8 series is coffee lake ;)
The fix is known, there is an MS KB you can download to avoid the issue since intel themselves asked MS and other partners to stop propagating the KB causing the issue.
Why did i go Intel Z370 ? Not too sure actually, i wouldn't have minded an AMD, i guess i'm just not used to AMD
I've always liked my i5's for gaming...
If this is of any help: (dated yesterday):
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"Last night, Microsoft released KB 4078130, which is specifically designed to turn off the Intel-identified buggy code in the Meltdown/Spectre patches. Sayeth Microsoft:
‘Intel has reported issues with recently released microcode meant to address Spectre variant 2 (CVE 2017-5715 Branch Target Injection) – specifically Intel noted that this microcode can cause “higher than expected reboots and other unpredictable system behavior” and then noted that situations like this may result in “data loss or corruption.” Our own experience is that system instability can in some circumstances cause data loss or corruption.
While Intel tests, updates and deploys new microcode, we are making available an out of band update today, KB4078130, that specifically disables only the mitigation against CVE-2017-5715 – “Branch target injection vulnerability.” In our testing this update has been found to prevent the behavior described.
The patch is only available from the Update catalog "