With the X299 platform, Intel has released two series of CPUs and one of them is already discontinued. Kaby Lake-X consisted of two four-core processors, the Core i5-7640X and the Core i7-7740X, that were the cheapest models compatible with X299.

As you might know, the feature set available on the Intel X299 platform depends so much on the processor that you want install. With the Kaby Lake-X series, there wasn't a big benefit since the CPUs weren't able to unlock any interesting feature. For example with a Core i7-7740X installed you didn't have the quad-channel memory or 44 PCIe 3.0 lanes that you can unlock with a Skylake-X model.

In other words, it's not a surprise if the market didn't agree with Intel low-performance CPUs. Intel has discontinued the processors in an official product change notification. We don't think that Kaby Lake-X will be missed by anyone. A few days ago we have published the first rumors about an allegedly Intel X399 chipset. We have rather curious to see what kind of CPUs Intel will release on this socket.



Source: Techspot