Coffee Lake Eight-Core did not change the interface or LGA1151, but it was cut off by Intel for compatibility with the old platform for various reasons. It forced the new series 400 motherboards. The first wave was only the expensive Z370.
Prior to this, there have been various major gods to crack down on the compatibility problems of the eight generations of Core and 100/200 series motherboards, but basically they are all concentrated on the low-end i3-8100. Many people think that it is only the 7-generation Core i5-7500's vest. , compatibility is not suspense, the key is the top six core thread i7-8700K can crack.
Now this suspense is finally broken!
According to netizens exposure, Already someone successfully lit up the i7-8700K on an Asus Z170I Pro Gaming motherboard. The recognition is accurate and operating normally.
But unfortunately, Maybe the initial cracking method is not perfect, or there are indeed hardware limitations (the old motherboard power supply capacity is insufficient), i7-8700K here closes the Hyper-Threading, resulting in the actual performance is not as good as the six-core six thread i5-8400.
But in any case, this opens a new door, and perhaps there will be more perfect hacking.
It is still unclear who made this crack and how it is implemented. It is said that Asustek did it by itself. Anyway, the first time it broke the eighth-generation Core is incompatible with the lies, it was ASUS.
