Question about B85 mobo's

[ChevCelios]

So i'm kind of confused does the MSI B85-G43 Gaming motherboard support overclocking? like can it overclock an i7 4790K?
Cause some ppl say it can some say it can't...
And if it doesn't would it be better to get a 4790 (non k) instead or just get the k for the extra clock speed?

[Indus Monk]

the B85 can overclock CPUs after a BIOS update. That is a risk i wouldn't take at all (updating bios). stick to a non k CPU strictly. Also, don't even try to SLI on that board, it's probably crossfire only

 

EDIT: It is likely that the board can only overclock those Pentiums despite a BIOS update

[ChevCelios]

44 minutes ago, AmbarChakrabarti said:

the B85 can overclock CPUs after a BIOS update. That is a risk i wouldn't take at all (updating bios). stick to a non k CPU strictly. Also, don't even try to SLI on that board, it's probably crossfire only

 

EDIT: It is likely that the board can only overclock those Pentiums despite a BIOS update

Well mine has the latest bios update and what i wanna use the cpu for is gaming/video rendering and maybe streaming and VR in the future, also if i'm not able to overclock it would prolly not be an issue i'm more interested if it's worth getting the K over the normal version performance vise

[aisle9]

52 minutes ago, ChevCelios said:

So i'm kind of confused does the MSI B85-G43 Gaming motherboard support overclocking? like can it overclock an i7 4790K?
Cause some ppl say it can some say it can't...
And if it doesn't would it be better to get a 4790 (non k) instead or just get the k for the extra clock speed?

B85's are great for overclocking Pentiums. That said, I don't think they can overclock a 4790K. Even if they could, I'd be worried about damaging the board.

 

If you want to overclock, get a Z97 board. If you want the B85 board, get a non-K 4790 (or a Xeon E3 1231V3 if you can live without integrated graphics). You'd save a lot of money going B85+Xeon instead of Z97+4790K, but you'd take a bit of a performance hit in the long term.

[ChevCelios]

8 minutes ago, aisle9 said:

B85's are great for overclocking Pentiums. That said, I don't think they can overclock a 4790K. Even if they could, I'd be worried about damaging the board.

 

If you want to overclock, get a Z97 board. If you want the B85 board, get a non-K 4790 (or a Xeon E3 1231V3 if you can live without integrated graphics). You'd save a lot of money going B85+Xeon instead of Z97+4790K, but you'd take a bit of a performance hit in the long term.

uhm i already have the board and i wanna change the cpu only, and i never used a xeon before are they any good for gaming?

[aisle9]

5 minutes ago, ChevCelios said:

uhm i already have the board and i wanna change the cpu only, and i never used a xeon before are they any good for gaming?

An 1231V3 is an i7-4770 without an iGPU. Perfectly good CPU if you don't need integrated graphics and don't want to overclock.

[ChevCelios]

so i looked up the prices on my local stores and the 4790 and 1231V3 are at the same price and the 4790k is $25 more, so price aside performance vise witch would be the best choice between them?