H81m-Plus Help

[LWilliams170]

Before ordering my list, of pc bits I was wondering does the h81 come out of the box ready to accept the 1150 set of chips?

 

[pastymuncher]

It will support Haswell out of the box but maybe not Haswell refresh, Devils Canyon and the Pentium G3258 unless it has a very recent bios installed at the factory. Bios 0804 is needed to support Haswell refresh, 0807 for Devils Canyon and 2001 for Pentium aniversary edition (G3258).

 

[LWilliams170]

Ahh "/

Thanks for getting back to me
.. I just relised I ordered the both (g3258 and h81m-d plus) and I thought the h81 had the usb re flash but it doesn't "/ assuming the only thing I can do now is get a hold of a older processor and update that way?

Can anyone offer any other suggestions?

 

[LWilliams170]

Will a i7 4470k work?

 

[pastymuncher]

4770K you mean? It should do as that was the original Haswell release along with all the chipsets.

 

[LWilliams170]

Yeah sorry, 4770k... hope so because I may be able to get my hands on one just to update

 

[LWilliams170]

Found out today that the processor I was going to borrow was the i7 3370 not 4470... bummer "/

Whats the cheapest cpu can I put in just to update, so that I can put my g3258 in?

 

[pastymuncher]

I would suggest you try the G3258 to see if it does boot. If it does then flash to the latest bios using Ez-Flash in the bios. You don't need to have windows installed to do this. If it doesn't boot then a Celeron G1820 is the cheapest you will find. It launched with back in 2013 so should be fine to flash the bios. Keep a eye open on second hand places for one or even a Pentium G3220.

 

[LWilliams170]

Thanks for that mate your awesome

 

[pastymuncher]

You are welcome. Let us know how you get on if you overclock the G3258 on that board. I am trying to make a list of what does and doesn't work so that people don't have to buy a Z97 board for this cpu.

 

[LWilliams170]

No problem will let you know everything I have read so far say that it allows you to... I will confirm this to you when I know .

G1820 is on order.

 

[LWilliams170]

Everything is sorted and can confirm currently oc'd on h81m-dplus, stock at 4.2 at the moment... stress testing now

 

[LWilliams170]

How would I post a print screen up?

I wouldn't mind showing my values in hwmonitor, so people can guide me if I have got anything wrong. This is my first time ocing...

Still on stock cooler at the moment, cooler master decided to send me some nuts with no threads in "/ so I can't install it yet.

seems to be 73deg max at the moment with 4.2 oc

 

[pastymuncher]

Open paint, ctrl + v to paste the screenie, save it then upload to Photobucket, Imageshack or whichever you prefer, get the link and post it on the forum.

I reckon you are going to hit 4.4Ghz before being temp limited with the stock cooler going by what I have seen with other people so far. Pretty poor QC from Coolermaster to let that slip through.

 

[LWilliams170]

https://imageshack.com/i/id7bdL2hp
First one just starting load with prime

https://imageshack.com/i/exUmJBq9p
second with prime running for a while you can see the time on it.

Don't think I'll bother ocing more unill I get a new cooler. I know I thought cooler master would be better than that tbh...

Oh well hope it cracks up to be all that people say they are

 

[pastymuncher]

Did you need to use the G1820 to flash the bios or was it ok with the G3258?

 

[LWilliams170]

had to use G1820 oh well I got a spare now if I ever need it

 

[LWilliams170]

https://imageshack.com/i/eyWC5Rshp

Managed to get 4.5 with 1.3v and 61deg average with 66 peak

 

[pastymuncher]

Looking good. Anymore left in it? You are certainly not temp limited.

 

[LWilliams170]

Most proberly could get it up more but not sure I want to be running mega volatages seemed for have developed a problem since the cpu fan has gone on though....

take a look for me? https://imageshack.com/i/hj8jXzRop