When are Intel's 8th-gen core chips coming out?

[Fixadent]

The 7th gen series came out not too long ago.

The 8th gen is supposed to have a 40% performance boost over the regular Kaby Lake.

https://techcrunch.com/2017/08/21/intel-promises-a-40-percent-speed-boost-with-its-8th-gen-core-chips/

 

[feelinfroggy777]

Desktop chips do not have a release date other than Q4 of 2017.

I would expect for them to be released in October.

 

[nitinvaid20]

it will take atleast 1 month to be completely avaliable in the market after the release date

 

[Fixadent]

Desktop chips do not have a release date other than Q4 of 2017.

I would expect for them to be released in October.

Do they use LGA 1151?

 

[feelinfroggy777]

Yes, it is LGA 1151, but the word around the campfire is the i5 and i7 wont be compatible with 100 series and 200 series chipsets. So we will need a new 370 board for it to work.

https://videocardz.com/newz/intel-8th-gen-desktop-cpu-packaging-confirms-6-cores-and-requirement-of-300-chipset

 

[mdd1963]

socket 1151 V2....yayyyy!!!!

 

[Fixadent]

Will it really be 40% faster than the 7700K?

 

[sizzling]

Depend how you define faster. The i5 & i7 are both 6 core with claimed faster IPC

 

[Fixadent]

Depend how you define faster. The i5 & i7 are both 6 core with claimed faster IPC

There's no 4-core version?

 

[sizzling]

Yes, the i3 range will be 4 core. 4 cores is now looking low end.

 

[sizzling]

http://www.tomshardware.com/news/intel-coffee-lake-eighth-generation-cpu,35259.html

 

[Fixadent]

Will it work with Z270 motherboards?

 

[sizzling]

No official answer yet but rumour so far are saying it will only run on new 300 series boards.

 

[Fixadent]

No official answer yet but rumour so far are saying it will only run on new 300 series boards.

Will the 8xxx CPU's and 300 series motherboards be available before the end of 2017?

And will they really be 40% faster than Kaby Lake?

 

[sizzling]

Supposed to be Q4 2017 but no official date. As for 40% faster, depends how you measure is. It looks like single core speed will be up very slightly but multi core/threads will be up 50%. The i5 & i'7 will now have 6 cores instead of 4. The i3 range are going up to 4 cores from 2 cores with hyperthreading. The potential gains in multithreaded applications look significant.