Motherboard manufacturer ASRock confirmed on Twitter that Intel’s new six-core Coffee Lake CPU’s will not support motherboards using the Z270/170 chipset.
No?Coffee Lake CPU is not compatibilble with 200 series motherboards.
— ASRock (@ASRockInfo) July 31, 2017
Earlier this week, the specifications for the i7-8700K, i5-8600K, and i5-8400 were leaked, and were listed as using the LGA 1151 socket. This is the same socket used by Skylake and Kaby Lake chips, and fit on Z270/170 motherboards. This move by Intel forces those who would want to upgrade their existing Skylake/Kaby Lake processor to a Coffee Lake one, to buy an entirely new motherboard.
Thank you intel but no thanks for killing these well working motherboards!
AMD Ryzen Threadripper all the way!
Thank you Intel for making my decision to switch to AMD Ryzen much easier. No buyer’s remorse!