Intel officially confirmed that it will discontinue the 300 series motherboard chipset

Intel has announced that it will no longer deliver the 300 chipset series starting January 28 next year. Starting from yesterday, 300 series products based on Z390, Z370, H370, B360, H310, B365, H310D, and mobile QMS380 motherboards have officially entered the discontinuation cycle.

Intel has announced that the 9th generation Core series CPU based on the LGA1151 socket has entered the discontinuation of production. The discontinuation of the 300 series motherboard actually means that there will be no more CPUs based on this socket in the future. The LGA1151 socket is also considered to be a relatively long-term interface used by Intel. Although the chipset has been changing, the LGA1151 socket has been used on the sixth-generation Core in 2015. It has been used until the 9th-generation Core. There is still some time. , The previous LGA1150 and the current 10th generation 11th generation Core LGA1200 interface is likely to be useless for so long, but the interesting thing is that although the circulation time is not long, some motherboards of the LGA1150 are compatible with some Zhiqiang, It is relatively popular in the second-hand market, and the operation of replacing the motherboard with the LGA1151 slot still affects the circulation a little. Even the flagship motherboard supports a limited CPU, and it should not be like the motherboard with the LGA1150 interface. It's so popular.

The LGA1200 interface used in the next 400 series and 500 series only supports the 11th and 12th generation Core series CPUs. Considering that these two products are still in a weak position in the current market, there is a high probability that the motherboard will not be sought after. This is in sharp contrast to the motherboard of the AMD AM4 interface B450 chipset.

Intel will announce its 500 series motherboards at CES 2021 next week. The new motherboard will support the 10th-generation Core Comet Lake-S series and the 11th-generation Core Rocket Lake-S chips. There is a high probability that only the latter will get the PCIe Gen4 interface upgrade.