Intel i3 4150 question

[Roscoe7]

So I decided to finally make myself a new budget gaming rig. However when I got my components I found out that my motherboard was broken straight out the box. Now I'm looking for a new motherboard that goes with my Intel i3 4150. Since price is an issue (about 70€ being the max) it came as a big surprise when a guy from a computer store near me told me that most budget motherboards won't work with my processor because they have an outdated *chipset* (not sure if that was the thing but something was outdated) and the motherboard would need a BIOS update as soon as I bought one which would bring my price up to about 90€ or I could just buy a z97 motherboard which cost about 90€ at the cheapest.

So is this true? What do you recommend i do? Should I just return the processor and buy a different one that would fit with cheaper motherboards straight out the box?

Sorry for the long post but I wanted to give you the full background.

 

[TechyInAZ]

what's your motherboards id?

if your talking about the H87/Z87 chipset then no it isn't "outdated", you can use that i3 on those boards.

 

[Brunostako]

No, that's not true. Any motherboard with the LGA1150 socket is compatible with your CPU.

The Core i3-4150 is a great budget CPU. For your new motherboard I suggest one with the H97 chipset. As already may know, this are compatible with the upcoming broadwell CPUs and i've seen them with really good prices.

 

[blue_smoke]

So I decided to finally make myself a new budget gaming rig. However when I got my components I found out that my motherboard was broken straight out the box. Now I'm looking for a new motherboard that goes with my Intel i3 4150. Since price is an issue (about 70€ being the max) it came as a big surprise when a guy from a computer store near me told me that most budget motherboards won't work with my processor because they have an outdated *chipset* (not sure if that was the thing but something was outdated) and the motherboard would need a BIOS update as soon as I bought one which would bring my price up to about 90€ or I could just buy a z97 motherboard which cost about 90€ at the cheapest.

So is this true? What do you recommend i do? Should I just return the processor and buy a different one that would fit with cheaper motherboards straight out the box?

Sorry for the long post but I wanted to give you the full background.

no worries lol

that guy is stupid

look at the MSI H81M-P33 its 43 usd and has an updated bios for the i3

 

[Roscoe7]

Well I was in another store ready to buy an Asus B85M-G LGA 1150 and the clerk said that it hadn't worked for him so it doesn't work at all. Saying that ''out loud'' now makes me think why I bothered listening to him but I guess I just want to know if any of you has ever heard of such problems with the motherboard in question.

 

[Brunostako]

The problem maybe was he didn't upgraded the BIOS.

As the Core i3-4150 belongs to the Haswell Refresh CPUs (the new ones), the 80 series chipset motherboards need a BIOS upgrade before using them.

 

[Roscoe7]

Well I went and bought the motherboard now (the Asus B85M-G) and it should work now? Or do I need to update the BIOS for it first? And if I do need to update, can I install the processor in its place already and just start the computer up and upgrade it then (provided it starts)?

 

[Brunostako]

Maybe, maybe not. You'll need to try.

If that motherboard came with an upgraded BIOS, it should run. If it didn't, it may not work and you'll have to find someone you can borrow its CPU so you can upgrade the BIOS.

 

[Qan]

No, that's not true. Any motherboard with the LGA1150 socket is compatible with your CPU.

The Core i3-4150 is a great budget CPU. For your new motherboard I suggest one with the H97 chipset. As already may know, this are compatible with the upcoming broadwell CPUs and i've seen them with really good prices.

What if i pair the i3 4150 with z97 board(maybe in future i would like to getting a k cpu) will it work ?

 

[Brunostako]

Yes, it will work.