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I don't expect intel to make a leap that would be reasonable for SFF chassis with a low profile cooler. That's not going to be their priority, they need to focus on becoming a top dog in the mainstream and not only by having fastest CPU but also having a best bang for your buck ones. They will add more cores and maybe reduce power draw a bit, but I assume those will still be 125W+ CPUs that are "intel 95W TDP". It would be cool if intel came back with copper core box coolers, maybe some improved ones to combat the price difference because of the wraith prism being bundled with top tier Ryzen SKUs.If at all, it might be good to wait a bit for the second Zen2 launch when 16-core 3950X comes and potentially a 65W non-X 3900 variant (according to the EU economics commission database entry for those?) if 12 cores are in your range of interest, maybe even 16-core 65W would happen.I'm actually worried about the bios issues with Zen2 because it may happen that a lot of boards from previous generation will be in a state where they push more voltage just to be sure it'll be stable and in effect those chips will run pretty hot, which will make it a pretty bad combo with 65W TDP CPUs.
I don't expect intel to make a leap that would be reasonable for SFF chassis with a low profile cooler. That's not going to be their priority, they need to focus on becoming a top dog in the mainstream and not only by having fastest CPU but also having a best bang for your buck ones. They will add more cores and maybe reduce power draw a bit, but I assume those will still be 125W+ CPUs that are "intel 95W TDP". It would be cool if intel came back with copper core box coolers, maybe some improved ones to combat the price difference because of the wraith prism being bundled with top tier Ryzen SKUs.
If at all, it might be good to wait a bit for the second Zen2 launch when 16-core 3950X comes and potentially a 65W non-X 3900 variant (according to the EU economics commission database entry for those?) if 12 cores are in your range of interest, maybe even 16-core 65W would happen.
I'm actually worried about the bios issues with Zen2 because it may happen that a lot of boards from previous generation will be in a state where they push more voltage just to be sure it'll be stable and in effect those chips will run pretty hot, which will make it a pretty bad combo with 65W TDP CPUs.
