First build. Good or bad?

[AustinForGaming]

https://pcpartpicker.com/user/AustinForGaminf/saved/GFN7YJ

[Sam Z Man]

It looks great.

[Octavialicious]

The board is Micro Atx, and the case is mid-atx so it may look weird But if you don't mind that, looks good!

[Marcus Kemp]

yeah its great

[itachipirate]

Looks great! if you could spend a little more and get this motherboard https://pcpartpicker.com/part/asrock-motherboard-h97anniversary it's full size ATX (it will fit in that case you chose) and it has a better chipset version supporting more memory, and natively supporting the processor you chose without a BIOS update. You can only do a BIOS update with a CPU that is natively supported! You would need to borrow someone else's CPU that works with b85 to update the BIOS

[CatzRuleZWorld]

Looks great! if you could spend a little more and get this motherboard https://pcpartpicker.com/part/asrock-motherboard-h97anniversary it's full size ATX (it will fit in that case you chose) and it has a better chipset version supporting more memory, and natively supporting the processor you chose without a BIOS update. You can only do a BIOS update with a CPU that is natively supported! You would need to borrow someone else's CPU that works with b85 to update the BIOS

Woah woah woah, don't scare someone away from saving money by saying it will need a bios update! I'm pretty sure it's kinda rare now for a motherboard that's being sold now to be made before the haswell refresh came out. It probably won't need an update but yes, you could get a 90 series chipset if you want to be sure

[rtpb5642]

Looks great! if you could spend a little more and get this motherboard https://pcpartpicker.com/part/asrock-motherboard-h97anniversary it's full size ATX (it will fit in that case you chose) and it has a better chipset version supporting more memory, and natively supporting the processor you chose without a BIOS update. You can only do a BIOS update with a CPU that is natively supported! You would need to borrow someone else's CPU that works with b85 to update the BIOS

Yeah he may want H97 to be sure

[rtpb5642]

I got an H81 board and a G3258 for my router recently and i needed to use my 4670k to update the board

 

Said it supported G3258 on the box but still needed an update so i always suggest H97

 

Woah woah woah, don't scare someone away from saving money by saying it will need a bios update! I'm pretty sure it's kinda rare now for a motherboard that's being sold now to be made before the haswell refresh came out. It probably won't need an update but yes, you could get a 90 series chipset if you want to be sure

[ApolloX75]

Woah woah woah, don't scare someone away from saving money by saying it will need a bios update! I'm pretty sure it's kinda rare now for a motherboard that's being sold now to be made before the haswell refresh came out. It probably won't need an update but yes, you could get a 90 series chipset if you want to be sure

^THIS^

 

Devil's Canyon came out a year ago. Most boards available now from a store left the factory with the newest BIOS. You only need to worry about the BIOS when buying used.

 

Edit: Alright I'm gonna add a caveat. Sometimes stores keep boards on the shelf from before, so yes, in that case you could get a dud. However local stores from NCIX to Microcenter will often update a BIOS for you.

[CatzRuleZWorld]

I got an H81 board and a G3258 for my router recently and i needed to use my 4670k to update the board

Said it supported G3258 on the box but still needed an update so i always suggest H97

Ahh, well my g3258 and h81 worked right away. I think it was on the first bios that worked with refresh.