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MOBO & Processor compatibility

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alright, what about a skylake or kaby lake cpu like i7 7700 or i5-6500? would either of those generations be compatible?

Yes, without a BIOS update :)

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im planning on building a budget gaming pc and i wanted to get the Pentium G4560 paired with the msi b250m pro-vdh board. and planning to upgrade the processor to the i5-8400 in the future. will the g4560 and the i5-8400 be compatible with this motherboard without any bios updates or anything?

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8th Gen Intel CPUs aren't compatible with the B250 chipset, you must buy a Intel 300 series motherboard for an i5 8400. 

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9 minutes ago, t4ils said:

The i5 8400 will not be compatible with an Intel 200-series motherboard, meaning you'd have to buy a 300-series motherboard if you want to upgrade from a Pentium G4560 to an Intel 8th Gen (Coffee Lake) CPU.

alright, what about a skylake or kaby lake cpu like i7 7700 or i5-6500? would either of those generations be compatible?

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