The intel 4790k and z87

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I have purchased the gigabyte g1 sniper mother board and was planning to pair it with a 4790k because I assumed same chip set it must work, but after receiving the motherboard and researching some more it became apparent that to use the 4790k I would need to update the bios of the motherboard which I know is possible with Asus but I don't know anything about how to do it with a gigabyte motherboard. Do you have any recommendations, is their a way to make the devils canyon processor work with z87 or do I need to bump down to a 4770k?
 
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If you can get a compatible cpu for cheap, then I'd go ahead and do the bios flash with that. Or if you have a friend with one, take that. Or ask a computer store, although they might request a bit much money.

If those things won't happen, just stick to the 4770k.

By the way, you can't flash a bios without having a compatible cpu installed. The pc wouldn't even boot.
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Doing the bios update is easy. You will download three files. One is the bios itself, called something.F? where ? is the number of the bios version. Another one is called uefiflash.exe. The third one is useless. You make a bootable pendrive (e.g. with rufus) and copy those files onto it. Then you restart the computer and boot with the usb stick. Then you type 'run uefiflash.exe', enter and are in the uefiflash. Then you type 'uefiflash biosfilename.F?'. Now it starts flashing. Do NOT touch your computer until it boots to windows again. For a thorough explanation you can google for uefiflash. Or a tutorial on flashing a bios.

However, you will need a supported cpu for this So if you don't have one, you would need yo go with the 4770k.

Now my advise: send the board back, get a z97 board for the money and then get the 4790k.
 
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no, do not buy a second CPU.

you should be able to load the BIOS file onto a flash drive (using a different computer), plug it into the USB port in the back that is designated for BIOS flashing and flash the BIOS without even booting into the OS. flip though your instructional manual and you'll see what i mean.
 
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If you can get a compatible cpu for cheap, then I'd go ahead and do the bios flash with that. Or if you have a friend with one, take that. Or ask a computer store, although they might request a bit much money.

If those things won't happen, just stick to the 4770k.

By the way, you can't flash a bios without having a compatible cpu installed. The pc wouldn't even boot.
 
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