Question Can I upgrade my cpu from i7-7700K to 8700K with ASUS ROG STRIX Z270F mobo?

[tkreger]

Can I upgrade my cpu from i7-7700K to 8700K with my. Urgent ASUS ROG STRIX Z270F Mobo, or is the chipset not compatible?

My System
Intel i7-7700K CPU @ 4.20GHz
16 GB RAM
MOBO: ASUS ROG STRIX Z270F GAMING LGA1151 DDR4 DP HDMI DVI M.2 ATX
Monitor: ASUS ROG PG279Q 27" Gaming Monitor WQHD 2560 x 1440p IPS 165Hz
GPU: EVGA GeForce GTX 1080 SC GAMING ACX 3.0, 8GB GDDR5X, LED, DX12
1000 Watts Power Supply

 

[Diddly]

Looks like it's unsupported - you'd need to change the motherboard to go to the 8xxx CPUs

https://www.asus.com/uk/Motherboards/ROG-STRIX-Z270F-GAMING/HelpDesk_CPU/

 

[zero_l0gic]

No, your mobo doesnt support 8xxx and 9xxx series. Looking at your spec dont see the reason why change, basicly you have best cpu for that generation. i know it has 4 cores and now everyone is just talking about cores 6,8,12,16,50,300000 cores!!! If you are gaming and not using few specific programs that can really use all those cores your CPU is great. Now to change the cpu you need to change mobo and your gain will not be high.

 

[boju]

As above, need a 300 series board which has LGA 1151 v2 socket. 200 series boards LGA 1151 v1 socket have dummy pins that aren't electrically linked to power 8/9th gen cpus properly.