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Questions about GIGABYTE products => Motherboards with Intel processors => Topic started by: leon_123 on January 11, 2017, 01:11:54 pm
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I have this motherboard and I want to upgrade to Kabylake CPU, does this board full support for Kabylake? Has anyone used this board with Kabylake?
I saw a BIOS update on Gigabyte website (F20) but after searching I can't find anyone have the same wonder with me. I'm still concern if it have any trouble for 7th gen Intel CPU like XMP, BIOS, OC, .... or it will work without any error?
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According to this:
http://uk.gigabyte.com/support-downloads/cpu-support-popup.aspx?pid=5478
The board will support a Kabylake CPU, which I was surprised about. I thought that it would have needed to have a Kabylake board as well.
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The board supports Kabylake Processors only with F20 Bios update. But seeing lots of reports F20 isn't stable or working ok. It will but i would give it time for Gigabyte to get working F20 bugs! The Kabylake and Z270 came out Jan 5, so still very new and fresh. But compare to the intel i7 6700k the new Kabylake won't offer you better performance. 30% gain on paper, like 3% real life gain. Lots of trouble (F20 Bios) and expensive For so little gain in real life. I have your board and a i7 6700k running at 4,6 Ghz, very stable and no access heat ether. Changing my board (Dram problems) for a Z270 chipset. The Z270 chipset offers 4 extra PCI lanes, passing from 20 lanes (Z170) to 24 lanes (Z270). A difference the whole system will feel, making your new SSD's very happy.