"2016" finally smiled and waved goodbye, 2017 New Year has arrived, first I wish you all a happy New Year and a happy holiday. So the old one year, the new year, according to the practice, still want to give you a change in the hardware market, and the expectations of the new year, the next few days will have a series of articles for specific product lines, here is Motherboard.
2016 review: There is no new pattern of the motherboard market / who is back
Thanks to AMD's running & Intel's squeezed toothpaste, 2016, the motherboard market is completely no new chipset birth. In the past, the Intel motherboard was an annual update, but the 2016 CPU architecture changed from the original Tick-Tock strategy to a slower "PAO" (process-architecture-optimization) strategy, the motherboard also slowed down, 2016 No new things ... so the service cycle of the 100 Series motherboard is extended for half a year, although there is no new pattern of 200 series motherboards.
First, 100 Series motherboard price hydrocarriers high
When the 100 series is listed, it is generally more than a few hundred main boards. I thought it was a virtual high. After a few months, I changed it back reasonable level. As a result, the 100 series is now retreat, the same positioning 100 Series motherboard price is still more expensive than 8/9 of the motherboard. I can buy a good Z series motherboard at about 800 that year. Now I have 1000; and B150 is also 100 ~ 200 or so.
Second, the motherboard (default) does not affect the overall performance / therefore the color is one of the competitive indicators.
Since the North Bridge is encapsulated into the CPU, the existence of the motherboard is getting more and more marginalized. One top motherboard and ordinary entry-level motherboard, if not overclocking, performance is completely different, overclocking, various increase budgets It is also difficult to more than 20% after tossing.
Therefore, the motherboard is getting more and more serious, the motherboard has gradually evolved from the previous stability, functionality, and expandability competition into "color value" competition, from the previous green, blue "industrial products" PCB shape into a variety of Cool black, white, camouflage, plus all kinds of cool LED lights, cooling armor, and really can't find a life-saving grass in the case of innovation.
Third, the second generation X99 motherboard - make new interface
Given the X99 chipset is the product of 2014, the top 10 core 20 threads of 2016 - I7-6950X is still X99, and the X99 two years ago has not spread the moment of the moment. 2 / U.2 and USB 3.1 interface, so the manufacturers have launched their second-generation X99, which makes it a function, the most impressive thing is the supermarket of the 10th anniversary of ASUS ROG -
Pour all the design power of the Rog team, integrated all kinds of top luxury materials, and the RGB light effect you want, of course, the price is also high, if you say ten years later, I will have an impression product, I can still have an impression product. I think it should be it, although I can't afford it.
Fourth, M.2 interface wind is in full / u.2 interface abortion
The beast king also apologizes, this U.2 interface gives you a whole year. I haven't spread it in my head. I haven't spread it. I'm going to go to the end because INTEL promotion is not enough. There is no downstream manufacturer's reasons to push this interface together. Equipment, so a year, there is only one product (Intel 750 series), the price is still expensive ... plus M.2 SSD gradually, the speed can exceed U.2 Intel 750, M The biggest advantage is mostly high, medium and low-end motherboards with this interface. The laptop has basically M.2, then you say that the U.2 is there? So this interface is the same as SATA-Express, I haven't played.
V. Motherboard shipments continue to fall
Because each manufacturer is not willing to admit his pain, there is no specific officially announced number, can only be listening from various channels, this year, the motherboard line will be able to have only Gigabyte and ASUS (not serious), Other manufacturers' motherboard lines are not very optimistic, who is this pot? It is definitely a toothpaste factory!
2016 Summary:
The 2016 motherboard line can be said to have no highlight, 1Intel's CPU upgrade does not significantly lead to the desire to upgrade the switch, 2 chip groups have no breakthrough, the products between the downstream brands are serious, 3AMD has no new products, 4 motherboards are increasing The more expensive, the more expensive, the more you buy it, the more you buy it, the more you want to increase the price, the dead cycle ...
After reviewing 2016, we don't have to be discouraged because it is fun. In 2017, AMD has to force, let's turn the page to continue.
2017 Prospect: AMD is strong!
Intel's 200-Series motherboard will be officially released and listed in the US CES2017, which is three days later, however, telling the truth, there is no big update ... Detailed Z270 evaluation We will also lift the first time Send it.
This year, AMD's new CPU - Ryzen is very worthwhile. It is said that the top Ryzen can get close to i7-6900K (8,000 yuan) performance at a price of around 4,500 yuan, is it very conscience? If the CPU performance of the AMD camp can be expected, I believe that there is a wave of stimulation for the DIY market, and the sales of AM4 motherboard will also rise high, and AM4 has also hope that Intel is quiet for many years, so the beast king feels that this year's motherboard The market is a play.
Of course, this positioning CPU does not have too many people to buy, more people will choose Ryzen, which should be 4 core 8 threads, is said to priced at around 1099 yuan, and it is much lower than E3 or I7, for upgrade desire But the players who are destroyed by the toothpaste factory should have a small attraction.
AMD This year is 1331 this year, named 300 Series (is it a bit awkward)? APU and Ryzen share AM4 platforms, which means that the entry-level APU is used to transition, and the high-end CPU can be upgraded later.
From the high to low, the AMD X370, AMD B350, AMD A320, the replacement relationship is the picture above. In 2018, there may be such a situation - many users will accidentally bought AMD's B350 motherboard to match the I5 CPU of Intel ... Because I will hit the name of B350 in Intel's 300-Series motherboard. Everyone is based on the inertial search habits, and the Search B350 is sure more AMD B350 motherboard listed ahead of time ... What do you think?
300 Series AMD motherboard will follow into the current mainstream interface, such as USB 3.1, M.2, and DDR4, etc., so the gap between the basic expansion capability of the motherboard does not exist.
And when the B350 in 2017 Intel and B250 and AMD coexist, AMD can easily give the user a barrier eye - B350 is B250 ... so this 300 series name can be said to be AMD Tricks, and visual inspection is a valid trick ...
2017 Prospect Summary:
This year, the Intel motherboard market may continue last year's boring, but AMD will drive the motherboard market due to the power of CPU, so that Intel makes a certain number of tricks, so the motherboard market is still a bit of things, Koto. Everyone is waiting for AMD!
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