Something to stay up for: Much of the speak surrounding motherboards for Intel’s upcoming Raptor Lake processors has involved their assist for the most recent DDR5 reminiscence (in addition to DDR4 for individuals who cannot improve but). New experiences point out some boards may also assist PCIe 5.0 storage, though it is unclear how a lot customers will want these blazing-fast speeds within the quick time period.
Sources have instructed Moore’s Law is Dead that the flagship fashions of the upcoming Intel Z790 motherboards will function PCIe Gen 5 M.2 SSD compatibility, however not the mainstream variants. Among AMD’s approaching AM5 boards, the M.2 slots for the X670 Extreme, X670, and B650 might be PCIe 5.0.
Manufacturers have lately revealed PCIe 5.0 SSDs with learn speeds round 13GB/s. However, benchmarks present that almost all purposes folks presently use do not max out the capabilities of PCIe 4.0 SSDs, and PCIe 3.0 drives are seemingly nonetheless adequate. Support for PCIe 5.0 SSDs this yr might be largely future-proofing.
The sources additionally shared particulars of when Z790 will seem, which affords a clearer image of when Intel may launch the Raptor Lake CPUs to go together with them. The Z790s might first seem late this month or late August with out revealing full specs, whereas validation will begin in August earlier than manufacturing. Intel will nearly definitely maintain Raptor Lake’s launch again till the boards are prepared, which might align with earlier expectations of Q3 or This fall.
