It's an old topic[0], the site does reference it. Back then it was widely discussed in the overclock community. Effectively Intel's [6-10] series are all skylak

It's an old topic[0], the site does reference it. Back then it was widely discussed in the overclock community. Effectively Intel's [6-10] series are all skylake. Shorting the cpu pins (well LGA) was possible even with a pencil's graphite. [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...