MSI B85M Gaming Intel B85 (Socket 1150) DDR3 MATX Motherboard compatible with i5-4690K?

GTO656 · 8 Apr 2015 at 16:09

Hey guys well I have already made my order for my new gaming rig, realising that my CPU I bought with it i5-4690K might not work. I then went onto their site and checked the board and scrolled down and seen this;

Core i5 Haswell Refresh i5-4690K 100 3.5 1M 6M C0 88 HD Graphics 4600 1200MHz

Would that mean it will work with the mobo, as I can't see any Haswell Refresh version of this CPU if there is any lol.

Many thanks

stulid · 8 Apr 2015 at 16:34

Yes it works.

GTO656 · 8 Apr 2015 at 16:48

stulid said:
Yes it works.

Yippeee no need 2 send back then

pastymuncher · 9 Apr 2015 at 11:09

The 4690K is a Devils Canyon (basically Haswell refresh) cpu so may need a bios update for it to work. It depends how recently the board left the factory. Be very careful though as being a MSI board there is a high chance of bricking the board.

Man Manne · 13 Apr 2015 at 19:33

Going for the B6 Sniper B85. Apparently out of the box support for Haswell Refresh and also dual bios, which has helped me in the past.

pastymuncher · 14 Apr 2015 at 10:48

Let us know how you get on with it. Guru3D overclocked their 4770K to 4.8Ghz with that board.

GTO656 · 15 Apr 2015 at 14:24

The B85 board I got last week fully works with the CPU, but can't OC CPU or RAM unfortunately

. But ended up ordering this today

- https://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MB-261-MS

pastymuncher · 15 Apr 2015 at 18:46

Nothing at all? That's strange as the wifes Gigabyte B85M-D3H overclocks my 4670k no problem. I would'nt have gone with a MSI board. The chance of bricking the board when updating the bios is extremely high. They have never solved their bios flashing problems which is poor seeing as they have had the problem for years.

GTO656 · 20 Apr 2015 at 18:44

pastymuncher said:
Nothing at all? That's strange as the wifes Gigabyte B85M-D3H overclocks my 4670k no problem. I would'nt have gone with a MSI board. The chance of bricking the board when updating the bios is extremely high. They have never solved their bios flashing problems which is poor seeing as they have had the problem for years.

Nope nothing at all I ended up getting MSI Z97 Gaming 5 Board, all good now as far as Overclocking SLI/Crossfire and such

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