Intel makes new motherboards compete with old ones

Stefan Mileschin · 14th December 2022, 07:19

B760 chipset up ten per cent but with little advantage

The price of Chipzilla’s upcoming B760 chipset motherboards will be ten per cent higher over Intel's previous generation B660 platform when they hit the shops next year.

According to Tom’s Hardware the move is a strange as it will make the older chipset a viable option as both support Intel's latest Raptor Lake CPUs. The newer boards consist of PCIe Gen 4 and PCIe Gen 3 reconfigurations. This will include a PCIe Gen 3 degradation from eight to four lanes, but a PCIe Gen4 upgrade from six to 10 lanes.

All this means that the B760's may be more of a sidegrade than an upgrade. The B760 can operate more PCIe Gen 4 enabled devices, but if there are no PCIe Gen 4 devices installed this is not much of a deal.

A ten per cent price hike might be a difficult sell for Intel as B760's Gen 4 capabilities on the chipset will rarely ever be needed for system's Intel's B series platform targets, including cheap gaming machines, and cut-price workstations.**The B760, will have Raptor Lake support baked in with BIOS's already prepped from the factory to support Intel's latest CPU lineup.

https://fudzilla.com/news/pc-hardwar...-with-old-ones

14th December 2022, 07:19	#1
Stefan Mileschin [M] Reviewer Join Date: May 2010 Location: Romania Posts: 148,902	Intel makes new motherboards compete with old ones B760 chipset up ten per cent but with little advantage The price of Chipzilla’s upcoming B760 chipset motherboards will be ten per cent higher over Intel's previous generation B660 platform when they hit the shops next year. According to Tom’s Hardware the move is a strange as it will make the older chipset a viable option as both support Intel's latest Raptor Lake CPUs. The newer boards consist of PCIe Gen 4 and PCIe Gen 3 reconfigurations. This will include a PCIe Gen 3 degradation from eight to four lanes, but a PCIe Gen4 upgrade from six to 10 lanes. All this means that the B760's may be more of a sidegrade than an upgrade. The B760 can operate more PCIe Gen 4 enabled devices, but if there are no PCIe Gen 4 devices installed this is not much of a deal. A ten per cent price hike might be a difficult sell for Intel as B760's Gen 4 capabilities on the chipset will rarely ever be needed for system's Intel's B series platform targets, including cheap gaming machines, and cut-price workstations.**The B760, will have Raptor Lake support baked in with BIOS's already prepped from the factory to support Intel's latest CPU lineup. https://fudzilla.com/news/pc-hardwar...-with-old-ones

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