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1 minute ago, sKetchyy said:

I have a Gigabyte Z370P-D3 and wanted to switch from Intel CPU's to AMD CPU's. Do I need to get a brand new motherboard or will my one support AMD with a bios update?

you will have to get a brand new motherboard ;) different sockets 

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I have a Gigabyte Z370P-D3 and wanted to switch from Intel CPU's to AMD CPU's. Do I need to get a brand new motherboard or will my one support AMD with a bios update?

CPU - INTEL CORE i5-8400 @ 2.80GHz (6CPUs)

GPU - NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080

RAM - 16GB

Motherboard - GIGABYTE Z370P

Case - PHANTEKS ECLIPSE P400

Display(s) - ACER PREDATOR XB241H, DELL  S2716DG

Mouse - ROCCAT KONE XTD, LOGITECH G403

Keyboard - RAZER ORNATA, RAZER BLACKWIDOW X TOURNAMENT

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1 minute ago, sKetchyy said:

I have a Gigabyte Z370P-D3 and wanted to switch from Intel CPU's to AMD CPU's. Do I need to get a brand new motherboard or will my one support AMD with a bios update?

you will have to get a brand new motherboard ;) different sockets 

 
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Just now, Norwegiantweaker said:

you will have to get a brand new motherboard ;) different sockets 

Thank you for your quick reply. I have actually just checked the support for it on the Gigabyte website which confirms that too. Worth an ask, thanks for your help!

CPU - INTEL CORE i5-8400 @ 2.80GHz (6CPUs)

GPU - NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080

RAM - 16GB

Motherboard - GIGABYTE Z370P

Case - PHANTEKS ECLIPSE P400

Display(s) - ACER PREDATOR XB241H, DELL  S2716DG

Mouse - ROCCAT KONE XTD, LOGITECH G403

Keyboard - RAZER ORNATA, RAZER BLACKWIDOW X TOURNAMENT

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Not to be rude or anything, but where'd you get the idea that an intel motherboard would support a CPU from their competitor?

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Just now, Sychic said:

Not to be rude or anything, but where'd you get the idea that an intel motherboard would support a CPU from their competitor?

We live in a world where GSYNC technology is supported on Freesync monitors so again, thought it worth an ask just in case.

CPU - INTEL CORE i5-8400 @ 2.80GHz (6CPUs)

GPU - NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080

RAM - 16GB

Motherboard - GIGABYTE Z370P

Case - PHANTEKS ECLIPSE P400

Display(s) - ACER PREDATOR XB241H, DELL  S2716DG

Mouse - ROCCAT KONE XTD, LOGITECH G403

Keyboard - RAZER ORNATA, RAZER BLACKWIDOW X TOURNAMENT

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