I've recently bought an i5 4690k and installed it on my PC a few hours ago. Already, I was going through problems as the computer simply wouldn't put at first. It would turn on and nothing would appear on screen. Then, it would shut off and turn on again, after which it would boot up normally. I figured it had something to do with "installing" the new CPU, or something along those lines. Turns out it does that everytime I try to turn it on.
Moreover, some of the more hardware intensive games I have are now having severe stuttering issues: Doom, for instance, fluctuates wildly between something like 120 fps and 30 fps, every 3 or so seconds, even when I'm not doing anything, my character is completely idle and not much is happening on the screen.
I've decided to do some research on it and it turns out that my motherboard, a Dell 0KWVT8, isn't entirely compatible with the 4690k. It sounds very odd to me as the BIOS clearly detects the new CPU though. So either the motherboard is purposefully "pulling it back", so to speak, or I installed the CPU incorrectly, which I honestly find very unlikely.
I'm quite frustrated with this, not just because of my poor choice and research, but because this isn't even a Dell PC. I didn't buy it from them. I had someone custom build this system for me and they told me it would be perfectly fine to upgrade it. Turns out, the mobo was probably taken from an XPS and placed on this "new" tower. In other words, I feel like I was screwed over.
So, I don't know what to do now. Should I try and return this CPU/sell it, and get a new one? Or, more importantly, is there any way to make the CPU work as intended on this motherboard? As in, is there a workaround at all? I'm really frustrated and would appreciate it if there was any kind of solution at all.
Moreover, some of the more hardware intensive games I have are now having severe stuttering issues: Doom, for instance, fluctuates wildly between something like 120 fps and 30 fps, every 3 or so seconds, even when I'm not doing anything, my character is completely idle and not much is happening on the screen.
I've decided to do some research on it and it turns out that my motherboard, a Dell 0KWVT8, isn't entirely compatible with the 4690k. It sounds very odd to me as the BIOS clearly detects the new CPU though. So either the motherboard is purposefully "pulling it back", so to speak, or I installed the CPU incorrectly, which I honestly find very unlikely.
I'm quite frustrated with this, not just because of my poor choice and research, but because this isn't even a Dell PC. I didn't buy it from them. I had someone custom build this system for me and they told me it would be perfectly fine to upgrade it. Turns out, the mobo was probably taken from an XPS and placed on this "new" tower. In other words, I feel like I was screwed over.
So, I don't know what to do now. Should I try and return this CPU/sell it, and get a new one? Or, more importantly, is there any way to make the CPU work as intended on this motherboard? As in, is there a workaround at all? I'm really frustrated and would appreciate it if there was any kind of solution at all.
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