Intel Motherboard Business not finished yet for Haswell

Earlier this year Intel came out and said they would be winding down their motherboard side of business to focus on other areas such as the mobile market, desktop CPUs and GPUs. Well the people over at VR-Zone.com have released some information concerning four new Intel 8 series Lynx motherboards showing Intel motherboard business is not quite finished. The boards are one B85 chipset, two H87 chipsets boards, and one Q87 chipset. These boards go along with the already shown Z87 chipset motherboard.

Here are the specs from VR-Zone about the new motherboards from Intel:

DB85FL (Frost Lake)

• Intel B85 Express chipset
• Smart Connect / Small Business Advantage
• 1 PCIe 3.0 x16 slot + 2 PCIe 2.0 x1
• 4 SATA 6Gb/s + 2 SATA 3Gb/s
• 8 USB 2.0 + 4 USB 3.0
• 8-channel audio
• DVI-I + HDMI display output (dual independent displays)
• MicroATX

DH87MC (Meadow Creek)

• Intel H87 Express chipset
• Rapid Storage Technology (RAID 0/1/5/10) / Smart Response / Rapid Start / Smart Connect
• 1 PCIe 3.0 x16 slot + 2 PCIe 2.0 x1 + 1 PCIe 2.0 x4 + 1 Full-size/Half-size mPCIe
• 6 SATA 6Gb/s (one via mSATA)
• 10 USB 2.0 + 4 USB 3.0
• 10-channel audio
• DVI-I + HDMI + DisplayPort (triple independent displays)
• ATX

DH87MC (Round Lake)

• Intel H87 Express chipset
• Rapid Storage Technology (RAID 0/1/5/10) / Smart Response / Rapid Start / Smart Connect
• 1 PCIe 3.0 x16 + 3 PCIe 2.0 x1 + 1 Full-size/Half-size mPCIe
• 6 SATA 6Gb/s (one via mSATA)
• 6 USB 2.0 + 8 USB 3.0
• 10-channel audio
• DVI-I + HDMI + DisplayPort (triple independent displays)
• MicroATX

DQ87PG (Spring Cave)

• Intel Q87 Express Chipset
• vPro with AMT 9.0 / Identity Protection / Anti-theft Technology / Smart Response / Rapid Storage Technology (RAID 0/1/5/10)
• 1 PCIe 3.0 x16 slot + 1 PCIe 2.0 x1 + 2 PCI
• 6 SATA 6Gb/s (one via mSATA)
• 6 USB 2.0 + 8 USB 3.0 + Parallel/Serial Port + PS/2
• DisplayPort + DVI-D + Analog D-SUB
• MicroATX

 

From the specifications listed above it looks like Intel is going all in with the different models and chipsets so anyone will be able to buy and use an Intel motherboard in their build ranging from small builds to enthusiast builds. Now as always with any manufacturer and their motherboards before we can give them a seal of approval we need to know the cost, but they look like they will be a nice set of features for upcoming Haswell CPUs.

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