Back to Intel, where CES 2025 was an opportunity for the brand to make a few more announcements. At a conference, the company talked about its Core Ultra 200 non-K processors. That’s it, the 65W TDP Arrow Lake S CPUs are now official. What’s more, the company presented its B860 and H810 chipsets, versions that allow low LGA-1851 motherboard prices in return for a few sacrifices.
Core Ultra 200 non-K, three CPUs presented!
The new processors on show include the Core Ultra 9 285, Core Ultra 7 265 and Core Ultra 5 245. These models are identical in every respect to their K counterparts, but they are not overclockable. For one thing, they don’t have an unlocked multiplier. Secondly, their frequencies have been adjusted, and are more restrictive. The aim here is to keep the TDP as low as possible, 65W in this case.
In concrete terms, the 285 runs at 5.6 GHz compared with 5.7 GHz for the 285K. The Ultra 7 265 and Ultra 5 245 run at 5.3 GHz, compared with 5.1 GHz, 5.5 GHz and 5.2 GHz for their K counterparts.
The announcement of the B860 and H810 chipsets:
We now move on to the announcement of the brand’s new chipsets. Here, unlike the Z890, overclocking will not be possible… Well, at least not at CPU level. On the other hand, the B860 will allow us to overclock the memory by enabling XMP profiles for the RAM.
In fact, the two chips allow management of four SATA III and support Bluetooth 5.3. Connectivity also includes Wi-Fi 6 and 1 GbE Ethernet. Finally, the two chipsets both communicate with the CPU via 4 lines, and that’s all there is to it.
Of course, the B860 is more comprehensive, managing 14 PCIe 4.0 lines compared with 8 for the H810. Finally, the number of USBs supported is greater for the B860: up to 12x USB 2.0 compared with 10x for the H810, and up to 16 for USB 3.2 compared with 4x for the H810.
Finally, in terms of price, Intel estimates that cards based on the H810 should start at $99, compared with $129 for those based on the B860.
