Hi, I recently ordered most of the parts to my very first gaming rig build and two of those parts include the MSI Z170a Gaming M5 mobo and the i7 7700k CPU. I did so much research on all of the parts I ordered and made completely sure before I ordered, but I guess through all that research I completely missed the fact that Kaby Lake CPUs are not technically compatible with 100 series mobos from MSI. However, my parts are already arriving on Monday.
I did read that the 100 series mobos got a BIOS update that added support for Kaby Lake CPUs and that you can grab the update by simply using a Skylake CPU, update the BIOS and then switch to the Kaby Lake. My problem is I am building from scratch and don't have a Skylake processor on hand. I read other posts from months and months ago saying that most of the 100 series mobos should be shipping with the BIOS update already installed. It's May now, so should my mobo ship to me with the correct BIOS to support my 7700k? If so then that will save me so much trouble. If not, then I will be forced to either buy a 200 series mobo or figure out how to get my BIOS updated without already having a Skylake.
Anyway, any help and/or info will be greatly appreciated. Thank you
I did read that the 100 series mobos got a BIOS update that added support for Kaby Lake CPUs and that you can grab the update by simply using a Skylake CPU, update the BIOS and then switch to the Kaby Lake. My problem is I am building from scratch and don't have a Skylake processor on hand. I read other posts from months and months ago saying that most of the 100 series mobos should be shipping with the BIOS update already installed. It's May now, so should my mobo ship to me with the correct BIOS to support my 7700k? If so then that will save me so much trouble. If not, then I will be forced to either buy a 200 series mobo or figure out how to get my BIOS updated without already having a Skylake.
Anyway, any help and/or info will be greatly appreciated. Thank you
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