There are still a lot of doubts about the transformation of the 100-series motherboards with the 8-generation processors. After the operation, can they run smoothly and for a long time? How much difference is there between the game performance of the same CPU in the 300-series motherboard and the 100-series motherboard? Whether we can achieve overclocking and so on, with these doubts we can only explore and test a little bit, and finally publish it in the world.
Intel's eight generations of i3 processors all use four-core equipment; After looking at the transformation tutorials of foreign 'Great Gods' in detail, we also learned about some of these transformation methods and improved them. With the help of an enthusiastic netizen, finally 8 generations of 6 core i7 processor 8700K ported to Z170, 270 motherboard, and successfully lit and overclocking.
Since many 100, 200 series motherboards have been discontinued, we can only find the old Z170, 270 motherboards in enthusiastic users' homes. After two days of hard work, we have succeeded!
Successfully lit and overclocked
After two days of improvement and testing, we have finally successfully ported the i7 8700K processor to the Z170 and Z270 motherboards. This may be the first time that we successfully implanted the 6-core i7 8700K into the Z170 and 270 motherboards. CPU-Z screenshots.
Z170 motherboard successfully lit 6 core i7 8700K
Z170 ITX motherboard overclocking
After successful lighting, we replaced the 6-heat-tube tower radiator, followed by a full-loaded pager test for about 2 hours. During the system, there were no blue screens, crashes, etc.; then we conducted an overclocking test, perhaps an ITX board type. The power supply of the motherboard products is insufficient and the radiator is not awesome. The successful overclocking to 5Ghz only took more than 10 minutes for a blue screen. Although the final score was 4.8Ghz, it is also acceptable for a 6-core CPU.
Z270 motherboard successfully lit 6 core i7 8700K
Z170 ATX motherboard overclocking
After testing the Z170 motherboard, we took out another platform to try the Z270 motherboard and finally succeeded in lighting up. The final overclocking score was still 4.8Ghz, and the two platforms tested many games without any abnormalities. The performance of the game's frames is also similar to that of other Z370 motherboards.
Part of the 'retrofitting' process exposure
In the foregoing, we said that we have tested and succeeded with enthusiastic users. Therefore, we sought the advice of this friend. Here, we only exposed some of the key parts of the transformation, and some of them were technically reserved. We also ask netizens to understand and Hai Han.
AMI Bios Write Tool
I believe many DIY old players are familiar with the 'AMI' plug-in. Its full name is 'AFUWINGUI'. Its main purpose is to write bios to the motherboard. The version number we use this time is v.5.05.04.
The way of 'brushing bios' will be operated by many netizens, but many netizens still cannot successfully light up the platform after operation. Perhaps the reason is that the CPU has not been able to shield the contacts. In the test, we blocked the red frame area in the above figure. The two contacts, which finally lighted the host, continued to optimize the bios code as of press time, and attempted to light the host without masking the CPU contacts.
I believe that now, many people have already tried to use the 8-generation 4-core i3 with the 100/200 system board to achieve success, and further try the 8-generation i5, i7 processor 'retrofitting'.
