Upcoming Union Point 200 Series chipset and Windows 7

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danger007

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Has anyone heard of the support for the upcoming Union Point 200 Series chipsets.

Microsoft has said that Kaby will only run on Windows 10. Neither them nor Intel as made any statement as to whether the UP 200 series chipsest will be affected by this. There is the CPU microcode issues and then the chipset.

I am doing a system rebuild that will be my final Win 7 build and I want to know if it will install and work properly on the possible Z270 or Z2xx series or is the 200 series chipset also locked into Windows 10 like the Kaby CPU.

I have only a few hours before a great price offer of a Z170 Deluxe Asus and 6700k go off sale and haven't been able to resolve whether:
Z170+ Skylake - only last combination that will work with Windows and supported or if
Z270+Skylake - Works in windows 7 with support or will not work?

Please I need to know so I know whether to wait for the 200 series or not. I just want to upgrade my current system to the last know configurations that will Install Windows 7.
 
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I would expect the difficulty already facing anyone trying to install onto Z170 motherboards isn't going to get any easier. Intel had already removed partial support for win 7 as is, they probably quite willing to go further in the next generation. Intel & AMD both went along with the Microsoft idea, they not small companies, they could have said no.

Z170 + Skylake = last known good config... we can't say what future holds.

I don't think CPU is controlling factor, its the chipset on motherboard and the UEFI that controls what can be installed. Expect 200 will be same as CPU in regard to Win 10
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I would expect the difficulty already facing anyone trying to install onto Z170 motherboards isn't going to get any easier. Intel had already removed partial support for win 7 as is, they probably quite willing to go further in the next generation. Intel & AMD both went along with the Microsoft idea, they not small companies, they could have said no.

Z170 + Skylake = last known good config... we can't say what future holds.

I don't think CPU is controlling factor, its the chipset on motherboard and the UEFI that controls what can be installed. Expect 200 will be same as CPU in regard to Win 10
 
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danger007

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Thank you. I was wondering why it seemed to be a CPU based issue, since I would have thought myself it would be more chipset related unless the CPU was going to be 128bit or something different than x86/x64 or some sort of radical design that has never been seen before and Kaby didn't sound like it was either of the above. I guess I will go with the Z170 Asus Deluxe and the 6700K. Also right now my credit card is giving me 10% in rewards (so I am getting 10% off the price, can't beat that)
 
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It appears Skylake is almost fully supported by Windows 7 and they say the Kaby Lake processor will not. However, I've also read that the 200 series chip set might work with Skylake processors. So I wonder if Windows 7 will be much worse off on a new 200 series motherboard with a Skylake processor?
 
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