Compatibility Worries

[TheLunarHero]

Hello everybody, a couple of days ago I ordered the 4790k and the Gigabyte Z97 UD3h Motherboard http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128723

I've been looking around on the internet and what I've seen has me worried. Apparently when these two components are used together the CPU fries due to extreme voltage? Is this still a thing or has there been a fix? Thanks. 

[Decon]

umm you should be fine....

[Guest Philosophy]

I see no problems with that. They should be very much compatible. 

[runit3]

I've been looking around on the internet and what I've seen has me worried. Apparently when these two components are used together the CPU fries due to extreme voltage? Is this still a thing or has there been a fix? Thanks. 

If you could provide a reputable source for that it would be.....helpful.

[TheLunarHero]

If you could provide a reputable source for that it would be.....helpful.

Was watching a jayztwocents video

[runit3]

Was watching a jayztwocents video

Link?

 

I have a hard time believing that he explicitly said this board will kill CPU's. If he said it within the context of using the provided OC software, I would say yes, that's true of any board manufacturer and is a moot point. OC manually, don't use trash software, and you're going to be completely fine as long as you're not synth benching with adaptive voltage on.

 

I'm also having a hard time finding a single user review stating that the board killed their CPU due to overvoltage, unless it was something they themselves caused...which again, you can do with any board.

[harrynowl]

Was watching a jayztwocents video

What you saw was him using his 4790K on a older Z87 board with the first release UEFI for Haswell Refresh. That caused the 1.5v thing he mentioned.

 

It was never an issue on Z97 as is likely resolved on Z87 anyway.