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i am looking at getting a GIGABYTE B450 AORUS PRO WIFI motherboard and a ryzen 5 3600 and have seen in many places that i would need to update something in the bios to be able to use the cpu i am just looking for a summary of how to do this and if possible maybe even a video link if possile

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2 minutes ago, Sub2pewdiepie said:

Sub2pewdiepie

That's a old meme 

 

 

 

4 minutes ago, Sub2pewdiepie said:

i am looking at getting a GIGABYTE B450 AORUS PRO WIFI motherboard and a ryzen 5 3600 and have seen in many places that i would need to update something in the bios to be able to use the cpu i am just looking for a summary of how to do this and if possible maybe even a video link if possile

thank you,

You can ask the seller if the BIOS is Ryzen 3000 ready, you would need a upgrade kit otherwise, so you have to contact AMD. 

 

 

 

How to update BIOS video 

 

 

 

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1 hour ago, nerdslayer1 said:

That's a old meme 

 

 

 

You can ask the seller if the BIOS is Ryzen 3000 ready, you would need a upgrade kit otherwise, so you have to contact AMD. 

 

 

 

How to update BIOS video 

 

 

 

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thank you

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most b450 board now are 3000s ready...to be sure ask before you buy them..got an msi b450 gaming pro carbon ac last month and the bios is up to date...

  • CPU
    AMD Ryzen™ 7 5800X 4.7Ghz
  • Motherboard
    MSI MEG X570 ACE
  • RAM
    G.SKILL Trident Z Royal Series 32GB (2 x 16GB) F4-3200C16D-32GTRS
  • GPU
    GeForce RTX™ 3060 EAGLE OC 12G (rev. 2.0)
  • Case
    Cooler Master MASTERBOX MB520 ARGB + Cooler Master MasterFan MF120R ARGB
  • Storage
    ADATA XPG SX8100 2TB PCIe Gen3x4 M.2 2280 SSD
    ADATA LEGEND 960 4TB PCIe Gen4x4 M.2 2280 SSD
    ADATA Ultimate SU800 2TB 2.5" SSD
    Crucial BX500 2TB 3D NAND SATA 2.5-inch SSD
    Toshiba X300 4TB 7200 RPM
    TOSHIBA MG06 (MG06ACA10TE) 10TB 3.5 Inch 7200RPM Enterprise SATA Hard Drive
  • PSU
    Cooler Master MWE GOLD 750 FULL MODULAR
  • Display(s)
    Acer KG271B Gaming Monitor (HDR Ready 27" 1920X1080 240Hz)
    MSI PRO MP241
  • Cooling
    Cooler Master MASTERLIQUID ML240R RGB
  • Keyboard
    MSI Vigor GK80 RED GAMING KEYBOARD
  • Mouse
    Razer Naga Hex Wraith Red Edition Wired Laser Mouse
  • Operating System
    Windows 11 Home
  • Router
    tp-link EB810v BE22000 Tri-Band Wi-Fi 7 VoIP Router
    Asus ROG Rapture GT-AX 11000
  • Network Card
    tp-link Archer TBE550E BE9300 Wi-Fi 7 Bluetooth 5.4 PCIe Adapter
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