gobstoppable
Any idea if the z270 boards will support the upcoming coffee lake processor's? Any information about future z370 boards? Coffee lake reported to be announced in august, some manufactures have confirmed z370 boards before the end of the year. 

I'm looking at this myself. No confirmation on this yet. Got a Z270 classified K. 6 core would be nice. We'll find out soon.

gobstoppable
Any idea if the z270 boards will support the upcoming coffee lake processor's? Any information about future z370 boards? Coffee lake reported to be announced in august, some manufactures have confirmed z370 boards before the end of the year. 

That'd be news to me, especially considering motherboard makers haven't even gotten to grips catching up with the early x299 launch yet. Until I see something credible I'm going to assume Coffee Lake is in Jan like usual... no idea if it will be x270 compatible, but it's highly possible. I am definitely curious to see how they will price the 6-core models

http://wccftech.com/intel-coffee-lake-6-core-i7-cpu-performance-benchmark-leak/
"Also, the chip is featured on the LGA 1151 socket which means that we are probably looking at a current build of 200-series motherboards which is currently enabled to support Intel Coffee Lake chips. Intel is expected to cut off Coffee Lake support on 200-series and only allow compatibility on 300-series motherboards which arrive in the coming months."

I read a rumor that because of the additional cores a z270 board wouldn't be able to power the 6 core coffee lake, but seeing as how the classified k board has 2 extra 8pin power connections I wouldn't think power would be the issue. Another rumor is they will release the coffee lake processors as a lga 1151 v2, and if that's true, I can see intel screwing us all over and forcing a new chipset.

gobstoppable
Any idea if the z270 boards will support the upcoming coffee lake processor's? Any information about future z370 boards? Coffee lake reported to be announced in august, some manufactures have confirmed z370 boards before the end of the year. 

You'll have to wait to see if EVGA will release information on this so keep your eye on Jacob's Tweets and also the EVGA website. There is no information yet to my knowledge from EVGA at present. 

I don't think the z270 boards will support coffee lake. its being call an lga 1151 v2, and the worst part is because its "lga 1151 v2" instead of "lga 1151", recently bought z270 boards probably wont be eligible for the "step up program" because its technically a new socket type. I can imagine that's how it plays out.

link? i was hearing the 10nm cannonlake will be z390

gobstoppable
posted 2 days ago

"The interesting thing is that the chip packs a 95W TDP and is compatible with the LGA 1151 socket which means that Intel may allow Coffee Lake support on 200-series and even 100-series motherboards although there will be a new chipset known as Z390 launching alongside the chips."

Might be right about the z390 thing. I sure hope it will work with z270's

Fingers crossed. Having to buy a new motherboard every time you upgrade your processor to the newer series really sucks

Wow I'm surprised how fast it's coming out, August seems early

Nope.

Usually, the manufacturer provide a MB BIOS update (when possible). 
I have read somewhere that, using the same socket, a BIOS update on z270 MB would be compatible with the Coffee Lake CPUs.
BUT, as said before, it only depends on the manufacturer of the MB.

IMO, a BIOS update will be available for most of the motherboards out there to be used with the upcoming CPU's.

Edit: Well. Nevermind what I said up there. I was wrong.
http://www.tomshardware.com/news/intel-coffee-lake-cpu-motherboard-asrock,35147.html

At the same time, the x299 dark is a killer board, so the new evga motherboards are probably gonna be awesome. Either way I'm excited

gobstoppable
At the same time, the x299 dark is a killer board, so the new evga motherboards are probably gonna be awesome. Either way I'm excited

Yup
indeed.
Just hope it comes with a dual m.2 connection this time (x299 Micro didn't have it).
Or make it like Asus Z270I, and make it dual m.2 (one on the backside, and the other on the front of the card).

Talonman
I think the only sunshine here is that the 7700K may still be king for gaming...
 
Once Coffee Lake comes out with it's 6 core chip, will it be able to run at 5GHz? Probably not...
 
It appears to me the more cores, the further the chip is from running at 5GHz.
 
If it takes 2 years or more for most games to be running on 6 cores or more, best get a 7700K, skip Coffee Lake, and go for 10nm Cannon Lake.
 
It does suck though, typical Intel... You just bought one of our expensive motherboards, now here is a new chip that wont work in you board.
If you want to run this chip, go back and buy another one of our expensive motherboards. Sad!!

I agree. I have my Z270 classy and 7700K setup. I'm strictly a gamer so while 6c coffee lake does sound intriguing in the end I don't think it will best the 7700K. My frame rates are fantastic and I think the real benefit of gaming on 6 or more cores is still a ways away. By then we will be seeing ice lake or later cpus! Of course we'll see all the benching and 8700 vs 7700 videos on YouTube. Definitely want to see those results!

coffee lake 8700k will be able to get 5g, and will be faster at gaming then a 7700k. 10nm will start as mobile only chips and eventually make their way into mainstream desktop, but seeing as they dont plan on 10nm until q1 next year, we prolly wont be getting 10nm desktop chip in our hands until 2019.
 
 edit: after all, its a 6 core processor on the same kaby lake architecture, so not only will it have better multi-core performance, it will also have fantastic single core performance. Performance leaks have the 8700k at 3.7 base, 4.7 max turbo, and 4.3 turbo on all 6 cores. Put that thing under some water, and it will hit 5+ no problem. Hope the z370 chipset also supports quad channel ram. I'm really excited. 
 
http://wccftech.com/intel...8600k-6-core-cpu-leak/

Tuxedo.

gobstoppable
 edit: after all, its a 6 core processor on the same kaby lake architecture, so not only will it have better multi-core performance, it will also have fantastic single core performance. Performance leaks have the 8700k at 3.7 base, 4.7 max turbo, and 4.3 turbo on all 6 cores. Put that thing under some water, and it will hit 5+ no problem. Hope the z370 chipset also supports quad channel ram. I'm really excited.

CL will clock better, they are now using 14nm++ instead of 14nm+ with KabyLake.
I hope you are joking with water cooling? Intel will probably use the standard toothpaste again - you will have to delid the cpu first.

So just like they did with the 7700k? big deal? Dont see why intel using terrible thermal paste is unusual at this point, its not good, but its kinda the standard
 
Why would junk thermal past make it a joke to water cool? Even with bad thermal paste a good closed loop system > air, any day, regardless of thermal paste.