Well, you can mod Z170 actually. Intel played super duper greedy and made a Z370 requirement. Even Z170 can run 8700K, [0] Z170 (and Z270) needs a cooked bios

Well, you can mod Z170 actually. Intel played super duper greedy and made a Z370 requirement. Even Z170 can run 8700K, [0] Z170 (and Z270) needs a cooked bios and the cpu needs a pin short (easy with a pencil 4B) --- and it can even be overclocked if the motherboard VRM is good enough. [0]: https://community.hwbot.org/topic/175489-asrock-z170-mocf-lives-on-coffee-lake-mods/ https://community.hwbot.org/topic/175489-asrock-z170-mocf-li...