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  • austinsguitar - Friday, August 10, 2018 - link

    i dont mean to be rude but, how is this news? everyone with a brain knows asrock will add 9th gen support? they are a motherboard company arnt they.
  • HStewart - Friday, August 10, 2018 - link

    Only thing I can think of - is that typically people love to state that Intel requires a new motherboard with next generation ( in this case 8 core ) cpu - but this indicates that is someone has existing motherboard that they can support latest CPU's if they wish.

    This has been a big complaint about Intel based systems - which I find pretty much useless because I am primary mobile personally now. To me this is kind of silly - it kind of like asking Apple to upgrade your iPhone X with a new A12 CPU
  • alfalfacat - Friday, August 10, 2018 - link

    I find caring about battery life pretty much useless because I am primary desktop personally now. To me this is kind of silly - it's kind of like, why can't you just plug it in?

    /s
  • austinsguitar - Friday, August 10, 2018 - link

    i was almost going to say your right but... z370 h370 b360 and h310 motherboards only support one cpu brand at the moment. coffee lake. this will end after the new cpus come out of course but after that begin to buy another board just like always. 2 cpu "generations" and then you have to get something new. sucks. but this is normal for intel really.
  • CaedenV - Friday, August 10, 2018 - link

    I have never really understood the complaint about a motherboard only supporting 1 CPU generation. I mean, for the last 6 years or so there has not been much in the way of killer upgrades on the CPU front. Typically it is the Motherboard that makes me want an upgrade, and even there the last 2-3 generations (since m.2 and DDR4) there have not been much in the way of large 'wow' features... unless you consider lights
  • austinsguitar - Friday, August 10, 2018 - link

    ^ this comment
  • kgbme - Saturday, August 11, 2018 - link

    No, not "this comment", because: are you guys behind the times, or something? Kaby Lake has /had *same* pins as Coffee, except they're NOT (backwards) compatible; while AMD's rockin' the same cradle...
  • kgbme - Saturday, August 11, 2018 - link

    ugh., again can't edit - but, the argument of the motherboard warranting an upgrade: that could be wrong, too, because - for example - the PCI lanes have remained, largely, the same (in number. :))
  • StevoLincolnite - Friday, August 10, 2018 - link

    I am still running LGA2011... Other than efficiency gains, I haven't even seen a need to upgrade from my old 3930K yet, if I need the extra CPU grunt, she will clock up to 4.8ghz with the push of a digital button.

    8-Core Coffee lake is probably the first CPU in generations that has made me sit up with interest.
    Hopefully that means 10-core chips on LGA 2066 will be a good price.
  • kgbme - Saturday, August 11, 2018 - link

    Um, that's Sandy Bridge (the 3930K), correct? Be serious, for a second, because even Ivy had been -almost- light-years ahead of it... Like, AT LEAST, 10% except IRL it's (much!) moar..;) :)
  • 0ldman79 - Tuesday, August 14, 2018 - link

    Uh, sarcasm, right?

    Doesn't show up well in text.

    Ivy Bridge is barely a bump over Sandy Bridge.

    Haswell was a pretty decent boost, unfortunately I have a Sandy Bridge and an Ivy Bridge. Laptop is a Skylake though...
  • just4U - Saturday, August 18, 2018 - link

    When you have a perfectly good cpu (4790K) and 16Gigs of fast memory but no halfways decent option to put it in because Intel has "moved on" it's a little frustrating.. and soon enough the same will hold true for the 6/7x series processors as those boards dry up and are discontinued as well.

    Amd at least gave you options as they stuck to a motherboard platform for as long as possible, not moving to incompatible designs every couple of years.
  • sa666666 - Sunday, August 12, 2018 - link

    Of course, since you find it "pretty much useless", then it must be true for everyone in the world. The only thing that is "pretty much useless" are your constant Intel shill comments, coming to their rescue even when nobody has said anything about them.

    The fact that you need to defend them here really points to the fact that they *do* require a new motherboard on every generation, and it *is* very annoying (not to mention expensive).
  • kgbme - Saturday, August 11, 2018 - link

    Well, that flew (right) over my head: "9th gen"?! Huh??
  • Synomenon - Friday, August 10, 2018 - link

    So is Intel launching Z390/H390 chipsets as well?
  • mustreadeverything - Friday, August 10, 2018 - link

    I have a question regarding the bios update process.

    Say I were to buy a z370 taichi (I have) and want to get the new i9 9900k(or maybe i7). Can I update with bios to support said cpu without already owning a compatible CPU?

    I was planning on getting a 8700k but hadn't pulled the trigger yet once I heard that z370 may support these new CPUs.
  • dihartnell - Friday, August 10, 2018 - link

    Some mobos have is bios flashback where you can update the bios with a CPU plugged in. Otherwise you should buy a Mobo that has confirmed support already if you don't have another compatible CPU.
  • kgbme - Saturday, August 11, 2018 - link

    Seems that you're aware (?!) how AMD is "loaning" the needed CPUs!? Officially: https://support.amd.com/en-us/kb-articles/Pages/2G...
  • dihartnell - Friday, August 10, 2018 - link

    Why are they updating the lower end boards to provide support while warning it may not work correctly due to power requirements. If they aren't confident the CPU will recheck it's potential on those low end boards they should not update them.
  • kgbme - Saturday, August 11, 2018 - link

    ^^ Why is it "necessary" to produce *that many* variations? The -previously- new H370, H310, Q370, and B360 chipsets; & there are, actually, more, now.

    We could not have had been given two, or (at the most) three? What's the -absolute- necessity to manufacture, to cover (even) the smallest of needs; not sure, right? :o
  • kgbme - Saturday, August 11, 2018 - link

    *err, can't (seem to be able to) edit comments; instead of having -just- a couple, a few - and have 'em ALL be (like) premium; wouldn't it be better
  • kgbme - Saturday, August 11, 2018 - link

    What are "Intel 300-Series Boards", exactly, then? The mobos which have (had) come out -like- a year ago, to go along with the 8th Gen. Intel? o.0
  • Tom01 - Thursday, August 16, 2018 - link

    3xxx is Ivy Bridge.

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