could i upgrade to the Intel Core i5-4590

[pinkrice28]

my setup

powersupply 450w

cpu Intel Pentium G3258 Haswell Dual-Core 3.2GHz

motherboard MSI H81M-E33 LGA 1150 Intel H81 HDMI SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 Micro ATX Intel

ram 8gb

gpu amd radeon r7 250 2gb

 

[RCFProd]

Yes you could. H81/B85/H97/Z87/Z97 is compatible with i5-4000 series processors.

 

[CTurbo]

yes you could

 

[Sakata]

As long as the chip is an LGA 1150 then you should have no problems. And yes the i5-4590 will work.

 

[NormH]

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/VN6NvK here is a link showing the parts together. the only compatibility issue listed is that you may need to update your bios before it would work. other than that you are good to go.

hope this helps

 

[pinkrice28]

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/VN6NvK here is a link showing the parts together. the only compatibility issue listed is that you may need to update your bios before it would work. other than that you are good to go.

hope this helps

im a noob to pcs so srry if this is dumb how would i update my bios?

 

[CTurbo]

No if it runs the g3258, it'll run the 4590 as well