Do I need to update Motherboard bios before changing cpu?

[angryminny]

I had an intel i7-4770 in my old build but I foolishly damaged some of the ports on my motherboard rendering my graphics card useless and halfing my ram. My friend kindly gave me his old build so I could pop my hard drives and graphics card into that and put it all in my case and feel like I had my old pc back. (sentimentality y'know.) His i5 processor was already attached to the motherboard and I didn't switch it over to my cpu at the time as I didn't have any thermal paste nor did I fancy the hassle.

Can I just pop my old cpu in now with no issues? Or should I update motherboard bios first? (I am no expert when it comes to PC building, I just follow tutorials, I am not familiar with all the terminology so please advise as if speaking to a 10 year old where possible.)

Mobo: MSI Z87-G43 GAMING
New CPU: Intel i7-4770 3.4gz
old CPU: intel i5 -4570 3.2gz

(also, as a side note. My old CPU has been sitting, still attached to my old motherboard, in an anti static bag for months. It's not been knocked about but it did have a (non-heavy) bag chucked on top of it at one point,. It should be ok right?)

 

[feelinfroggy777]

No, you wont need to update the bios to run the 4770 on your board.

Your old CPU should be fine.

 

[cin19]

According to the MSI cpu support list https://www.msi.com/Motherboard/support/Z87-G43-GAMING.html#support-cpu you can use the i7 4770 without the BIOS update, because the MB can support both cpus with same version BIOS.

And you have to buy thermal paste when you install the i7. Keep in mind don't use too much thermal paste.