The new 8th generation Coffee Lake has LGA 1151, but they are only compatible with Z370 boards, right? I think the sockets should be renamed LGA 1151 v2 as Intel has communicated, otherwise this could lead to many bad purchases and angry customers. Please correct me if my information is wrong.

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That's right. More information: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EJOnwF8mgXc.

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Yep, that's right, just led to a bad purchase for me and forever of troubleshooting why the PC won't boot....

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The new 8th generation Coffee Lake has LGA 1151, but they are only compatible with Z370 boards, right? I think the sockets should be renamed LGA 1151 v2 as Intel has communicated, otherwise this could lead to many bad purchases and angry customers. Please correct me if my information is wrong.