Question about Intel's 5th generation Core i7 processors?

LogicalCaveman · Jul 6, 2015

Hello people of CPU land!

All around the stores I see motherboards with fancy shmancy Z97 chipsets saying they are able to be used with Intel processors from both the 4th and 5th generations. These processors have LGA 1150 sockets.

This is where I get confused. Sure, having a Z97 chipset motherboard is a must for a 5th generation Intel Core i7 processor, but doesn't the motherboatd NEED to have the LGA 2011-v3 socket instead of the LGA 1150 socket as well?

Any help will be greatly appreciated!

TechyInAZ · Jul 6, 2015

Lol no 5th gen (aka broadwell) is lga 1150. Broadwell-E when it comes out will probably be lga 2011 or a new socket.

smackers_12 · Jul 6, 2015

TechyInAZ :

5th Generation is Broadwell, 4th is Haswell/Haswell Refresh. These chips are spread over the lga 1150 and lga 2011-3 sockets, the mainstream processors run on lga 1150 and the higher end chips are on lga 2011-3 (Haswell E). It's confusing because some i7's use lga 1150 and some use 2011-3

LogicalCaveman · Jul 6, 2015

TechyInAZ :

What about Intel Core i7-5960x? LGA 2011-v3 socket on that one.

DubbleClick · Jul 7, 2015

It's a forth gen haswell cpu. Intel messed up the names. I7 3820k is sandy bridge, I7 4820k ivy bridge, I7 5820k haswell. I7 2700k sandy bridge, 3700k ivy bridge, 4700k haswell, 5775c broadwell.

Edit: So yeah, there is only one 5th gen I7 (for desktops) - the I7 5775c, which runs on h/z97 LGA 1150 boards.

smackers_12 · Jul 7, 2015

LogicalCaveman :

That is a Haswell-E chip.

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