Intel X299 motherboard spotted with an i7 7740K CPU

Published: 27th March 2017 | Source: Techpowerup | Author: Mark Campbell

Intel's upcoming X299 CPU socket has been revealed in some new SiSoft Sandra benchmarks, alongside an i7 7740K CPU. This new platform will be using Intel's LGA 2066 socket, which is rumoured to support both Skylake-E and Kaby Lake-X series CPUs.

This new HEDT will replace Intel's X99 platform, offering support for quad-channel memory and additional PCIe lanes than the companies desktop grade LGA 1151 (Z170 and Z270) motherboards.

The motherboard in the test result below is made by AsRock, using a Kaby Lake-X series CPU that is said to come with a higher TDP of 112W compared to 91W for standard Kaby Lake CPUs and come without a GPU component and higher CPU clock speeds.

Intel X299 motherboard spotted with an i7 7740K CPU

Recent rumours have suggested that Intel's Kaby Lake-X CPUs will offer similar features to their Kaby Lake-S counterparts, though the CPU's integrated graphics processor will be disabled.

With a TDP of 112W Kaby lake-X CPUs will have higher clock speeds than their desktop LGA 1150 counterparts and may potentially have more overclocking headroom. This CPU will likely be the entry level CPU for the LGA 2066 platform, giving its users the opportunity to upgrade to a CPU with more cores and PCIe lanes at a later date.

The Kaby Lake-X CPU is said to only support dual channel memory, whereas the Skylake-X CPUs will support Quad-channel memory, making Kaby Lake-X CPUs limit the potential of future X109/LGA 2066 motherboards.

Intel Skylake-X and Kaby Lake-X CPUs to launch on Intel's LGA 2066 socket

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Most Recent Comments

27-03-2017, 11:15:38

Avet

So there will be 4-10 core lineup for X299 chipset. Interesting.Quote

28-03-2017, 04:30:44

Doomslayer

Intel is going to come back hard lolQuote

28-03-2017, 04:35:38

Excalabur50

They wont be coming back hard if they're still stupidly overpricedQuote

28-03-2017, 04:56:48

Warchild

Quote:

Originally Posted by Excalabur50

They wont be coming back hard if they're still stupidly overpriced

You forget people lack the intelligence to realise they are overpriced. Sales will still be made in high numbers.Quote

28-03-2017, 07:44:20

Vicey

I skipped X99 and stayed with my X79 setup as the CPU performance increase wasn't great enough to warrant the expenditure. Almost £1000 to get CPU, Motherboard and DDR4 Memory for a 10-15% increase in single threaded performance (3930K -> 5930K). Just didn't seem worth it.

I think I'd be on board if they lower the price of the 8 core (which I doubt they will) or the IPC gain is substantial like 25-30% over Sandy Bridge-E which is what my 3930K is.

Would be nice to get some of the newer features as-well like the M.2 slot for a 960 Pro etcQuote

Intel X299 motherboard spotted with an i7 7740K CPU