Intel z490, the motherboards for comet

According to sources, AIB partners are already aware that Intel Z490 motherboards were announced in May. This does not mean that they will be available in May, only that they will be announced during that month.

Intel Z490 is ready to house Comet Lake-S CPUs

Intel's Z490 motherboards are going to feature improved VRM solutions and will be slightly more expensive than their predecessors.

Intel's Z490 series motherboards will house the new 14nm Comet Lake S line of processors that will launch more or less at the same time. We know, then, that the 14nm Comet Lake processors will launch in the middle of this year and that the first 10nm processors will launch later in the year.

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Here we summarize some characteristics that we will find in Z490 motherboards:

• Comet Lake will transition to a higher pin package. The LGA socket for Comet Lake will not be compatible with legacy platforms… No change in ILM dimensions or thermal solution. LGA for Comet Lake improves power delivery and support for future incremental I / O features Pin 1 orientation remains the same, but the pin insert has changed to the left.

Previous leaks have indicated that Intel is migrating to a new socket with its 400 series boards that will be introduced in May. While the LGA 1200 socket has the same dimensions as the LGA 1151 socket (37.5mm x 37.5mm), everything in terms of power supply, positioning and number of pins has changed.

With the 400 series motherboards, Intel can now supply processors of up to 10 cores. The Intel Core i9-10900K is a 10-core, 20-wire processor with a 125W TDP. This seems to be the most Intel can come up with with a 14nm node. We will keep you informed.

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