Intel X299 HEDT Platform With Kaby Lake X CPUs To Be Unveiled at PC Gaming Show on 12th June – First X299 Motherboards Teased by AIBs

Intel went in full gear for launch for their next-gen X299 platform. The new platform will be launched next month but it looks like the company is going to unveil its latest chips at a grand event on 12th of the June.

It is Intel, not the AMD who will be showcasing next Gen HEDT hardware following year’s PC Gaming Show – X299 Platform, Kaby Lake X CPUs and much much more.

It’s Intel, Not AMD, who will be showcasing Next-Gen HEDT Hardware at This Year’s PC Gaming Show – X299 Platform, Kaby Lake X CPUs, and More

Unlike the last two shows, this event aka PC Gaming Show will be hosted with the mutual collaboration between PCGamer and this event will focus several high-end desktop technologies which are under development and will be available for gamers and professional PC users soon.

The official date of the event is expected to be 12th of the June followed by market availability of the Intel X299 NDA by 26th June. There is also Kaby Lake X and Sky Lake X processors which will be unveiled on the same day, However, their market availability is not yet decided.

PC Gamer presents the PC Gaming Show powered by Intel, the third annual event for PC gaming at E3, returns in 2017 as part of the official E3 conference schedule. With new headline sponsor Intel, the PC Gaming Show will take place live from The Theater at Ace Hotel in Los Angeles on Monday, June 12 at 10 am PDT. The event will showcase exclusive announcements, trailers, and discussion from many of the most exciting developers and projects on the platform. Once again, proceedings will be hosted by PC fan-favorite, Sean “Day[9]” Plott. via PC Gaming Show

Intel X299 Motherboard Teasers From Various MSI and AORUS

While the event is still a month away from first X299 motherboard reveal the MSI and AORUS have given us a little glimpse of their upcoming products the MSI X299 motherboard being teased feature a very high-end fully blackboard design. This motherboard carries lot’s of LEDs for RGB and we can clearly see an extension of PCB cover running under LGA 2066 socket. Four PCI-e-3.0 X16 slots are there which are ideally spaced to support up quad-way CrossFireX and SLI graphic cards.

This motherboard will also have three M.2 slots all of them will carry M.2 shields from MSI. Two of the M.2 slots are full length while one in middle is the half length. The MSI Audio Boost IV powers of the audio while there is 6Pin power connector on top of the PCI-e Slot which adds additional power to board when running multiple graphics.

Let’s see what we have in AOURS X299 motherboard and how it looks like – it is supposed to feature several PCI-e 3.0 x16 slots to carry an abundance of PCI-e lanes featured on Skylake X processors. The large AORUS logo is seen on the heatsink that will cover X299 PCH. AORUS is also using their own exclusively designed M.2 Thermal Gaurd for an M.2 drive with cooling and protection under heavy loads. AORUS is also using a metallic cover on M.2 slots which will add nice additional durability to the board.

Intel Kaby Lake-X Core i7-7740K and Core i5-7640K Specs:

CPU Name	Intel Core i5-7600K	Intel Core i5-7640K	Intel Core i7-7700K	Intel Core i7-7740K
CPU Process	14nm+	14nm+	14nm+	14nm+
Cores/Threads	4/4	4/4	4/8	4/8
Base Clock	3.8 GHz	4.0 GHz	4.2 GHz	4.2 GHz
Boost Clock	4.2 GHz	4.0 GHz+	4.5 GHz	4.5 GHz
L3 Cache	6 MB L3	6 MB L3	8 MB L3	8 MB L3
Memory Support	DDR4 Dual Channel	DDR4 Quad Channel	DDR4 Dual Channel	DDR4 Quad Channel
Socket Type	LGA 1151	LGA 2066	LGA 1151	LGA 2066
TDP	91W	112W	91W	112W
Price	$242 US	TBD	$339 US	TBD

Intel HEDT Processor Families:

Intel HEDT Family	Ivy Bridge-E	Haswell-E	Broadwell-E	Skylake-X	Kaby Lake-X	Coffee Lake-X

Process Node	22nm	22nm	14nm	14nm	14nm	14nm
Flagship SKU	Core i7-4960X	Core i7-5960X	Core i7-6950X	Core i7-7000	Core i7/i5-7000 Series	Core i7-8000 series
Max Cores/Threads	6/12	8/16	10/20	12/24	4/8	6/12
Clock Speeds	3.60/4.00 GHz	3.00/3.50 GHz	3.00/3.50 GHz	TBD	4.20/4.50 GHz	TBD
Max Cache	15 MB L3	20 MB L3	25 MB L3	TBD	8 MB L3	TBD
Max PCI-Express Lanes	40 Gen3	40 Gen3	40 Gen3	44 Gen3	16 Gen3	TBD
Chipset Compatiblity	X79 Chipset	X99 Chipset	X99 Chipset	X299	X299	TBD
Socket Compatiblity	LGA 2011	LGA 2011-3	LGA 2011-3	LGA 2066	LGA 2066	LGA 2066?
Memory Compatiblity	DDR3-1866	DDR4-2133	DDR4-2400	DDR4-2667	DDR4-2667	DDR4-2800?
Max TDP	130W	140W	140W	140W	112W	TBD
Launch	Q3 2013	Q3 2014	Q2 2016	Q2 2017	Q2 2017	August 2017?
Launch Price	$999 US	$1059 US	$1700 US	~$1500 US	$350+?	TBD