Mobo for Ryzen 3 3200G

[Moparbro]

I need a decent, cheap mobo for my R3. Everything I've found needs a BIOS flash to use and I don't really want to buy an older CPU just to update the BIOS, any suggestions?

[Guest]

There is all kinds of cheap B550 boards to choose from. 

Quite a few sub 100$ (u.s.)

 

https://www.newegg.com/p/pl?d=B550

[williamcll]

4 minutes ago, ShrimpBrime said:

There is all kinds of cheap B550 boards to choose from. 

Quite a few sub 100$ (u.s.)

 

https://www.newegg.com/p/pl?d=B550

B550 isn't out yet

[Guest]

Crap that's a typo.

A lot of these boards will be shipped with supporting bios. 

Also, depending on the board you purchase, some can flash bios without the cpu installed.

 

[DailyProcrastinator]

Just get a B450 with supported 3rd gen Ryzen bios

[jhinfex]

Or you can buy cheap b350 or b450 or even x370 and ask the retail if they can update the bios for you, I'm using the same cpu as you are :))

[Jumballi]

25 minutes ago, jhinfex said:

Or you can buy cheap b350 or b450 or even x370 and ask the retail if they can update the bios for you, I'm using the same cpu as you are :))

check if the retail store offers that and if the service is free, some don't do either.
you can request an update rma from amd where they'll send you a chip to update and then return, but takes a short while.
if you're looking at msi motherboards, look at the ones that have MAX on it, those are ready out of box. They all say 3000 ready but that just means ready with update, not out of box

[RadiatingLight]

This one:https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07XH629TV

 

[Moparbro]

2 hours ago, ShrimpBrime said:

Crap that's a typo.

A lot of these boards will be shipped with supporting bios. 

Also, depending on the board you purchase, some can flash bios without the cpu installed.

 

Will any MSI motherboard with an AM4 socket support an R3 provided it has the right BIOS update? I might get a B450M Mortar Max

[Moparbro]

1 hour ago, Jumballi said:

check if the retail store offers that and if the service is free, some don't do either.
you can request an update rma from amd where they'll send you a chip to update and then return, but takes a short while.
if you're looking at msi motherboards, look at the ones that have MAX on it, those are ready out of box. They all say 3000 ready but that just means ready with update, not out of box

I'm thinking I might get the MSI B450M Mortar Max, will that need an update or nah?

[Jumballi]

3 minutes ago, Moparbro said:

I'm thinking I might get the MSI B450M Mortar Max, will that need an update or nah?

it has MAX in the name