z370 in 3½ years.

[dexT]

2 minutes ago, SpaceGhostC2C said:

Apparently, the trend is "all motherboards be gray, because RGB LEDs make all the color you need" (which of course doesn't). Time will tell.

Grey is my favorite color but the Yellow and Giga Orange boards from the past are way cooler than RGB. Having board components actually colored is baller, a tiny lightbulb isn't.

[79wjd]

11 minutes ago, Notional said:

Not on the X chipsets. Intel jumped from X99 to X299, which makes no sense. I mean since Intel makes a new chipset every time they rebrand the same CPU, they probably went through 3 numbers after AMD made their number. 

 

After all, Intel went from z97 to z370 in 3½ years.

X299 makes sense if they wanted to make SKx/KBx sound comparable to KBs as both would be on the 200 series chipset. 

 

So you're saying that Z170, Z270, and Z370 aren't natural progressions of Z97? Of course they were going to go down that route and AMD knew that. AMD clearly chose their naming scheme to be similar to Intel's. 

 

And even still, even if A320/B350/X370 was chosen three years ago, boards weren't made until less than a year ago and Ryzen didn't launch until 8 months ago, so AMD could easily have changed the nomenclature seeing that Intel had already released _270 in order to avoid confusion. They chose not to because they thought it would be advantageous to stick with a system that people are familiar with. Of course, Intel could have responded and changed the nomenclature for X299/_350/_370 (or preemptively changed x299/_250/_270), but they already have an established naming scheme and believe that it would hurt them more than it would benefit them (either by admitting defeat and giving in to AMD or by having to get everyone used to a whole new naming system). 

[Mira Yurizaki]

5 minutes ago, Notional said:

Not on the X chipsets. Intel jumped from X99 to X299, which makes no sense.

It's to coincide with the regular consumer chipset number.

[WkdPaul]

1 hour ago, NvidiaIntelAMDLoveTriangle said:

No.

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[Notional]

2 minutes ago, djdwosk97 said:

X299 makes sense if they wanted to make SKx/KBx sound comparable to KBs as both would be on the 200 series chipset. 

 

So you're saying that Z170, Z270, and Z370 aren't natural progressions of Z97? Of course they were going to go down that route and AMD knew that. 

True, but x299 has hardly even made it to market before consumer iteration is at 300 series.

No, I'm saying the opposite. What I am criticizing, is the sheer number of iterations. 4 in 3½ years is insane. Can you honestly claim such a number is warranted? It's just a sleazy way for Intel to suck more money out of people by selling them a new chipset along with every tiny, tiny iteration of CPU's.

1 minute ago, M.Yurizaki said:

It's to coincide with the consumer chipset number.

I get that. But x58 and x79 did not. They could have called it x399 for future proofing too. Their constant iteration of consumer chipsets is just bonkers. 4 iterations in 3½ years are too much. There's no warrant for that number of iterations.

[Notional]

9 minutes ago, djdwosk97 said:

And even still, even if A320/B350/X370 was chosen three years ago, boards weren't made until less than a year ago and Ryzen didn't launch until 8 months ago, so AMD could easily have changed the nomenclature seeing that Intel had already released _270 in order to avoid confusion.

AMD launched their Ryzen CPU's and chipset december 2016. Intel launched their z270 chipset january 2017. So AMD's naming scheme was 2 numbers ahead of Intel at the time. Intel will probably be at 500 series chipsets by the time AMD launches a new one.

[79wjd]

15 minutes ago, Notional said:

True, but x299 has hardly even made it to market before consumer iteration is at 300 series.

I didn't say they want it to coincide with the consumer platform, but rather to show that X299 has is in the same performance bracket as z270 (both are sk/kb). If the consumer platform is on Z370 and the enthusiast platform is on x199, then that sounds like HEDT is very far behind, whereas x299 sounds better. 

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No, I'm saying the opposite. What I am criticizing, is the sheer number of iterations. 4 in 3½ years is insane. Can you honestly claim such a number is warranted? It's just a sleazy way for Intel to suck more money out of people by selling them a new chipset along with every tiny, tiny iteration of CPU's.

Most people don't upgrade that frequently though. I can't imagine Intel makes much extra money by releasing a new chipset for every generation. 

 

So yes, it's a lot and annoying that they are always launching a new platform, but that also likely drives hype and keeps the motherboard market from stagnating. If a new platform is going to come out than there is a higher likelihood of new designs and features being added.

 

10 minutes ago, Notional said:

AMD launched their Ryzen CPU's and chipset december 2016. Intel launched their z270 chipset january 2017. So AMD's naming scheme was 2 numbers ahead of Intel at the time. Intel will probably be at 500 series chipsets by the time AMD launches a new one.

R7 was launched at the end of February (2/22/17). And the AM4 chipsets weren't announced until january: https://www.google.com/amp/wccftech.com/amd-ryzen-am4-x370-motherboards-ces/amp/

 

What version number Intel is on is irrelevant. AMD knew Intel would continue to iterate by 100 each generation, and so they knew they were stealing the naming scheme. 

[Jito463]

2 minutes ago, Notional said:

AMD launched their Ryzen CPU's and chipset december 2016

Actually, they didn't.  AMD announced it in December, but didn't launch until end of February/beginning of March.

[Notional]

3 minutes ago, Jito463 said:

Actually, they didn't.  AMD announced it in December, but didn't launch until end of February/beginning of March.

When did Intel announce their z270 chipset? Before or after AMD?

4 minutes ago, djdwosk97 said:

I didn't say they want it to coincide with the consumer platform, but rather to show that X299 has is in the same performance bracket as z270 (both are sk/kb). If the consumer platform is on Z370 and the enthusiast platform is on x199, then that sounds like HEDT is very far behind, whereas x299 sounds better. 

Most people don't upgrade that frequently though. I can't imagine Intel makes much extra money by releasing a new chipset for every generation. 

 

So yes, it's a lot and annoying that they are always launching a new platform, but that also likely drives hype and keeps the motherboard market from stagnating. If a new platform is going to come out than there is a higher likelihood of new designs and features being added.

 

R7 was launched at the end of February (2/22/17).

Probably, but I don't agree with the argumentation of it. Noone thinks a z270 based machine is more powerful than an x99 based machine.

And honestly, they shouldn't have to upgrade that often on the CPU side. But still. If you for some reason want to upgrade your CPU, you have to buy a new motherboard too for no reason whatsoever. That is problematic I think.

 

Oh, there are no down sides for Intel to spam out new chipsets constantly. None whatsoever. Plenty of marketing, new boards, new hype, more income, higher prices, etc. No, the downside is entirely for the consumer.

 

Indeed it was. But chipset was announced december 2016. The same time as Intel announced the z270, which means AMD only knew of the z170 chipset when deciding on a number. At the end of the day, AMD could have chosen something else, but they already had a 900 series chipset for the old FX processors, so a new line was needed. Calling it 100 was not possible due to Intel's current z170 lineup. So they chose 2 iterations further up. Not their fault Intel decided to catch up in less than a year.