I haven't kept up with tech in this past year and want to know if there's another CPU family coming to z87/z97 motherboards?
I'm currently saving to upgrade my setup to whatever's new. I've got an i7 920/X58/6GB setup and want to upgrade to either the 4790K/Z97 or the 5820K/X99 platforms. It's safe to assume there will, for a fact, be another big time family coming to the X99, but is that the case for the Z87/Z97 platform? Does Devil's Canyon count as the second customary lineup Intel brings to the same socket?
Thanks! :)
Socket 1150 will last 1 more generation with Broadwell. Skylake will implement socket 1151 (add 1 pin), and will not be compatible with 1150 CPUs.
http://www.overclock3d.net/articles/cpu_mainboard/skylake_will_require_a_new_socket/1
Yes. Broadwell will be coming to Socket LGA 1150 and Z97. That being said, the upgrade from Haswell to Broadwell won't be doing much performance wise. It is only a die shrink of Haswell. The performance will be about the same but expect lower power consumption and more heat.
The difference between a 4790k or presumably a 5790k to a 5820k will be quite noticeable. X99 is a true enthusiast/workstation platform. 6 cores and DDR4 and a metric shitload of PCIE lanes. Well less of course on the 5820k but still a bit. So of course it will be faster. Most people don't need X99. Z97 and a Haswell should last you quite a while.