B85 + G3258

[66Pyrithion]

Hi guys, I am building a pc for one of my friends and I just wanted to ask you guys something. Can I use  the MSI B85M-E45 with the G3258? I heard somewhere that with some non z97 boards you'll have to update the bios before you install the G3258 or something like that. Any help would be great. Thanks

[dadasmithywinkle]

Hi guys, I am building a pc for one of my friends and I just wanted to ask you guys something. Can I use  the MSI B85M-E45 with the G3258? I heard somewhere that with some non z97 boards you'll have to update the bios before you install the G3258 or something like that. Any help would be great. Thanks

You should be able to. B85 is newer and at the least, the manu should have updated the BIOS by now.

[66Pyrithion]

You should be able to. B85 is newer and at the least, the manu should have updated the BIOS by now.

Ok sweet, thanks man, helps a lot

[Peter Vaughan Truslow]

Hi guys, I am building a pc for one of my friends and I just wanted to ask you guys something. Can I use  the MSI B85M-E45 with the G3258? I heard somewhere that with some non z97 boards you'll have to update the bios before you install the G3258 or something like that. Any help would be great. Thanks

B85 is for business, so I'm not sure it would be enabled. *edit: but I'm not saying it isn't, I'm saying I don't know*

I would think it more likely on H81, but the only motherboard I can assure you has overclocking enabled is the Asus H87m-e, simply because I have two and my buddy has one, but I haven't tested or used any other 1150 socket motherboards.

[66Pyrithion]

B85 is for business, so I'm not sure it would be enabled. *edit: but I'm not saying it isn't, I'm saying I don't know*

I would think it more likely on H81, but the only motherboard I can assure you has overclocking enabled is the Asus H87m-e, simply because I have two and my buddy has one, but I haven't tested or used any other 1150 socket motherboards.

Ah ok. I second the H81 because I have one. Ill get a H81 board then. Thanks 

[WoodenMarker]

You should be able to. B85 is newer and at the least, the manu should have updated the BIOS by now.

B85 is for business, so I'm not sure it would be enabled. *edit: but I'm not saying it isn't, I'm saying I don't know*

I would think it more likely on H81, but the only motherboard I can assure you has overclocking enabled is the Asus H87m-e, simply because I have two and my buddy has one, but I haven't tested or used any other 1150 socket motherboards.

A bios update isn't needed for the G3258 to work with any 1150 board. The updates are mainly for better oc'ing. 

[Peter Vaughan Truslow]

A bios update isn't needed for the G3258 to work with any 1150 board. The updates are mainly for better oc'ing. 

when I installed mine initially, it didn't overclock at all until I updated the BIOS as it was an H87 board that was never meant for overclocking.

[chesleywan]

I had an MSI H81I board with a G3258. CPU ratio unlocks with most recent BIOS update. Too bad I sold it before I could try it on my mATX B85 Gigabyte board.

[awesomes8wc3]

q series are for buisness

b series are for small buisness

q has AMT and a bunch of other cool shit, b has intel small buisness advantage which is kind of useless imo

 

G3258 should work on both, boards usually ship with the latest BIOS so you should be right.

if you want to OC on low end boards get an ASUS. edit: according to chelsey you can on msi apparently

[66Pyrithion]

Thanks everyone. Since my friend wants a Micro ATX build, I decided to get him the ASRock H81M board. Thanks for all your help