ASRock H81M microATX to Intel Core i5-4590

byte0215 · Oct 15, 2014

Hi guys im building a GAMING PC! is this a good combo?

prit87 · Oct 15, 2014

No its not the processor is not supported out of the box so get a h97 board or update the BIOS.

prit87 · Oct 15, 2014

ya sure.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-H97-GAMING 3 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($93.66 @ Newegg)
Video Card: MSI Radeon R9 280 3GB TWIN FROZR Video Card ($156.00 @ Newegg)
Total: $249.66
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-10-15 13:31 EDT-0400

byte0215 · Oct 15, 2014

prit87 :

im thinking of getting ASRock h97M Pro4.
the difference compared to gigabyte is the asrock doesnt have sata express. is that a big gap between them?

prit87 · Oct 15, 2014

No not really if you like the asrock h97 pro 4 then you can go for that.

byte0215 · Oct 15, 2014

prit87 :

you mean the ASRock H97M Pro4 or ASRock H97 Pro4?

prit87 · Oct 15, 2014

what ever you choose they are same just the m is for micro atx.

byte0215 · Oct 15, 2014

prit87 :

Okay here it is.

Cpu: i5-4590
Mobo: h97m pro4
Gpu: r9 280

Good combo?

prit87 · Oct 15, 2014

Yes now its a good combo.

byte0215 · Oct 15, 2014

Thank you!

prit87 · Oct 15, 2014

No problem.

byte0215 · Oct 16, 2014

prit87 :

sir can i use Gigabyte GA-H97M-Gaming 3 instead of the ATX one? difference?

prit87 · Oct 16, 2014

byte0215 :

You can use any h97 board with your processor atx/mini atx and micro atx are sizes of the board so it depends on your case what size you want.

byte0215 · Oct 16, 2014

prit87 :

byte0215 :

You can use any h97 board with your processor atx/mini atx and micro atx are sizes of the board so it depends on your case what size you want.

So i will be lowering budget for CPU. instead of i5-4590 ill be going on i5-4430. will this be good at H97 boards? or its useless since im downgrading my cpu speed for 0.3Ghz

prit87 · Oct 16, 2014

If you go for i5 4430 then you can pair up with the H81 board you have mentioned in top of the post (4430 is a haswel processor so the h81 board is supported but the 4590 was a haswel refresh processor so it needs the h97 board.)

byte0215 · Oct 16, 2014

prit87 :

thanks

prit87 · Oct 16, 2014

welcome

byte0215 · Oct 16, 2014

prit87 :

last question how to know if mobo supports haswell processor or haswell refresh processor?

prit87 · Oct 16, 2014

H97 and Z97 are for haswell refresh processors and H87,Z87,H81 and Z81 are for haswell.

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