Hey Dave

[Dayzed&Kunfozed]

would the MSI Z87 with LGA1150 be an okay board for some graphical demanding games if equipped with the right cpu ?

 

[eton975]

What CPU and graphics card do you plan on using?

Any LGA1150 board should work.

 

[dave_the_nerd]

Well, yes, but:

Z87 is the first-gen Haswell (Socket 1150) chipset.

Many newer chips (second gen Haswell) have been released which wouldn't be supported without a BIOS update. So if you bought old stock that had left the factory pre-update and a newer CPU (like, for instance, an i5-4690) it might not work without a BIOS update first, which you could only apply with the help of a first-gen Haswell CPU.

So you'll want to make sure it either has the latest BIOS update before you buy, or make sure that the CPU you get has a mid or late 2013 launch date. (Example.)

Or you could just get a Z97 motherboard. (They'll support newer Haswell CPUs out of the box, no risk.)

 

[Dayzed&Kunfozed]

Wheww ! That was a close call I Had an eyeball on 4 or 5 of the 87's ..Now I know thanks to the both of ya !! you guys are great help.