So I decided to finally make myself a new budget gaming rig. However when I got my components I found out that my motherboard was broken straight out the box. Now I'm looking for a new motherboard that goes with my Intel i3 4150. Since price is an issue (about 70€ being the max) it came as a big surprise when a guy from a computer store near me told me that most budget motherboards won't work with my processor because they have an outdated *chipset* (not sure if that was the thing but something was outdated) and the motherboard would need a BIOS update as soon as I bought one which would bring my price up to about 90€ or I could just buy a z97 motherboard which cost about 90€ at the cheapest.
So is this true? What do you recommend i do? Should I just return the processor and buy a different one that would fit with cheaper motherboards straight out the box?
Sorry for the long post but I wanted to give you the full background.
So is this true? What do you recommend i do? Should I just return the processor and buy a different one that would fit with cheaper motherboards straight out the box?
Sorry for the long post but I wanted to give you the full background.