Intel Z890 could be the only Arrow Lake chipset to support CPU overclocking

[DragonSlayer101]

Rumor mill: Intel's upcoming Arrow Lake-S processors will be accompanied by motherboards featuring 800-series chipsets. Earlier leaks provided some details about what the top-of-the-line Z890 chipset will offer, but a new report has now revealed additional information about the other SKUs.

According to tipster Jaykihn, the full 800-series lineup will include at least five different chipsets: Z890, W880, Q870, B860, and H810. Among these, Z890, B860, and H810 are aimed at consumers, while W880 targets workstations. Q870, on the other hand, is designed for enterprise devices. The leak doesn't mention H870, suggesting it may not initially be part of the 800-series lineup.

The flagship chipset in the 800-series, the Z890, will be featured in high-end motherboards catering to enthusiasts and serious gamers. These boards are expected to offer 60 HSIO lanes, including 26 from the CPU and 34 from the chipset.

The leaked information also indicates that Z890 will support up to 48 PCIe lanes, two USB4/TB4 ports, eight DMI Gen4 lanes, 24 PCIe 4.0 lanes, eight SATA III (6 Gbps) ports, 14 USB2 ports, five USB 3.2 (20Gbps) ports, 10 USB 3.2 (10Gbps) ports, and 10 USB 3.2 (5Gbps) ports.

Intel 800 Series Chipset Specifications.

Preliminary, but I doubt it'll change before launch.

No H810 sku.

These specifications are valid with Arrow Lake -S.

Be advised that ARL-S may not be the only architecture on 800 series chipsets. pic.twitter.com/diZqVSjsJA

– Jaykihn (@jaykihn0) July 3, 2024

Most notably, the Z890 chipset is rumored to be the only one supporting CPU IA, BCLK, and memory overclocking. The W880 will reportedly have similar specifications to the Z890 but will only support memory overclocking. If this rumor proves true, enthusiasts may need to invest in expensive Z890 motherboards to satisfy their overclocking needs.

Regarding the other chipsets, the Q870 is rumored to feature 44 PCIe lanes, while the H810 will only have 24. Neither chipset will support memory overclocking. The B860, with 34 PCIe lanes, is said to be the only other chipset besides Z890 and W880 to support memory OC. All these chipsets will offer fewer I/O options compared to the top-tier Z890 and W880.

The tipster notes that these specifications are preliminary, although he doesn't expect Intel to make significant changes in the final products. Furthermore, the leaked specifications are said to be specific to the Arrow Lake-S "Core Ultra 200" CPUs and may vary somewhat for non-K and Xeon processors.

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Intel Z890 could be the only Arrow Lake chipset to support CPU overclocking

 

[pcnthuziast]

OC'ing just doesn't feel compelling anymore. The thrill has gone away. Undervolting on the other hand, very useful.

 

[hahahanoobs]

IF the overclocks are substantial, why not?

 

[MSIGamer]

Lol arrow to the knee lake

 

[yRaz]

OC'ing just doesn't feel compelling anymore. The thrill has gone away. Undervolting on the other hand, very useful.

I started in the early 90s overclocking for the purpose of being broke and needing as much performance for my dollar that I could get. These days it seems like every chip has a "boost clock" that is very near the actual limit of a chip and simply buying a better cooler is likely to give you better performance than manually overclocking.

I'm more impressed by power efficiency than raw performance.

 

[Adhmuz]

OC'ing just doesn't feel compelling anymore. The thrill has gone away. Undervolting on the other hand, very useful.

Totally agree, there's hardly a need to Overclock any modern CPU, with either Thermal Velocity Boost or Precision Boost Overdrive already pushing the CPUs damn near their limits with conventional cooling, it leaves the enthusiast sector with limited option when wanting to achieve any higher clock speeds. On one hand, this is a good thing as this allows nearly everyone buying CPUs to get the most out of them, however, at the same time, it takes some of the fun out of it for those who enjoyed the activity of skillfully pushing their CPUs 30, 40, 50% over their base clocks and getting them running stable for as long as they owned them.

Now buying the Z/X series boards is just to get all the features and expansion possible, at least, this was a deciding factor in my last motherboard purchase.

 

[Nelson28]

This could force enthusiasts to spend more to get the most performance out of their chips. The other chipsets seem to offer a range of features at different price points, but enthusiasts will likely be disappointed if they can't overclock their CPU on anything but the top-tier Z890.