have heard 2 contradicting articles about coffelake supporting z270 and z170 wich is true

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is the 8th gen chips going to support z270 motherboards? have heard yes and no then a yes so am not sure anyone else want to help

 

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No.

https://www.techpowerup.com/235883/intel-coffee-lake-platform-detailed-24-pcie-lanes-from-the-chipset

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coffee_Lake

 

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i recently read this http://wccftech.com/intel-coffee-lake-8th-gen-core-i7-8700k-performance-specs-leak/ and it sounds like it may actually be compatiable. reason i am wondering is because at somepoint i want to update my motherboard so i can overclock or have a faster speed but also want it to be compatable with the gen8 chips

 

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There will be a new chipset specifically for Coffee Lake called Z370. One if the big reasons to upgrade will be the new features found on this series of boards. Could they possible extend some sort of backwards support to Z270? Maybe. But I wouldn't hold my breath.

WCCFTech is the last site to believe for anything.