One of the alleged perks of Intel’s upcoming B560 chipset is the ability to overclock system memory. The rumor stems from a recent report on Chinese video-sharing site Bilibili (via harukaze5719), which also includes various shots of 11th Gen Core Rocket Lake-S engineering samples and their respective CPU-Z readouts.
As some users have pointed out, the lack of memory overclocking options in previous chipsets (e.g., B460) had a lot to do with artificial limitations set by Intel, but the company appears to have had a change of heart for its next round of lower-cost motherboards.
The 11th Gen Core Rocket Lake S engineering samples that Bilibili shared comprise the Core i7-11700, Core i7-11700K, and Core i9-11900. You can check out their CPU-Z screenshots below for a sample of specifications, but the highest SKU features a base clock speed of 1.8 GHz, single-core turbo frequency of 4.5 GHz, and all-core turbo frequency of 4.0 GHz. The 8C/16T Core i9-11900 is also listed with a 65-watt TDP, 3,200 MHz XMP profile, and support for PCIe 4.0 and Xe graphics.
Intel is expected to announce its 11th Gen Core Rocket Lake S desktop processors and 500 Series chipset during the all-virtual CES 2021 show in January. Rumors suggest that the CPUs will be released in the spring, with motherboards hitting retail channels much sooner.
RKL ES info, power, MEM OC and more
— 포시포시 (@harukaze5719) December 27, 2020
– B560 support MEM OC
– i7 11700 ES1 QV1J : FPU 120~130W / AVX512 150~160W
– i7 11700K ES2 : FPU 160W / There is a sample reach 5.0 boost
– i9 11900 ES2 QVYE : XMP support / performance is similar 9900K/10700K pic.twitter.com/LlQwXPQx9H