- Aug 14, 2015
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Guys ... It's the 1st PC that i'm assemblying by myself... so i'm having alot of doubts... here i go again:
I bought the mobo z97x Gaming 5 by gigabyte and i5-4690k. I know they are the same LGA1150 socket (and i tought that would been the only compatibility problem), and I also know that the chipset Z97 offers supporte for Devil's Canyon processors intel.
But when I went looking in the gigabyte website (unfortunatly only after purchase), I found that the support of this motherboard for this processor came only at a later BIOS version (F5 - if i'm not mistaken) to the launch (F3 - initial BIOS version), then there is high possibility of the board get no support and I have to update the BIOS for it work ...
I all my research (that wasnt so good for the looks of it) i remember seeing somewhere that, in this case, i would need a compatible CPU to initialize so i could update the BIOS, then it would recognize the i5-4690k. Is this REALLY the ONLY way?
I tried to contact the Gigabyte support but until now, i didnt get a answer so here I go further more... Anyone knows if theres a way to know the BIOS version of my mobo without turning it on? What risks do I have if, for testing the compability, just install the processor and give it a go (since it has a possibility that the mobo already came with the updated BIOS from factory)?
Another problem... now to memory related...
As i stated before, unfortunatly i only get to Gigabyte's web after the purchase was done, trying to prepare myself for the assembly, and ther i saw that the memory that i bought isnt in the QVL (Qualified Vendors List)... is this really an issue?
I certified that the mobo supported the DRAM frequency of 2400MHz, and i thought that was it, didnt had to check anything else.... =/
here's the mobo website: http://www.gigabyte.com/products/product-page.aspx?pid=4953#ov
Thanks for your attention!
Any help is welcome!
PS.: I also noticed that the SSD I got also isnt in the QVL from that mobo... but lets leave at that...
PS2.: I guess this might be my first and last "solo rigging"...
PS3.: Sorry for any confusion due to my bad english...
I bought the mobo z97x Gaming 5 by gigabyte and i5-4690k. I know they are the same LGA1150 socket (and i tought that would been the only compatibility problem), and I also know that the chipset Z97 offers supporte for Devil's Canyon processors intel.
But when I went looking in the gigabyte website (unfortunatly only after purchase), I found that the support of this motherboard for this processor came only at a later BIOS version (F5 - if i'm not mistaken) to the launch (F3 - initial BIOS version), then there is high possibility of the board get no support and I have to update the BIOS for it work ...
I all my research (that wasnt so good for the looks of it) i remember seeing somewhere that, in this case, i would need a compatible CPU to initialize so i could update the BIOS, then it would recognize the i5-4690k. Is this REALLY the ONLY way?
I tried to contact the Gigabyte support but until now, i didnt get a answer so here I go further more... Anyone knows if theres a way to know the BIOS version of my mobo without turning it on? What risks do I have if, for testing the compability, just install the processor and give it a go (since it has a possibility that the mobo already came with the updated BIOS from factory)?
Another problem... now to memory related...
As i stated before, unfortunatly i only get to Gigabyte's web after the purchase was done, trying to prepare myself for the assembly, and ther i saw that the memory that i bought isnt in the QVL (Qualified Vendors List)... is this really an issue?
I certified that the mobo supported the DRAM frequency of 2400MHz, and i thought that was it, didnt had to check anything else.... =/
here's the mobo website: http://www.gigabyte.com/products/product-page.aspx?pid=4953#ov
Thanks for your attention!
Any help is welcome!
PS.: I also noticed that the SSD I got also isnt in the QVL from that mobo... but lets leave at that...
PS2.: I guess this might be my first and last "solo rigging"...
PS3.: Sorry for any confusion due to my bad english...
have fun!
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