6th gen cpu with 8th gen mobo?

[Sir Lags A Lot]

So i'm looking into building this PC with my existing i7 6700 and 16gb ram. I am wanting to use an Asus b360-I motherboard for the build. It says it supports 8th gen cpus but will the chipset support 6th gen cpus since the socket is the same?

 

[mxk]

No, b360 is 8th gen and up.

[Totalschaden1997]

Nope It'll only support 8th gen Chips, no clue why Intel kept the Socket name even though it's incompatible

[Billy Pilgrim]

3 minutes ago, GTX1060 said:

So i'm looking into building this PC with my existing i7 6700 and 16gb ram. I am wanting to use an Asus b360-I motherboard for the build. It says it supports 8th gen cpus but will the chipset support 6th gen cpus since the socket is the same?

 

Unfortunately not. Intel could have made it happen. Their excuse was something about the power draw of 8th gen CPUs, but that is not very credible/

[mxk]

Just now, Totalschaden1997 said:

Nope It'll only support 8th gen Chips, no clue why Intel kept the Socket name even though it's incompatible

probably easier to keep the same socket in all the fabrication plants. Maybe cheaper, too? 

[Sir Lags A Lot]

Ok, thx for the answer. I will look into a 6th gen support itx mobo then.

[mxk]

8 minutes ago, GTX1060 said:

Ok, thx for the answer. I will look into a 6th gen support itx mobo then.

b250.