With news of Intel’s new Kaby Lake series processor launch looming around, motherboard makers are slowly leaking out their launch lineups in preparation for the new generation of processors ready to be unleashed in the coming future. The 7th generation Kaby Lake processors are expected to arrive soon and will supplant the current 6th-gen processors. Current 100-series motherboards will be able to support 7th-gen Kaby Lake processors via BIOS updates on select models depending on the board vendors own choosing.
Current sightings on the net list the following models from several brands as potential launch models for the coming series:
ASUS 200-Series Motherboard Lineup
- ASUS ROG Maximus IX Extreme
- ASUS ROG Maximus IX Formula
- ASUS ROG Maximus IX Hero
- ASUS ROG Maximus IX Code
- ASUS STRIX Z270E Gaming
- ASUS STRIX Z270F Gaming
- ASUS STRIX Z270G Gaming
- ASUS STRIX Z270H Gaming
- ASUS TUF Z270 MARK 1
- ASUS TUF Z270 MARK 2
- ASUS Prime Z270-A
- ASUS Prime Z270-AR
- ASUS Prime H270-PRO
- ASUS Prime H270M-PLUS
ASRock 200-Series Motherboard Lineup
- ASRock FATAL1TY Z270 Professional Gaming i7
- ASRock FATAL1TY Z270 Gaming K6
- ASRock FATAL1TY Z270 Performance
- ASRock Z270Extreme4
- ASRock Z270MExtreme4
- ASRock Z270SuperCarrier
- ASRock Z270SLIXtreme
- ASRock Z270KillerSLI
- ASRock Z270Pro4
- ASRock Z270MPro4
- ASRock Z270M-ITX/ac
- ASRock H270Pro4
- ASRock H270MPro4
- ASRock H270M-ITX/ac
- ASRock B250Pro4
- ASRock B250MPro4
- ASRock B250MPro4S
- ASRock B250M-HDV
COLORFUL 200-Series Motherboard Lineup
- iGame Z270 YMIR X
- iGame Z270 YMIR U
- iGame Z270 GAMER
- iGame Z270I-WF GAMING
- iGame B250 YMIR U
- iGame B250M YMIR U
- Battle AXE C.B250AK
- Battle AXE C.B250M-G
- Battle AXE C.B250M-P
- Battle AXE C.B250M-HD
- Battle AXE C.B250M-D
- Warrior C.B250M-K
The 200-series chipset Intel’s new chipset that will support the upcoming 7th-gen processors and will bring to the table support for Intel Optane technology amongst others carried over from Skylake.