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No, the socket is LGA 1151 but the chipset is different: 300-series vs 200. You need a new motherboard.
by old-gregg 9y ago
No, the socket is LGA 1151 but the chipset is different: 300-series vs 200. You need a new motherboard.
- coverband 9y agoWhy didn't they just use a new socket number for this? Even something like LGA1151B would have made this clear and easier to search product.
- einrealist 9y agoTechnically its the same socket. But the voltage is different. Coffee Lake consumes more.
- dugditches 9y agoYou could use Kabylake('200 series') processors in 100 series (Skylake) motherboards with a BIOS update. Both 1151 socket. Shame this didn't continue.
- einrealist 9y agoIts because the power profile of the connectors are different. Its subtle, but it makes it incompatible.