How well do you think Broadwell-K will overclock?

[frozentundra123456]

I think what will happen next is mainstream will increase to beyond four cores.

If Intel releases a Skylake Xeon-D SoC I'm thinking that could become the next LGA socket (call it Skylake-D) --> http://forums.anandtech.com/showthread.php?t=2429616. Then after that the quad core + iGPU and 8C SoC LGA sockets merge together as one SoC based LGA socket.

Mainstream, I doubt it, but I think intel should increase core count in the HEDT lineup with either Broadwell E, if it is produced, or Skylake E. I just dont think the mainstream market has enough need for a hex core to make it worthwhile, at least from intel's POV. Anyway, here is what I would like to see:

1. lowest end part, almost mainstrean in price, six cores like current 5820k but with more PCie lanes like the 5930k (price under 400.00)

2. Mid-level part, 8 cores, 500 to 600 dollars.

3. High end part, 10 cores, 800 to 1000 dollars.

This would be very similar to the Haswell E strategy which increased core count on the lowest end E model and gave a good reason to upgrade to that, in contrast the the quad core E chips, which had basically no reason to exist.

This lineup would apply the same strategy to the midlevel price chips and give a strong reason to move up from the lowest level E chips, in contrast to Haswell E, which basically pissed off more people than motivating them to move up with the tactic of gimping PCIe lanes on the low end E chip.

 

[frozentundra123456]

It's not a K model. it's a C model. As I've mentioned before, my theory is that Intel intended the unlocked models to have Iris Pro exclusively going forward but changed their thinking at some point to do both C and K now.



Skylake Refresh will probably just be a platform update. Maybe the non-i7 K will get an extra 100 mhz or something. Don't expect much.

Yea, I know it is a "C" instead of a k technically, but the point is it is unlocked.

As far as Skylake refresh, I am sure you are right for the bulk of the lineup, but I am hoping there will be something like a Devils Canyon analogue with a bigger improvement, at least in stock clocks.

As far as Iris Pro, intel's lineup of igps absolutely baffles me. The one thing I would like to see them do is put iris pro on all the mobile chips, or at least on the 45 watt models. Maybe it would make semi decent low/midrange gaming finally possible (maybe GTX 840 or 850 levels?). Instead, even with skylake, if the leaked roadmaps are correct, the GT4 plus 4e is coming to the 15 watt models, which will be too cpu limited to fully use the igpu, most likely.