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[DJ_Pichu]

Hello I have a question.

So recently Im thinking about getting an Intel Core i3-8100 Coffee Lake 3.6 GHz S1151 CPU w/Heatsink or a Intel Core i5-8400 Coffee Lake 2.8GHz S1151 CPU. Will both of them fit on my motherboard which is H81M-A or just 1 or none?

 

[Barty1884]

Neither.
H81 is socket 1150, for Haswell era (4th Gen/4th Gen Refresh) CPUs,... 2013-14 era.

Both the i3-8100 and i5-8400 need 300 series chipsets* on socket LGA 1151
*H310, H370, B360, B365 or Z370

 

[Roland Of Gilead]

None, sadly. Your mobo is only for 4th/5th gen I5's, and is a different socket. You will need a new mobo and ram to accommodate either CPU.

 

[DJ_Pichu]

Neither.
H81 is socket 1150, for Haswell era (4th Gen/4th Gen Refresh) CPUs,... 2013-14 era.

Both the i3-8100 and i5-8400 need 300 series chipsets* on socket LGA 1151
*H310, H370, B360, B365 or Z370

Ah. Are there any good GPUs that can handle the motherboard H81M-A?

 

[Roland Of Gilead]

Eh, Barty! Will you stop answering my threads 30 seconds before I do!!!

 

[Roland Of Gilead]

Ah. Are there any good GPUs that can handle the motherboard H81M-A?

Yes, there are plenty of GPU's that will work with your mobo. But telling us what the rest of your specs are will help us tell you what GPU to get. CPU/PSU, ram amount type etc.

 

[Barty1884]

Ah. Are there any good GPUs that can handle the motherboard H81M-A?

GPU's are not really motherboard-dependent. What will matter more is the CPU you're planning on using - along with the PSU you have. .
On H81, you could have anything from a Pentium G3250 through to an i7-4770(k).
https://ark.intel.com/content/www/us/en/ark/products/codename/42174/haswell.html

If you have an i5 or i7 of the era, I would be comfortable pairing with something up to 1660 or 1660TI territory.
If you have a lower-end chip (i3), then perhaps a 1050TI would be a good card to look at.

Eh, Barty! Will you stop answering my threads 30 seconds before I do!!!

No. Get faster

 

[DJ_Pichu]

GPU's are not really motherboard-dependent. What will matter more is the CPU you're planning on using - along with the PSU you have. .
On H81, you could have anything from a Pentium G3250 through to an i7-4770(k).
https://ark.intel.com/content/www/us/en/ark/products/codename/42174/haswell.html

If you have an i5 or i7 of the era, I would be comfortable pairing with something up to 1660 or 1660TI territory.
If you have a lower-end chip (i3), then perhaps a 1050TI would be a good card to look at.



No. Get faster

Im actually planning to get a 1050 StormX 2GB and someone said it to me it works

 

[Roland Of Gilead]

No. Get faster

The race is ON!!

 

[Barty1884]

Im actually planning to get a 1050 StormX 2GB and someone said it to me it works

Shouldn't be any problem at all, no. Again, depends on the CPU you want to pair it with as far as whether it's a "good" pairing, but it should certainly 'work', yes.

 

[DJ_Pichu]

GPU's are not really motherboard-dependent. What will matter more is the CPU you're planning on using - along with the PSU you have. .
On H81, you could have anything from a Pentium G3250 through to an i7-4770(k).
https://ark.intel.com/content/www/us/en/ark/products/codename/42174/haswell.html

If you have an i5 or i7 of the era, I would be comfortable pairing with something up to 1660 or 1660TI territory.
If you have a lower-end chip (i3), then perhaps a 1050TI would be a good card to look at.



No. Get faster

Wait, I was actually meant to say CPU woops!

 

[DJ_Pichu]

Shouldn't be any problem at all, no. Again, depends on the CPU you want to pair it with as far as whether it's a "good" pairing, but it should certainly 'work', yes.

CPU I got rn is Pentium G3220

 

[Vitric9]

Right. What they said. Neither. But the options are not limited. Performance difference with Haswell Pentium Dual Core with an i3 4130/4150 are significant in a good many titles (games).

Note: Pentium G3258 overclocked to 4.2 to 4.5 GHz would be alright.

 

[Barty1884]

Note: Pentium G3258 overclocked to 4.2 to 4.5 GHz would be alright.

Not likely to be overclocking on that H81 board though (although some non-Z boards allowed it) - and the G3258 is a strict dual-core, as is the G3220 so, while it's a step up.... It's not much of a step up.
An i3 would a bit of a step up with HT, but I'd try to find an i7-4770 if possible (locked variant, non-K). You frequently see old Lenovo's etc sporting them being sold pretty cheap.... Or, at least, an i5-4440/4460.

 

[jon0111]

I have an i7-4790 that is holding up well. 4790(k) would be better, though. The problem is that these processors are more expensive that some of the newer generations.