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VielKira Apr 26, 2020 @ 7:54am
LGA1151 CPU on a LGA1150 Mainboard?
I want to by myself an Intel Core i7-9700 because my CPU is very old and my PC is losing a whole lot of performance because of that.

On the website it says that its a LGA1151 CPU but my Mainboard (H97 PC Mate from MSI) supports LGA1150. So im pretty unsure if this is even going to work out.

As u can probably tell im not a computergeek. I know how to put one together but as soon its gettin into details im completely lost.


So i would like to ask some people, who know what they are talking about, if this is even going to work. Yelp :/

sry for bad london if something isnt correct but i think u get the point

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r.linder Apr 26, 2020 @ 8:02am 
It's not going to work. Completely different socket, and BIOS won't support more than 4th gen.
Last edited by r.linder; Apr 26, 2020 @ 8:02am
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Masque Apr 26, 2020 @ 8:02am 
No, it is not going to work.

Pretty sure the best CPU you can get for 1150 socket is i7-4790K.

It's a very good chip, though.
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VielKira Apr 26, 2020 @ 8:04am 
Okay thanks guys for the quick help!
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Rumpelcrutchskin Apr 26, 2020 @ 8:08am 
Nothing to do here without new motherboard and new DDR4 RAM.
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seagull2006 Apr 26, 2020 @ 8:20am 
Nope. Wont work 1151 cpus only work on 1151 and also 1151 uses ddr4 whereas 1150 uses ddr3.
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Bad 💀 Motha Apr 26, 2020 @ 12:53pm 
MSI H97 PC Mate only supports Intel 4th gen. So best bet is a used 4771, 4770, 4770K, 4790K. But update to latest bios first.

I7-9700 is 9th gen, this would require a Z390 board
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