- Joined
- Feb 4, 2012
- Messages
- 5
- Motherboard
- GA-Z87X-OC
- CPU
- Intel Core i7-4790K
- Graphics
- Radeon HD4890
- Mac
- Classic Mac
- Mobile Phone
So, I ordered these parts yesterday:
Item Price
Gigabyte Z87X-OC, ATX 163,79€
Intel Core i7-4790K, LGA1150 300,95€
16GB Kit Crucial Ballistix Sport Series DDR3-1600, CL9 125,53€
Crucial MX100 SSD 256GB, 2.5" 89,64€
Corsair Hydro Series H60 62,99€
TOTAL 742,88€
And at first I was sure everything was gonna be compatible with eachother and with OSX but then I read up some more about the 8 Series motherboards and the new Haswell Refresh 4790K chip and found out that the damn CPU isn't supported by the motherboard on older BIOS versions.
http://www.gigabyte.co.nz/support-downloads/cpu-support-popup.aspx?pid=4514
I'd really like to get that particular motherboard for this build so do you guys think that if none of my friends has a CPU that they can lend me for a while to just update the BIOS to get the 4790K working it's better to cancel the order and select some other board, probably from the not-so-supported by OSX 9 series? I'd imagine a computer tech shop could do this kind of thing probably as well, hopefully that won't cost too much...
I tried to also research about updating the BIOS without CPU with no luck so that's obviously impossible...?
Item Price
Gigabyte Z87X-OC, ATX 163,79€
Intel Core i7-4790K, LGA1150 300,95€
16GB Kit Crucial Ballistix Sport Series DDR3-1600, CL9 125,53€
Crucial MX100 SSD 256GB, 2.5" 89,64€
Corsair Hydro Series H60 62,99€
TOTAL 742,88€
And at first I was sure everything was gonna be compatible with eachother and with OSX but then I read up some more about the 8 Series motherboards and the new Haswell Refresh 4790K chip and found out that the damn CPU isn't supported by the motherboard on older BIOS versions.
http://www.gigabyte.co.nz/support-downloads/cpu-support-popup.aspx?pid=4514
I'd really like to get that particular motherboard for this build so do you guys think that if none of my friends has a CPU that they can lend me for a while to just update the BIOS to get the 4790K working it's better to cancel the order and select some other board, probably from the not-so-supported by OSX 9 series? I'd imagine a computer tech shop could do this kind of thing probably as well, hopefully that won't cost too much...
I tried to also research about updating the BIOS without CPU with no luck so that's obviously impossible...?