Intel Coffee Lake will require a new motherboard

Posted on August 02, 2017 - 18:40 CEST by Thomas De Maesschalck

Bad news for Intel users hoping to upgrade to the upcoming Coffee Lake platform. ASRock revealed via Twitter that current 200 series motherboards are not compatible with Coffee Lake. So despite the chip sticking with LGA1151, you will need to buy a new motherboard if you want to try Intel's first mainstream six-core processors.

No?Coffee Lake CPU is not compatibilble with 200 series motherboards.
— ASRock (@ASRockInfo) July 31, 2017

H/T: VideoCardz

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