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Muncheyz
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should work no problem 

 

most recent boards have updated bioses - should be okay

 

You could get an H97 board to be safe, but it should work out of the box with an H81 board.

 

Alright cool, thanks guys, just putting together a budget build for a friend. So much appreciated from both of us.

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I have browsed around and done everything to find out, and i'm convinced, but you can never be too sure.

Does the i3-4170 really work on a H81 board without a bios updates (hypothetically speaking the BIOS are out of date maybe)?

If I googled around correctly, i couldn't find anyone saying there was issues. It's no problem if this is incorrect.

 

It is appreciated if there is a source that can be linked that confirms either works or not working correctly, i may have missed it along the road.

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should work no problem 

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most recent boards have updated bioses - should be okay

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You could get an H97 board to be safe, but it should work out of the box with an H81 board.

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And probably the world.

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Looking at the wiki it says that you might need a bios update. you could just google a specific board and the cpu together to see any issues popping up. 
And updating a bios btw is not a hard thing to do, plenty of guides!

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGA_1150

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should work no problem 

 

most recent boards have updated bioses - should be okay

 

You could get an H97 board to be safe, but it should work out of the box with an H81 board.

 

Alright cool, thanks guys, just putting together a budget build for a friend. So much appreciated from both of us.

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Just to be sure you could always check the manufactures website.  Most motherboards should have CPU Support list. 

 

I found that most of the cheaper H81 matx boards didn't have the 4170 on their list, which is why I'm going to use a B85 board for my brother's computer. 

 

 

 

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Looking at the wiki it says that you might need a bios update. you could just google a specific board and the cpu together to see any issues popping up. 

And updating a bios btw is not a hard thing to do, plenty of guides!

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGA_1150

It is hard to update a Bios. without a CPU.

 

Go try it. It is facinating how you do that when you have no way of getting past POST

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It is hard to update a Bios. without a CPU.

 

Go try it. It is facinating how you do that when you have no way of getting past POST

 Thats why you have those fancy smanshy usb flash boards :D

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