1151

[mrpaco]

Question; are s1151 & 1151-v2 the same socket?



Cant find a clear answer.
Every where I looked it lists for example i7 8700 as a 1151 but at Bot they list it as 1151-v2

So in short; Can I put an i7 8700 in a Maximus IX Apex?

[Aleslammer]

With BIOS mods if the board is a Z270, Z370 good to go, my understanding.

[Aleslammer]

To clarify a little most of what I've looked at has been with Asrock boards one of which I have. Think there is a pad mod needed also but the early post I read I can't remember if was talked about.

[Macsbeach98]

Yep they need a mod and the main reason a lot of them mod them is because you cant run XP on a z370 board.
For Apex IX Z270 you have to solder a wire link on and a special bios I dont know about a mod for Asus Z170
Not sure what you have to do for Asrock Z170 mOCF but I do know they have them working with 8700k.

[mrpaco]

So let me see IF I understand it;
IF I want to run Win XP I would have to MOD my board?
Other wise I CAN run it on Win-7 & 10 on my Maximus ix apex... Correct?

[dr4g00n]

They are not the same, 1151v2 (z370/390) has more pins dedicated to VCC and VSS.
That said you can run an 8700K or 9900K just fine in the older 1151 (z170/270) provided you have the proper bios and have done any board mods needed.
The MOCF for example simply needs one of the bios' from Nick and T_SKT_OCC_1 connected to ground (between the first and second pcie slot). The full-sized OCF works also.

Check this out for the apex. community.hwbot.org/topic/184577-asus-maximus-ix-apex-and-coffee-lake-cpus/

[dr4g00n]

Jan 31, 2019 9:06:45 GMT -5 mrpaco said:

So let me see IF I understand it;
IF I want to run Win XP I would have to MOD my board?
Other wise I CAN run it on Win-7 & 10 on my Maximus ix apex... Correct?

It won't work at all until the board is modded. IE. it won't post.

[mrpaco]

Thanx for the info.
Lets say I decided to go the rout of MODDing to be able to run 8700; what if any affects would the mod have if I wanted to pop in say my 7700KK? Or do I need to remove the MODs to run it?

[dr4g00n]

Jan 31, 2019 9:34:43 GMT -5 mrpaco said:

Thanx for the info.
Lets say I decided to go the rout of MODDing to be able to run 8700; what if any affects would the mod have if I wanted to pop in say my 7700KK? Or do I need to remove the MODs to run it?

Yes, older chips like 7700K & 6700K will work fine after the mod. One thing to note is that HT doesn't work with the 6/8C chips I think, there might've been a bios to fix that but I'm not sure. I have an MOCF so I'm not familiar with the Apex and it's mods.

Make sure to read that hwbot thread fully.  

[mrpaco]

Thank you dr4g00n.
Gives me something to think about.

[Bones]

Obviously a good MOCF/OCF is the thing to look for.
Should be able to find a OCF like I did, a MOCF will be harder to come by but they are out there somewhere.

If I could have goten a MOCF thats what I would have gone with but there was nothing but the OCF around to get so...... Got it.