Can MSI B150M Night Elf Support 8th gen intel processors?

[Kent John]

as the title says, cause im planning to buy i3 8100 or i5 8400 processor for my msi b150m night elf. help pls

 

[smorizio]

no none of the coffee lake cpu can run on anythen less then the new 300 chipset. so for now your stuck with 300z chipset mb.

 

[CompuTronix]

Kent John,

The answer to your question is no.

Unfortunately, 8th Generation processors are not backward compatible with any 100 or 200 Series motherboards. 8th Generation instead requires a 300 Series motherboard.

Although 6th, 7th and 8th Generation processors are all Socket 1151, 8th Generation processors and 300 Series motherboard sockets are keyed differently, so only 8th Generation processors will fit. Also, signal to pin assignments are different, and power delivery has been increased to support additional Cores.

Sorry, but if you want to run an 8th Generation processor, you're going to need a 300 Series motherboard.

CT