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7 minutes ago, dnf said:

You will need to use some of the x2xx chipsets like this one:

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01N9BY912/?tag=pcpapi-20

5 minutes ago, Yatin said:

A BIOS update is available by ASRock to make it work with 7th Gen CPUs...

^ this. Keep in mind it may not come with the BIOS update fit for Kaby Lake already and you need to have a working CPU to be able to do the update.

 

Otherwise this is a good board, doesn't do anything special, but it's solid. If it has the ports you need and expansion you desire it's good.

EDIT: it has two RAM slots, so I would suggest you either get 1 stick of RAM now (so you can update later) or look for a board with 4 slots.

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1 minute ago, dnf said:

What cpu will u be using?

Intel Pentium G4560

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Just now, Yatin said:

A BIOS update is available by ASRock to make it work with 7th Gen CPUs...

Yes but you will need a compatible CPU first.

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1 minute ago, dnf said:

Yes but you will need a compatible CPU first.

What do you mean by 'compatible' ?

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7 minutes ago, dnf said:

You will need to use some of the x2xx chipsets like this one:

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01N9BY912/?tag=pcpapi-20

5 minutes ago, Yatin said:

A BIOS update is available by ASRock to make it work with 7th Gen CPUs...

^ this. Keep in mind it may not come with the BIOS update fit for Kaby Lake already and you need to have a working CPU to be able to do the update.

 

Otherwise this is a good board, doesn't do anything special, but it's solid. If it has the ports you need and expansion you desire it's good.

EDIT: it has two RAM slots, so I would suggest you either get 1 stick of RAM now (so you can update later) or look for a board with 4 slots.

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Just now, Yatin said:

What do you mean by 'compatible' ?

A skylake cpu.

hi

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1 minute ago, Minibois said:

^ this. Keep in mind it may not come with the BIOS update fit for Kaby Lake already and you need to have a working CPU to be able to do the update.

 

Otherwise this is a good board, doesn't do anything special, but it's solid. If it has the ports you need and expansion you desire it's good.

Yeah the website I'll be buying it from will update the BIOS and ship it to me. Thanks th0!

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1 minute ago, dnf said:

A skylake cpu.

OH. MY. GOD.

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2 minutes ago, dnf said:

 

How are you so uninformed!? Kabylake CPUs work with Skylake motherboards (after a BIOS update of course)

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42 minutes ago, Yatin said:

How are you so uninformed!? Kabylake CPUs work with Skylake motherboards (after a BIOS update of course)

BUT YOU NEED TO UPDATE THE BIOS FIRST!

So you need a skylake.

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As long as the board you receive has an updated BIOS you'll be good. Otherwise you'll need a skylake CPU to update the motherboard's BIOS to be compatible with kabylake CPUs.

CPU: i7 4790k @ 4.7 GHz

GPU: XFX GTS RX580 4GB

Cooling: Corsair h100i

Mobo: Asus z97-A 

RAM: 4x8 GB 1600 MHz Corsair Vengence

PSU: Corsair HX850

Case: NZXT S340 Elite Tempered glass edition

Display: LG 29UM68-P

Keyboard: Roccat Ryos MK FX RGB

Mouse: Logitech g900 Chaos Spectrum

Headphones: Sennheiser HD6XX

OS: Windows 10 Home

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19 hours ago, dnf said:

BUT YOU NEED TO UPDATE THE BIOS FIRST!

So you need a skylake.

I already said that the website that I'll be buying it from will update the BIOS and then ship it to me. Read the previous posts next time.

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14 minutes ago, Yatin said:

I already said that the website that I'll be buying it from will update the BIOS and then ship it to me. Read the previous posts next time.

Is it a used board? Did they post it with the BIOS version in the description? If they did not in my personal experience its never a good idea to trust the retailer with matters such as these. I recommend you find another board or a different processor. 

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