The Confusing World of Intel Motherboard Naming Schemes

In recent years, Intel has introduced several new motherboard naming schemes, making it increasingly difficult for consumers to keep track of the latest and greatest options. In this article, we'll delve into the world of H and B boards, exploring the supposed launch dates of these motherboards and trying to make sense of the naming scheme.

First up are the H 370 and B 360 motherboards, which were supposedly expected to fall back to Skylake. However, it appears that Intel has decided to keep their new naming scheme going, with the H 370 and B 360 now falling under the Coffee Lake moniker. The business lineup, including the B be 150 and B be 250, is also getting a refresh, moving from X 299 to H 374.

But what about the H3 10 chipset? This one is particularly interesting, as it's rumored to have originated from Skylake. However, Intel has decided to stick with their new naming scheme, renaming it H3 10. The company has also introduced a new chipset, the H 110, which seems to be an attempt to catch up with AMD's latest offerings.

So what's taking Intel so long to launch these motherboards? According to several sources, including Intel reps, the main reason is power consumption. With the introduction of more powerful Core i7 processors, previous generation Z 270 boards simply weren't able to handle the increased power requirements. This has led to issues with voltage regulation and non-die management systems, causing stability problems in certain scenarios.

Intel's decision to rely heavily on previous generation cable architecture for their Coffee Lake launch also seems to have contributed to the delays. By pushing out more powerful processors with lower core counts and power consumption, Intel needed to tweak the Z 270 chipset to make it compatible with the new hardware. This is why the Z 370 chipset was introduced as a "quick and dirty" solution, aimed at catching up with AMD's X 299 lineup.

In an interview with Steve from Gamers Nexus, we discovered that Intel pushed back the launch date of their Z 370 platform to coincide with the release of AMD's Threadripper. The company also moved forward the launch date of X 299 by around three weeks, reportedly in an effort to snipe Threadripper and limit AMD's competitive advantage.

However, it appears that Intel had limited stock of their high-end processors when they initially launched quarter four last year. To combat this, the company rushed to have these items on the market sooner than anticipated, resulting in a premature launch. This strategy seems to be paying off, as Intel is now trying to capitalize on AMD's success with their own lineup.

In conclusion, the H 370 and B 360 chipsets are not late; they were simply early due to Intel's forced hand. With the introduction of more powerful processors, previous generation boards became inadequate from a power delivery standpoint. As for when we can expect to see these lower-grade chipsets on the market, it's rumored that we'll see some budget-oriented systems with Coffee Lake CPUs in late March or early April this year.

Finally, I'd like to thank Steve for confirming my story and making this video possible. Without his input, I wouldn't have had the guts to release this article because a lot of it is just making one's own conclusions based on what we do know. It's fascinating to see Intel have to rush something because AMD was so successful at launch.

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"WEBVTTKind: captionsLanguage: enwhere are all the other coffee lake boards valid question we've been milking Z 370 for several months now since it's the only thing out there currently from modern Intel CPUs but the issue for the blue team has been this no one wants to pair a cheaper budget oriented Intel offering with a Z 370 chipset sure Z series chipsets are stacked with features but for that matter so are there H series counterparts in fact one of the only differences in most cases is overclock ability think KZ for Intel Killzone I don't know come up with your own acronym K series CPUs with Z series motherboards period all other SKUs should be paired in my opinion with H and B boards so where are they first up the boards in particular we're discussing in this video are the supposed to H 370 and B 360 motherboards falling back to skylake the naming scheme is gone H 1 7 th 270 and now Coffee Lake H 374 the business lineup be 150 be 250 and B 3 which should be 50 but had to jump to 60 since AMD already ripped to be 350 chipset there's also a supposed h3 10 ships at coming its root name stemming from skylake as well the H 110 chipset that's a lot of names but way you should know is that the delay in these launches has hindered Intel sales of locked SKUs namely the 8780 480 100 no one wants to spend more money than they must especially if one of the board's main features is overclocking impossible with non case cues save a few exceptions with skylake more on that right here so what's taking them so long and big reasons had to do with power consumption according to a few Intel reps the jump in core counts across all models have rendered previous gen Z 270 boards inadequate from power delivery stand points in particular the VR and the non die management systems created long term instabilities early on the testing phase with vendors so in certain scenario systems would crash an account of an adequate voltage regulation of the mainboard level and it appears as though this was because intel relied heavily on previous gen cable a architecture to push the coffee lake launch capable excuse have lower core counts and power consumptions across the board which is why Z 270 required a few tweaks to Z 370 and this would also explain why Z 370 will likely be succeeded by Z 390 later this year essentially a proper revision what it should have been I can't point to any leak to document to confirm this I doubt any Intel rep would admit it anyway but it's my belief based on the research I've done personally that Intel push Z 370 as a quick and dirty response to AMD's release of horizons and goes for X to 99 and thread Ripper I talked with Steve from gamers Nexus a bit earlier who had similar suspicions I'm quoting him now it is the understanding of gamers Nexus that the Intel launch date for its Z 370 platform along with the launch date of X 299 was pulled in to be earlier than initially intended our understanding is that X 2 9 9 got moved forward earlier by around three weeks in a Z 370 got moved forward by an indeterminate amount of time we don't have an exact explanation for why the times were moved but one could reasonably assume that X 299 was moved forward to snipe thread Ripper and that Z 370 was moved forward to either one catch the end of year 2017 holiday sales and the platform was prepared to go or to limit the window that rise in one remain highly competitive this was shown by pushing the 80 600 K and 80 400 early as they competed directly Steve also went on to point out that Intel had very limited stock of the 8700 K when it initially launched quarter year four so in a sense Intel rushed to have these items on the market sooner than anticipated in order to combat the extreme competitiveness of the rise in lineup it's pretty cool to be able to say that the underdog at this time was able to rush the blue team giant into a premature launch that at least is what the information at hand suggests so in conclusion H 370 and V 360 chipsets aren't late see 370 was just early on account of Intel's forced hand when should we see these lower grade chipsets on the market though expect some time in late March or early April of this year maybe then some of us can start recommending budget oriented systems with coffee-like CPUs but for now particularly would be 350 motherboards taken into account horizons value still reigned supreme in my book we'll see after April or so if my opinion changes I'd like to thank Steve for confirming my story and making this video possible if it wasn't for him kind of validating my suspicions I wouldn't have had the guts to release this video because a lot of it is kind of just making your own conclusions based on what we do know and it's just it's just kind of funny in my opinion to see Intel have to rush something because AMD was so successful at launch by the way if you like this video maybe like the story let me know about giving this one thumbs up I appreciate that thumbs down for the opposite subscribe to gamers Nexus if you haven't already I don't know why you wouldn't be subscribed to them but I'm sure to do that via the link in this video's description stay tuned for more content like this this is science studio thanks for learning with uswhere are all the other coffee lake boards valid question we've been milking Z 370 for several months now since it's the only thing out there currently from modern Intel CPUs but the issue for the blue team has been this no one wants to pair a cheaper budget oriented Intel offering with a Z 370 chipset sure Z series chipsets are stacked with features but for that matter so are there H series counterparts in fact one of the only differences in most cases is overclock ability think KZ for Intel Killzone I don't know come up with your own acronym K series CPUs with Z series motherboards period all other SKUs should be paired in my opinion with H and B boards so where are they first up the boards in particular we're discussing in this video are the supposed to H 370 and B 360 motherboards falling back to skylake the naming scheme is gone H 1 7 th 270 and now Coffee Lake H 374 the business lineup be 150 be 250 and B 3 which should be 50 but had to jump to 60 since AMD already ripped to be 350 chipset there's also a supposed h3 10 ships at coming its root name stemming from skylake as well the H 110 chipset that's a lot of names but way you should know is that the delay in these launches has hindered Intel sales of locked SKUs namely the 8780 480 100 no one wants to spend more money than they must especially if one of the board's main features is overclocking impossible with non case cues save a few exceptions with skylake more on that right here so what's taking them so long and big reasons had to do with power consumption according to a few Intel reps the jump in core counts across all models have rendered previous gen Z 270 boards inadequate from power delivery stand points in particular the VR and the non die management systems created long term instabilities early on the testing phase with vendors so in certain scenario systems would crash an account of an adequate voltage regulation of the mainboard level and it appears as though this was because intel relied heavily on previous gen cable a architecture to push the coffee lake launch capable excuse have lower core counts and power consumptions across the board which is why Z 270 required a few tweaks to Z 370 and this would also explain why Z 370 will likely be succeeded by Z 390 later this year essentially a proper revision what it should have been I can't point to any leak to document to confirm this I doubt any Intel rep would admit it anyway but it's my belief based on the research I've done personally that Intel push Z 370 as a quick and dirty response to AMD's release of horizons and goes for X to 99 and thread Ripper I talked with Steve from gamers Nexus a bit earlier who had similar suspicions I'm quoting him now it is the understanding of gamers Nexus that the Intel launch date for its Z 370 platform along with the launch date of X 299 was pulled in to be earlier than initially intended our understanding is that X 2 9 9 got moved forward earlier by around three weeks in a Z 370 got moved forward by an indeterminate amount of time we don't have an exact explanation for why the times were moved but one could reasonably assume that X 299 was moved forward to snipe thread Ripper and that Z 370 was moved forward to either one catch the end of year 2017 holiday sales and the platform was prepared to go or to limit the window that rise in one remain highly competitive this was shown by pushing the 80 600 K and 80 400 early as they competed directly Steve also went on to point out that Intel had very limited stock of the 8700 K when it initially launched quarter year four so in a sense Intel rushed to have these items on the market sooner than anticipated in order to combat the extreme competitiveness of the rise in lineup it's pretty cool to be able to say that the underdog at this time was able to rush the blue team giant into a premature launch that at least is what the information at hand suggests so in conclusion H 370 and V 360 chipsets aren't late see 370 was just early on account of Intel's forced hand when should we see these lower grade chipsets on the market though expect some time in late March or early April of this year maybe then some of us can start recommending budget oriented systems with coffee-like CPUs but for now particularly would be 350 motherboards taken into account horizons value still reigned supreme in my book we'll see after April or so if my opinion changes I'd like to thank Steve for confirming my story and making this video possible if it wasn't for him kind of validating my suspicions I wouldn't have had the guts to release this video because a lot of it is kind of just making your own conclusions based on what we do know and it's just it's just kind of funny in my opinion to see Intel have to rush something because AMD was so successful at launch by the way if you like this video maybe like the story let me know about giving this one thumbs up I appreciate that thumbs down for the opposite subscribe to gamers Nexus if you haven't already I don't know why you wouldn't be subscribed to them but I'm sure to do that via the link in this video's description stay tuned for more content like this this is science studio thanks for learning with us\n"