Coffee Lake
Intel has begun plans to discontinue its 300-series chipsets, including the higher-end Z390, Z370 chipsets, as well as its longer life B and H series chipsets. The 300-series chipsets are based on the second revision of Intel's LGA1151 socket designed for its Coffee Lake processors. In 2017, to complement the launch of its 8th generation Core i7, i5, i3, Pentium, and Celeron Coffee Lake processors, Intel unveiled its 300-series chipsets. This includes the Z390, Z370, B365, and H310 chipsets. The most notable processors for the 300-series are the Core i7-8700K and Core i9-9900K, with these chips serving as Intel's flagship desktop processors from the end of 2017 up through the spring of 2020. But Coffee Lake's time on the market is getting ready to sunset, and...
The Intel 9th Gen Review: Core i9-9900K, Core i7-9700K and Core i5-9600K Tested
Intel’s newest line of desktop processors bring with them a number of changes designed to sway favor with performance enthusiasts. These new parts bring Intel’s consumer processors up to...
277 by Ian Cutress on 10/19/2018Intel Fall PC Desktop Event Live Blog (Starts at 10am ET/14:00 UTC)
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EVGA on Tuesday officially introduced its first budget-oriented motherboards. The EVGA B360 Micro Gaming is based on Intel’s moderately priced B360 chipset, yet the mainboard supports most of the...
12 by Anton Shilov on 10/3/2018The ASUS ROG Strix Z370-F Gaming Review: A $200 Motherboard at 5.1 GHz
The ASUS ROG Strix Z370-F Gaming sits in the middle of its Z370 product stack, intending to deliver users a full assortment of features. The all black board supports...
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ASRock has quietly added a new family of ultra-compact form-factor (UCFF) PCs into its product lineup. The Jupiter-series one-liter systems are designed for Intel’s Coffee Lake processors and feature...
21 by Anton Shilov on 9/27/2018The ASUS ROG Strix B360-G Gaming Review: A Polarizing $100 Motherboard Design
The B360 market should be a battleground for new PC builds: it offers almost all the features needed for everyone. There is a lot of scope for motherboard manufacturers...
26 by Joe Shields on 9/25/2018Vietnamese Retailer Leaks Some Intel 9000-Series Coffee Lake Refresh CPUs
We’ve spoken here at AnandTech several times on the upcoming Z390 chipset and also a few words on new processors for those motherboards. Intel has promised a new consumer-grade...
26 by Ian Cutress on 9/21/2018Team Group's Quick Memory: T-Force Xtreem DDR4-4300 / DDR4-4500 CL18
Team Group has introduced its new dual-channel DDR4 memory kits for overclockers - the new T-Force Xtreem kits operate at 4300 MT/s and 4500 MT/s data transfer rates. Team Group’s...
13 by Anton Shilov on 9/20/2018The ASRock B360M-ITX/ac Motherboard Review: Tiny Take on B360, Sub $100
Everyone likes a good analysis of a Mini-ITX sized board, but this time we're looking at a B360 chipset version. This chipset offers users the ability to jump into...
24 by Joe Shields on 9/17/2018The MSI GT75 Titan Laptop Review: Hex-Core DTR
The gaming laptop segment is one of the most profitable around, and MSI has focused their laptops almost exclusively on this market for the last couple of years. Today...
49 by Brett Howse on 9/13/2018The MSI Z370-A Pro Motherboard Review: Entry Level Business (And Pleasure)
The MSI Z370-A Pro is an inexpensive motherboard from MSI's 'Pro' series of boards. The Pro series boards are designed for content creators and professionals who can use the...
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Today we get an opportunity to look at two motherboards out of MSI's B360 stable in the form of the B360 Gaming Plus and B360 Gaming Arctic. The two...
20 by Joe Shields on 8/27/2018The MSI Z370I Gaming Pro Carbon AC (mITX) Motherboard Review: Balanced Gaming Diet
Today we're looking at one of MSI's Mini-ITX motherboards, the Z370I Gaming Pro Carbon AC. The Gaming Pro Carbon AC supports 8th Gen Intel Core Coffee Lake-based processors with...
18 by Joe Shields on 8/23/2018PC Supplier Adds Support for Coffee Lake CPUs to Older Intel H110 Platforms
A supplier of PCs from China has added support for Intel’s Coffee Lake CPUs to its platforms based on Intel’s H110 chipset. The announcement does not mean that mainboards...
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ASRock on Thursday became the fifth member to join the unofficial 9th Gen Core club, releasing BIOS updates to add support for Intel's unannounced CPUs. Like its fellow club...
23 by Anton Shilov on 8/10/2018Intel Preps New H310 Chipset Revision With Windows 7 Support For Coffee Lake
Based on some recent hardware releases from motherboard vendors, it would appear that Intel is prepping a new chipset and appropriate drivers to enable Coffee Lake processors to work...
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Shuttle has formally introduced its new entry-level ultra-compact form-factor PC, the XPC Slim DH310, a barebones PC for Intel’s Coffee Lake processors with up to six cores. The systems...
11 by Anton Shilov on 8/8/2018ASUS Adds Support for 9th Gen Core CPUs to Their Intel 300-Series Motherboards
ASUS on Tuesday released new BIOS versions for Intel’s 300-series motherboards, adding support for Intel’s not-so-secret upcoming Core i3/i5/i7 9000-series processors. With the addition of ASUS, now all of...
7 by Anton Shilov on 8/8/2018GIGABYTE Adds Support for Intel’s 9th Gen Core Processors to Existing Motherboards
GIGABYTE has released new BIOS versions for its motherboards based on Intel’s 300-series chipsets, which add support for the upcoming 9th Generation Core i3/i5/i7 processors. The release reaffirms that...
12 by Anton Shilov on 8/6/2018MSI Z370 Motherboards Now Support Intel’s 9th Gen Core CPUs
MSI pushed a news item live today that states that the company has released updated BIOS versions for its Intel Z370-based motherboards that add support for Intel’s as-yet unannounced...
11 by Anton Shilov on 8/1/2018