ChaitanyaSo basically intel just trying to milk customers to max.

ChaitanyaSo basically intel just trying to milk customers to max.

For that, however, they'd need "(...) an upgrade from the ME [Management Engine] and a BIOS update", which "Intel somehow has locked the compatibility

ProtagonistI can confirm that i once made an Intel Desktop Board DZ87KLT-75K compatible with the Devil's Canyon CPUs, Intel does not officially support them on Z87 Chipset, all i did was updated the Intel Management Engine and the BIOS also needs to already be detecting the CPU for this to work or if not the BIOS itself also needs to be updated

You could check the thread on intels community forum, where i posted the method i used

communities.intel.com/thread/78161

IceScreamerI'm shocked.

ChaitanyaSo basically intel just trying to milk customers to max.

noname00Just like any other company.

RaevenlordIn an interview with Bit-tech, ASUS ROG motherboard product manager Andrew Wu has let the proverbial cat out of the bag: apparently, compatibility of Z270 boards with Coffee Lake processors wouldn't have been impossible after all. When asked why the new Coffee Lake CPUs aren't compatible with the previously released Z270 platform, Andrew Wu explained that " (...) it depends on Intel's decision." mentions that Intel's stated power delivery reasons doesn't"make much difference", and that ASUS themselves could make their Z270 motherboards compatible with Coffee Lake. For that, however, they'd need "(...) an upgrade from the ME [Management Engine] and a BIOS update", which "Intel somehow has locked the compatibility."

It seems all of that extra "pin-count" doesn't really matter in the grand scheme of the current Coffee Lake lineup with up to six core processors - the CPU socket and platform as designed with Z270 would have been able to handle the increased core counts and power loads. The question gets murkier with Intel's ability to release an 8-core CPU to the Z370 platform though - that particular amount of cores might indeed prove to be too much for Z270's power delivery. Making an educated guess, it would seem that Intel could have allowed for Coffee Lake compatibility on Z270 motherboards on CPUs up to 6 cores, but would need the new revisions on the Z370 platform to allow for operation of 8-core Coffee Lake chips.



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Naturally, if Intel were to allow backwards compatibility, that would eat into sales of current-gen Z370 boards, so the company decided to increase the Z370 platform's attractiveness by locking all Coffee Lake processors behind it. It's not much of a platform sale point to say that it will be eventually compatible with unannounced 8-core CPUs. And let's be honest: ASUS and all other motherboard manufacturers probably love this game themselves, since they do get to sell more motherboards this way.

Source: Bit-tech

9700 ProWell, Devil's Canyon is just Haswell Refresh. Broadwell doesn't work on Z87, but Haswell Refresh does.

IceScreamerI'm shocked.

londisteI really do not see this benefitting Intel. I would even say Intel would benefit considerably if it could keep Coffee Lake compatible with Z270. Their main source of income in desktop context is from CPUs not chipsets. Motherboard manufacturers... maybe.

My best guess, Intel is a slow behemoth tied down with bureaucracy and standardization. Basically the way of thinking - If specifications say socket needs more voltage pins for what they are planning, it needs these and end of story. The fact that OC on the current socket/chipset/mobos has been pulling twice the power from the same socker is irrelevant.

:)

john_Considering that people will still pay happily for a 8700K to get the absolute best gaming performance

ChaitanyaSo basically intel just trying to milk customers to max.

john_Who cares? Coffee Lake destroys Ryzen in gaming, right? All hailpay Intel.

Vya DomusNot many though , reviews sites and forums make it look like people are buying millions of these and exaggerate their relevance. They aren't , in actual fact few are willing to drop 500$+ on a new platform that gets you 10% better gaming performance. For that reason , no , I do not expect the market to be flooded by sh Kaby Lake kits. There might be a ton of Intel fanboys out there but at the end of the day their wallets have a limit.

Every company tries to milk their customers , except Intel is entitled to do it thanks to their vast and loyal fanbase.