Need help selecting a motherboard, experienced techs please.

ImHerVoice·6/17/2015, 5:51:27 PM·1 votes·654 views

had to replace my z87 sabertooth cause it just won't work with my i5 4690k haswell series CPU I guess. http://pcpartpicker.com/user/ToryJJ/saved/#view=CPzRsY

I have a 1TB HDD and a 256GB SDD Couldn't remember names off top of head for those so didnt add them

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Deep Terror Nami6/17/2015, 6:03:52 PM1 votes

I'm missing something. The z87 Sabertooth and i5 4690k are both LGA1150 sockets. What is not working about it?

Deep Terror Nami6/17/2015, 6:12:36 PM1 votes

Ok I added the two to my own list and saw the "compatibility issue". But you have to read the note. It doesn't say it won't work, it says;

Some Intel Z87 chipset motherboards may need a BIOS update prior to using Haswell Refresh CPUs.

Doing a quick google search of the compatibility note, I found the suggestion to simply go with an H97 board instead. They don't have H97 Sabertooths though.