i7 8700/9700 on b250 mod?

Hydra453 · July 12, 2019

I was wondering if it would be possible to mod my b250 motherboard by gigabyte to run an intel i7 8700 or 9700. I have seen tutorials on how to and I am pretty confident, but those are for the Z series boards. I dont actually care for overclocking as I just game, which is why I havent bought a Z series board.

Reason for this is I just do not want to buy another motherboard, just a waste of money when I could spend more time and mod my CPU to work and save money. I have a 650W power supply so I have more than enough power for it to run, so no issue there.

TheKDub · July 12, 2019

Wouldn't really recommend doing it. Just because your power supply is capable of powering the CPU doesn't mean your motherboard is.

The 8700K and 9700K aren't compatible with Z170, Z270, B150, B250, etc... chipsets.

Just get a new motherboard. It's only about $86 for an ASUS PRIME B360M-A (https://amzn.to/2xHQAR3), or there's always the option of Ryzen where you'll get much better upgrade support than with Intel.

Again, just because you *can* get it working with modifications does not mean you should.

Polargirl · July 12, 2019

59 minutes ago, TheKDub said:

Wouldn't really recommend doing it. Just because your power supply is capable of powering the CPU doesn't mean your motherboard is.

The 8700K and 9700K aren't compatible with Z170, Z270, B150, B250, etc... chipsets.

Just get a new motherboard. It's only about $86 for an ASUS PRIME B360M-A (https://amzn.to/2xHQAR3), or there's always the option of Ryzen where you'll get much better upgrade support than with Intel.

Again, just because you *can* get it working with modifications does not mean you should.

And that is the new price. I see an open box B360 on eBay for $58.88 and just 2 bids on a used one for $41.00. I've seen multiple H310 motherboards ending in 2 days with zero bids starting at $14.99.