will 8th gen ( coffee lake ) work on z2zo motherboards?

[paulothegame1]

Need your insights guys..

 

[SkyNetRising]

8th gen requires Z370 motherboard. There are no other options at this moment.

 

[paulothegame1]

8th gen requires Z370 motherboard. There are no other options at this moment.

Im just a little bit confused because the packaging in my i5-7600k is socket LGA 1151 and in 8th gen its also socket LGA 1151

 

[Zerk2012]

8th gen requires Z370 motherboard. There are no other options at this moment.

Im just a little bit confused because the packaging in my i5-7600k is socket LGA 1151 and in 8th gen its also socket LGA 1151

Yes it is the same socket but a i7 7xxx will not work with a Z370 board and a i7 8xxx will not work with a z170/270 board.
https://www.extremetech.com/computing/256562-intels-upcoming-coffee-lake-z370-motherboards-arent-backwards-compatible

 

[prateek320i]

Coffe Lake processors uses same LGA1151. But as per as intel, Coffee Lake and Z370 series, both, aren’t backward compatible, hence you can’t stick a Sky Lake or Kaby Lake into Z370 boards.
This is due to power requirement on new boards.