Does my motherboard support Kaby Lake CPUs?

[Alfredo_8]

I recently bought an MSI H110M PRO-VD PLUS motherboard without thinking too much. I was planning to use my i7-7700K CPU with it. Now I'm wondering, will I be able to use my CPU with my motherboard (with flashing the bios)? Or to put it differently, is there a bios update available?

 

[weberdarren97]

BIOS update is available. You'll need a Skylake CPU to install the update though. Even a cheap used Pentium from the local computer store would work for this.

 

[weberdarren97]

May I suggest that you just get the 6700K? There is literally no IPC improvement between the two so its only clock speed that's different. Of course, Kaby Lake has proven to run at a higher default voltage, so the 7700K might not be totally stable on such a basic board. Looks like 3+1 phase power delivery so I'd definitely avoid the Kaby Lake unlocked CPUs on that board.

Technically it supports it, but I can't guarantee it'll be completely happy with it.

 

[Alfredo_8]

BIOS update is available. You'll need a Skylake CPU to install the update though. Even a cheap used Pentium from the local computer store would work for this.

May I suggest that you just get the 6700K? There is literally no IPC improvement between the two so its only clock speed that's different. Of course, Kaby Lake has proven to run at a higher default voltage, so the 7700K might not be totally stable on such a basic board. Looks like 3+1 phase power delivery so I'd definitely avoid the Kaby Lake unlocked CPUs on that board.

Technically it supports it, but I can't guarantee it'll be completely happy with it.

Thank you! I was finding conflicting answers on different websites so I decided to ask here. I got the 7700K for a cheap price so I can't really switch but thanks for the info!