does the i7 7700k work with the gigabyte z97x gaming 5 motherboard?

district14 · Apr 4, 2017

planning to upgrade to 7700k from 4770 and wondering if the new cpu would work on the motherboard? I believe it has a LGA 1150 socket.

Thanks.

Supahos · Apr 4, 2017

Absolutely not you'll need a z270 motherboard and ddr4 ram

district14 · Apr 4, 2017

Supahos :

ok thank you

Dugimodo · Apr 4, 2017

It's a different Socket. Also you should check the Gigabyte website really before asking in forums, here's the CPU support list for your board http://www.gigabyte.com/Motherboard/GA-Z97X-Gaming-5-rev-10#support-cpu took me 30 seconds of googling and clicking to find it.