China Already Selling Intel Z68 Express Motherboards

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It looks as though Intel Z68 Express motherboards could already be on store shelves in China. I can't seem to get any information from the Chinese site hosting this image, maybe you'll have better luck than I did. Thanks to E. Masters for the link.
 
What cpu goes in those boards?

If it takes a CPU yet to be released....the board seems to be of little value.:eek:
 
What's keeping preview - reviews from showing up on "enthusiast" sites like this?
 
niconx said:
A board without a CPU. I guess it makes for a fancy paperweight?
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palm and face, you know the routine.

Z68 is a LGA1155 board. As in it uses LGA1155 Sandy Bridge processors.
 
why does the chinese get the board first. ohh wait they make them there. now i get it.
 
pxc said:
palm and face, you know the routine.

Z68 is a LGA1155 board. As in it uses LGA1155 Sandy Bridge processors.
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Is it? I saw a logo with 2011 on the front of the box. I guess they felt the need to mention the year on the front of the box.
 
X68 is the one that supports an SSD as a caching drive for a regular hard drive, right? Or was that Z68? I forget.
 
Maybe I should wait on upgrading then. A 64GB SSD would be nice for caching a 1TB drive that I want for just games. I already use one for the OS drive and could never go back to a regular drive for it.
 
-Sn1PeR- said:
Z68 should support SSD caching
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I'm not sure that's a hardware specific feature. SSD caching was listed as an Intel RST 10.5 (not released yet) feature and may be available on other chipsets too.
 
Space_Ranger said:
X68 is the replacement for the X58, which is to have the 2011 socket.
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This is PRECISELY why I asked.....;)

I thought the X68 board was for the new "replacement " CPUs for the S1336, which would be S2011, NOT 1155, which is Sandy Bridge, or that board would already be in use.

So once again....you have a new board and no CPU to put in it yet.:eek:
 
Shouldn't that board have video out if it's the Z chipset, or am I confusing it with something else.
 
magoo said:
This is PRECISELY why I asked.....;)

I thought the X68 board was for the new "replacement " CPUs for the S1336, which would be S2011, NOT 1155, which is Sandy Bridge, or that board would already be in use.

So once again....you have a new board and no CPU to put in it yet.:eek:
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The X68 chipset has been superseded by the X79 chipset for Socket 2011.

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magoo said:
This is PRECISELY why I asked.....;)

I thought the X68 board was for the new "replacement " CPUs for the S1336, which would be S2011, NOT 1155, which is Sandy Bridge, or that board would already be in use.

So once again....you have a new board and no CPU to put in it yet.:eek:
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Z68 is for Socket 1165. So you have a new board with PLENTY of cpus to put in.
 
Just adding that those are Taiwanese sites, not Simplified Chinese from China, and most computer products are from Taiwan as well.
 
I have not cared about the Sandy Bridge release one bit, so I am not versed on the roadmap.

I have a fine X58 system, and frankly, logically it would fit that the next enthusiast chipset would be X68 not X79.....but what do I know.:D
 
magoo said:
I have not cared about the Sandy Bridge release one bit, so I am not versed on the roadmap.

I have a fine X58 system, and frankly, logically it would fit that the next enthusiast chipset would be X68 not X79.....but what do I know.:D
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all you need to know is what intel tells you to know. and no more!
 
Myabe I should ask this then: I had planned to do a total replacement upgrade and get a 2600K and an 1155 board like the Asus P8P67 or similar and ramp it up to 4.5Ghz, with a time frame of around October. Should I consider one of these new chipsets instead or are the features not really worth waiting for, and just stick to what I have picked out?
 
Z68 - X68 I'm so confused. I thought Z68 was the 2011 pin mobo chipset. How long before X68 gets released?
 
Dantrax said:
Z68 - X68 I'm so confused. I thought Z68 was the 2011 pin mobo chipset. How long before X68 gets released?
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There will not be a 'X68', the next enthusiast-level chipset will be 'X79' that is the one that will support socket 2011.
 
An updated roadmap.

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[21CW]killerofall;1037144981 said:
Taiwan is in China BTW so it is accurate.
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Tell that to someone who's Taiwanese and you'll get an earful.
 
Hazard said:
An updated roadmap.

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Tell that to someone who's Taiwanese and you'll get an earful.
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Wait... Only 6 cores/12 threads for Sandy Bridge-E? Wow. Well, at least there will be a new '920' in the 4 core SB-E chip.
 
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