Will current motherboards support 9th gen intel cpus?

[Zach7777]

I was thinking about buying the MSI Z370 motherboard and using it with one of the 9th gen intel cpus coming out later this year. Will this work? Will I have to wait for new motherboards to come out that are compatible with the new cpus, or is it just too early to tell?

[Streetguru]

5 minutes ago, Zach7777 said:

I was thinking about buying the MSI Z370 motherboard and using it with one of the 9th gen intel cpus coming out later this year. Will this work? Will I have to wait for new motherboards to come out that are compatible with the new cpus, or is it just too early to tell?

You're better off on AM4 if you want an upgrade path.

 

If you're building a new PC what budget/country?

No one knows if they'll add support for 8 cores to current boards.

[Alex Atkin UK]

Usually I would say with Intel they would support the next-generation, but as its likely they will just add more cores then this generation could be quite different as the current requirements would probably be greater than the boards are designed to handle, likely needing more voltage pins to handle it too.

 

Its why unlike in the past I went for the 8600k (would have preferred the 8700k but the price to performance difference was just too much) rather than a mid-range CPU.

We do know AMD promised to support their current chipset for some time, but even there we don't actually know how much their performance will improve regardless of how long they support it.  Typically old chipsets do not get the best out of new CPUs, which is exactly why Intel prefer to force you onto new chipsets, to guarantee optimal performance.

[Streetguru]

1 minute ago, Alex Atkin UK said:

which is exactly why Intel prefer to force you onto new chipsets, to guarantee optimal performance.

It's more to force you to buy new motherboards, and it lets motherboard makers sell "new" boards.

 

Performance difference on X370 Vs X470 has been non-existent, since everything that matters is inside the CPU. Memory support is better with Ryzen 2 even on X370.

[jiyeon]

Knowing Intel, no. I say that having bought an 8th-gen CPU.

[seon123]

12 minutes ago, Zach7777 said:

I was thinking about buying the MSI Z370 motherboard and using it with one of the 9th gen intel cpus coming out later this year

Why would you do that? It gives you no benefits, you can't use it, and you just end up with a motherboard you can't return to the seller if it's DOA. 

[Alex Atkin UK]

22 minutes ago, seon123 said:

Why would you do that? It gives you no benefits, you can't use it, and you just end up with a motherboard you can't return to the seller if it's DOA. 

I assume they mean they plan to "upgrade" to a newer CPU and get something basic today.  It would indeed be insane to buy a motherboard and just leave it in the box.

[Alex Atkin UK]

Incidentally, do you actually mean 9th Gen CPUs or 8.5Gen?

Latest rumour is that Z370 has already started getting BIOS support for 8 core 8th Gen CPUs.

This is pretty much along the lines of what I would expect, that we will get an 8th Gen Refresh that is more powerful than the 8700k and does remain compatible, but 9th Gen will not.

[aezakmi]

no

 

because where would be intel's profit....

[Zach7777]

Thanks for all the replies everyone. I plan on upgrading my motherboard and cpu when the next line of intel cpus are released. I guess that would mean gen 8.5, not 9.

I was mainly wondering if I would have to wait for new motherboards to be released alongside the new cpus, but it sounds like I wont? 

18 hours ago, Alex Atkin UK said:

Incidentally, do you actually mean 9th Gen CPUs or 8.5Gen?

Latest rumour is that Z370 has already started getting BIOS support for 8 core 8th Gen CPUs.

This is pretty much along the lines of what I would expect, that we will get an 8th Gen Refresh that is more powerful than the 8700k and does remain compatible, but 9th Gen will not.

 

[Alex Atkin UK]

Typically its best to wait, as compatibility can be sketchy with boards that were not specifically designed for those CPU.

 

I recently upgraded an H67 with an Ivy Bridge CPU and had to remove a RAM stick for it to boot.  Fortunately its just used as a router so single-channel doesn't matter, but it would be a nasty downgrade if it had been a gaming machine.

There isn't always problems, but until people start actually using newer CPUs on the older boards, we simply have no way to be sure.

[Zach7777]

Okay, sounds like I definitely should wait. I use my computer for gaming and the leaked specs show the i7 9700k to be an 8 core cpu. It has a very high clock speed as well, but is it even worth getting this or would it be better just to get the current i7 8700k instead? Then i wouldn't have to wait for new MOBOs.

[Jarsky]

You're probably best to wait a couple of weeks if you can since the new CPU's are supposedly to be launched next month. But my understanding is that the new 9th Gen CPU's up to 6 cores will be compatible with the current Z370 boards with a BIOS upgrade, while the new Z390 boards will be a refresh of the Z370, with better power management for the high end like the rumoured i9 9900K. It's all rumour right now though but my assumption is that the Z370 would be limited to 6 core CPU's so the i7 9700K may require the new Z390 boards as well. 

[Zach7777]

Yeah that sounds about right Jarsky with what i've seen. I'll probably end up getting one of the new msi Z390 boards when they come out along with an i7 9700k, considering that it has 8-cores. 

[IrishDunner]

So will the new i7 9700k work on z370 motherboards?

[Harish Santhakumari]

No need to buy new z390 motherboards because all companies are said to send new bios update for new 9000 series 9th gen Intel core processors support which are having a z370 motherboards don't need to buy a new just update to new bios and your z370 motherboard support 9th gen Intel core processors. And if you want to built a PC of Intel 9th gen don't need to buy z390. Z370 is enough for it and save some bucks for this.

[peacefulpolarbear]

YES they are supported. MSI already pushed the bios updates for the 9th gen, if the bios notes are correct.

 

On 10/2/2018 at 2:07 PM, IrishDunner said:

So will the new i7 9700k work on z370 motherboards?

YES

 

All the z370 MSI boards do and I’m sure others will as well.

https://www.msi.com/Motherboard/support/Z370-GAMING-PLUS

read bios notes