Will Z390 make Z370 obsolete in 1 year?

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Intel to Bring 8-core/16-thread CPUs to the Mainstream Desktop Platform in 2018

The representative revealed this in context of the company skipping the Z370 Express chipset, as it lacks support for those upcoming 8-core/16-thread chips. In addition to support for new processors and possibly next-generation "Ice Lake" processors, the Z390 chipset adds several new features over the Z370, including a better onboard audio solution, integrated WLAN, and SDIO controller.
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I hate this crap! I was all excited about waiting for 8700K, now this.

Am I reading too much into this?

I guess choice is good, but do we really need: Z370, Z390, X299 all at the same time?

EDIT: Before anyone says it -> yes I should have just gotten something when I needed it. Waiting for "the latest" hardware to be released is pointless!
 
So will Icelake K that launches with the Z390. And a year after that Tiger Lake K launches on Z470 or Z490. But wait, after that comes Sapphire Lake :p
 
More or less the only thing I can remember, that was not obsolete within a year, was the C64. Its still good! :)

But yeah. DDR5, pcie 4. Then pcie 5. I think we will see new technologies in the comming years. As always.
 
Skyblue said:
More or less the only thing I can remember, that was not obsolete within a year, was the C64. Its still good! :)

But yeah. DDR5, pcie 4. Then pcie 5. I think we will see new technologies in the comming years. As always.
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Ddr5 is 2020 at best so maybe tiger lake, we are just now saturating pcie 2.0 which came out what 10yrs ago?

And obselete is not the word I choose. 2600k is still viable but aged. A 7700k won't be obselete next yr and surely a 8700k won't be when icelake hits.
 
Speedeu4ia said:
Ddr5 is 2020 at best so maybe tiger lake, we are just now saturating pcie 2.0 which came out what 10yrs ago?

And obselete is not the word I choose. 2600k is still viable but aged. A 7700k won't be obselete next yr and surely a 8700k won't be when icelake hits.
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Quite likely. I agree with the 2600K. I'm still using a 980x. Upgrading now, will yield ddr4, pcie3, nvme, gb nic, sata3 for all the disks. Quite a jump :)
 
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