Intel LGA 2011 roadmap : Affordable SNB-E and no LGA 1356

[Iconyu]

I think the IB-in-2011 rumors were created by some info that Intel would show (not sell) IB in 2011.

Anyways, this afordable SB-E is the first bit of Intel related news thats been exciting in awhile. With clock generators still on-die we can't expect 920 levels of OC per dollar but oh well

Not exciting news, it was obvious Intel would go this way. They only wanted to have a platform with higher margins not a platform that prices itself out of the market. For those higher margins Intel are prepared to make that platform more desirable, as last time (LGA1156) they made the mainstream platform too undesirable.

What I want is a clarification on PCI-E 3.0, the chipset says slides say 8x 2.0 lanes, but says nothing other than how it splits the lanes coming from the CPU (16x on two slots, or 8x on four slots).

Which is nice to know but all previous slides say SB-E is has a PCI-E 3.0 controller with 40 lanes and Intel is being vague about the subject. Does LGA2011 have both, or is it fully 2.0 now, and if so what happened?

[phantomferrari]

What I want is a clarification on PCI-E 3.0, the chipset says slides say 8x 2.0 lanes, but says nothing other than how it splits the lanes coming from the CPU (16x on two slots, or 8x on four slots).

Which is nice to know but all previous slides say SB-E is has a PCI-E 3.0 controller with 40 lanes and Intel is being vague about the subject. Does LGA2011 have both, or is it fully 2.0 now, and if so what happened?

i also want to know this. the same thing is happening with ivy bridge. some slides show only pci-e 2.0 while others show pci-e 3.0

really hope it comes with pci-e 3.0 to help future proof the system a little bit. i have a dual core core 2 duo and a 4870 so i like to ride my system until the proverbial wheels fall off