With the launch of Coffee Lake, Intel will finally bring their first six-cores and twelve-threads processors to the mainstream market. Since the new series of CPUs require a new chipset, motherboard vendors will release several "new" models. The motherboards are quite similar to the previous generation based on the Z270 chipset, overall the differences are more about design and LEDs.


Although Z370 appears to be the same chipset like Z270, Coffee Lake chips won't work on the 7th generation platform. Coffee Lake and Kaby Lake are actually pin-compatible, meaning both share the same LGA1151 package. So far the guys over at Videocardz have started putting together a list of Z370-based motherboards and it's already quite lengthy:

• BIOSTAR Z370 RACING GT7
• BIOSTAR Z370 RACING GT6

• GIGABYTE Z370 AORUS Gaming 7
• GIGABYTE Z370 AORUS Gaming 5
• GIGABYTE Z370 AORUS Gaming 3
• GIGABYTE Z370 AORUS Ultra Gaming
• GIGABYTE Z370 AORUS Gaming K3
• GIGABYTE Z370 AORUS Gaming WIFI
• GIGABYTE Z370XP SLI
• GIGABYTE Z370 HD3P
• GIGABYTE Z370 HD3
• GIGABYTE Z370M D3H
• GIGABYTE Z370N WIFI

• MSI Z370 GODLIKE GAMING
• MSI Z370 GAMING PRO CARBON AC
• MSI Z370 GAMING PRO CARBON
• MSI Z370 GAMING M5
• MSI Z370 GAMING PLUS
• MSI Z370 KRAIT GAMING
• MSI Z370 SLI PLUS
• MSI Z370 TOMAHAWK
• MSI Z370M GAMING PRO AC
• MSI Z370I GAMING PRO CARBON AC
• MSI Z370-A PRO
• MSI Z370 PC PRO

Source: Videocardz