B860 & Z890 Explained - Which Chipset for Core Ultra 200 Series?

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Intel’s new B860 chipset motherboards are here, and I’m here to explain why you probably want one of these over a Z890 board instead. Intel generally offers three chipsets per generation of CPUs. The ZX90 class boards are the top end, overclockable, and most feature-rich. Then there’s the BX60, that’s the mid range, then the HX10 which are the low end boards. B860, then, is the one in the middle, the balance between budget and features. Unfortunately, unlike AMD’s chipsets which I did a video on last week - check that out in the cards above - Intel does actually segment their boards pretty hard, with the biggest limitation on the non-Z boards being a lack of overclocking support, even on the unlocked K series chips. Now they have relented a little recently, and you can now do full memory overclocking on these B860 boards, and there is a little control for the CPU too, including power limits, voltages and core ratios, but it’s definitely a more stripped-back experience compared to the Z890 boards. The main thing here though is that the CPUs that are launching alongside these chips - the non-K SKU parts - can’t be overclocked anyway, so unless you are buying a K SKU part, that’s already a point for the B series chipset - and frankly with how few people actually overclock their CPUs, even if you have a K SKU part, you’re still probably better off getting a B860 board anyway.

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