Question Z87-HD3

[Salty25]

I have this Gigabyte MB and am running a i5 4670. I recently picked up a GTX 1060 card for the system. I thought about changing the CPU to a i7 4790K. I looked on the Gigabyte site and saw it needed the F7 version for the bios, I had F6. For some reason when I updated the bios I used F8 instead. The system still worked with the i5 CPU.

I picked a i7 CPU and installed it on the MB. The computer would only boot loop. I tried to install the F7 bios but it won't let me since it is older than the F8. But the i5 CPU still worked so I figured maybe it was a bad CPU.

I asked tech support on the Gigabyte site if the F8 would work with the i7 but have not gotten an answer. Before I spend $300 on buying another i7 does anyone know if the F8 bios will work with that CPU?

Thanks.

 

[punkncat]

Full system specs, including PSU, please

 

[Salty25]

Z87-HD3
i5 4670
16GB Kingston DDR3 (2X8GB)
GTX 1060 (6GB)
850W PSU
Win 10
Win installed on SSD with all other programs on another HD

 

[Salty25]

A friend suggested to me that I just buy a new MB and CPU.

So I'm going to look around for a MB and CPU combo that will take the 1060 I have. I'll probably have to step up to something that will run DDR4 and get some memory for it as well.

 

[SkyNetRising]

Before I spend $300 on buying another i7 does anyone know if the F8 bios will work with that CPU?

Reset BIOS settings.
Remove any overclocking.
Try to boot into safe mode.

 

[Salty25]

Reset BIOS settings.
Remove any overclocking.
Try to boot into safe mode.

Thanks for the answer.

I never overclocked it. I tried to reset the bios and to force the backup bios to overwrite the main one.

I don't have that i7 CPU to try again. I sent it back thinking it was bad.

I'm looking into getting a new setup based around a i5 10600KF.