The chipsets ninth series will implement support for SSDs M.2 and wider dissemination of ports SATA Express, take advantage of them for their intended purpose can be no earlier than the second quarter of 2015, when the appropriate drives will appear. In the meantime, these ports can be connected to conventional drives with interface SATA - , compatibility is provided. Intel RST technology grew to version 13, it now supports drives with interface for PCI Express. Moreover, in the corporate sector motherboard manufacturers can promote the function of protecting the boot sector virus attacks Intel Device Protection with Boot Guard.
What's new on the processor front? First, it is based on Intel Z97 recommended for work with processors series Devil's Canyon , having improved overclocking potential. In most cases, these processors will work in motherboards based on Intel Z87, but some part of motherboards based on chipset eighth series will not support it.
Secondly, motherboard manufacturers have indirectly expressed support of Broadwell processors in LGA 1150 . Related Products :
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