"surely it's a different socket though" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGA_1151#Second_revision_of_the_LGA_1151_socket_for_Coffee_Lake_CPUs … >While physical dimensions remain unchanged, the updated socket re-assigns some reserved pins, adding power and ground lines to support the requirements of 6-core CPUs oh.
Will an Intel Coffee Lake i5 CPU work in an i5 motherboard released in 2017? Of course not! Will a 3rd-generation i5 allow me to use an AMD GPU on Linux? Obviously not! Everybody knows you need a 4th-generation Intel chip or newer so that you get the required PCIe atomics. Duh.pic.twitter.com/UO2CtjjP86
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