[SOLVED] I9 9900k on z170

[MustafaNoire97]

Hi everyone
What’s the downsight of running coffee lake on z170 motherboard
My board is gigabyte z170 dh3
I got an i9 9900k from a friend so im wondering if i can run it on my motherboard

 

[bignastyid]

It won't work as it is not compatible. The Z170 only supports 6th and 7th gen. The 9900k is only supported on 300 series boards. With a 9900k you want a Z390 with a good VRM setup.

 

[MustafaNoire97]

It won't work as it is not compatible. The Z170 only supports 6th and 7th gen. The 9900k is only supported on 300 series boards. With a 9900k you want a Z390 with a good VRM setup.

That’s what I also thought until i saw this video

View: https://youtu.be/dMdwjZhUO_g

He’s claiming that asrock releases a bios update to support coffee lake in z170

 

[bignastyid]

When the 8 series first released they did use modified z270s to test with(because the Z370s were behind schedule) but they were problematic due to power delivery issues. While the 6th, 7th, 8th and 9th gen are all socket 1151 8th and 9th gen use a bit different pinout due to their higher power requirements.

Even if you could add bios support on your motherboard for 9 series it's VRM setup is to weak to properly power a cpu such as the 9900k(even at stock). The board used in that youtube video has a far superior VRM setup compared to your board.

 

[mdd1963]

A few folks claimed some sort of BIOS hacks could be done to allow support of i3-8100 (itself sort of a a quasi rebadged/repackaged i5-7600), but, one would be best to simply accept them as mentioned above. (If you have the money to blow on a 9900K, getting a mainboard (which properly supports the extra active pins that supply power to the CPU, hardly optional for an 8 core CPU potentially drawing 230 watts in some scenarios) that works should be accepted as part of the process. There are numerous Z390 boards under $200.

 

[MustafaNoire97]

When the 8 series first released they did use modified z270s to test with(because the Z370s were behind schedule) but they were problematic due to power delivery issues. While the 6th, 7th, 8th and 9th gen are all socket 1151 8th and 9th gen use a bit different pinout due to their higher power requirements.

Even if you could add bios support on your motherboard for 9 series it's VRM setup is to weak to properly power a cpu such as the 9900k(even at stock). The board used in that youtube video has a far superior VRM setup compared to your board.

I think im going to get new motherboard afterall

 

[MustafaNoire97]

A few folks claimed some sort of BIOS hacks could be done to allow support of i3-8100 (itself sort of a a quasi rebadged/repackaged i5-7600), but, one would be best to simply accept them as mentioned above. (If you have the money to blow on a 9900K, getting a mainboard (which properly supports the extra active pins that supply power to the CPU, hardly optional for an 8 core CPU potentially drawing 230 watts in some scenarios) that works should be accepted as part of the process. There are numerous Z390 boards under $200.

I was not planning to do any upgrade
But i just got this i9 from my friend so im getting new motherboard