Coffee Lake Processors will not be compatible with Series 200 Chipsets

by Hilbert Hagedoorn on: 08/03/2017 07:42 AM | source: | 33 comment(s)

There has been a bit of confusion about upcoming Intel 6-core Coffee Lake being compatible with the current motherboards like thr Z270 series. Coffee lake makes use of the same socket and as such people expected (or had hoped for that).

It is now confirmed that you cannot use Coffee Lake on existing motherboards. In Specific it was ASRock who unraveled this mystery with a tweet:

As to why Coffee Lake cannot be used on Z270 remains a mystery though. The new processors will likele be introduced in late August or September with their accompanying Z370-chipset.

The presumable i7 8700K will have a 95W TDP, 3.7 GHz base clock, 4 GHz boost for 4/6 cores, 4.2 GHz for dual core and 4.3 GHz for a single core (likely 2 threads). Then there will be a 95W part with 3.2 GHz base clock and 3.4 GHz boost for 4/6 cores, and 3.6 GHz boost for 1 or two 2 threads. The last SKU is a 65W chip with a base clock of 3.1 GHz but 4/6 core turbos to 3.9 GHz. Dual core boost is 4.1 GHz while single core goes up to 4.2 GHz:

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Tuoni
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#5458644 Posted on: 08/03/2017 07:50 AM

Why do Intel go through so many socket changes?

In this case it's not a socket change but a chipset change

Why... all about the money ofc.

BigMaMaInHouse
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#5458646 Posted on: 08/03/2017 07:56 AM

They called Wallet/ripper for a reason...

Hilbert Hagedoorn
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#5458648 Posted on: 08/03/2017 08:07 AM

Haha, Walletripper, gotta remember that one

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#5458673 Posted on: 08/03/2017 08:52 AM

Why do Intel go through so many socket changes?

Because they can...

mnemo05
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#5458694 Posted on: 08/03/2017 09:53 AM

ah this.. if only ryzen came out a month earlier i would be rocking a 1800x now, but alas my itchy fingers pulled the trigger on a 7700k..

i wish for AMD's success although I have not used one since the Sempron days

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