B450 ASUS Motherboard with Ryzen 5 3600

[DarkAavenger777]

Why does PC part picker flag when I try to pair ryzen 5 3500 with the asus rog strix b450?

https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/list/2MLgV6

Will i need to update the bios or something?

[tank234]

yes 

[DarkAavenger777]

how would i update the bios?

[tank234]

on the motherboards website. So asus for this motherboard. 

https://www.asus.com/Motherboards/ROG-STRIX-B450-F-GAMING/HelpDesk_BIOS/

 

[Mateyyy]

If there's a "Ryzen 3000 Ready" sticker on the motherboard's box, it doesn't need a BIOS update to POST with Zen 2. PCPartPicker will have that warning present on all non-X570 boards, as not all boards are guaranteed to ship with the required BIOS. To my knowledge though the latest batches of B450-F boards do come with Ryzen 3000 compatibility out of the box.

That being said, I wouldn't get that board for that price. You can get something like a B450 Tomahawk Max or Mortar Max for less, and those offer better VRMs which should be capable of running up to a 3900X at stock speeds.

[gloop]

Don't get that motherboard, get a mortar max which is better and cheaper.

[Haro]

8 minutes ago, gloop said:

Don't get that motherboard, get a mortar max which is better and cheaper.

and supports zen 2 out of the box 

[DarkAavenger777]

3 hours ago, Mateyyy said:

If there's a "Ryzen 3000 Ready" sticker on the motherboard's box, it doesn't need a BIOS update to POST with Zen 2. PCPartPicker will have that warning present on all non-X570 boards, as not all boards are guaranteed to ship with the required BIOS. To my knowledge though the latest batches of B450-F boards do come with Ryzen 3000 compatibility out of the box.

That being said, I wouldn't get that board for that price. You can get something like a B450 Tomahawk Max or Mortar Max for less, and those offer better VRMs which should be capable of running up to a 3900X at stock speeds.

But i want dual m.2 and it has some features that tomahawk max doesn’t

[DarkAavenger777]

3 hours ago, tank234 said:

on the motherboards website. So asus for this motherboard. 

https://www.asus.com/Motherboards/ROG-STRIX-B450-F-GAMING/HelpDesk_BIOS/

 

Can i update the bios with the processor i am going to use which is the ryzen 5 3600 cause I don’t have any other processer?

[Letgomyleghoe]

3 hours ago, Mateyyy said:

latest batches of B450-F boards do come with Ryzen 3000 compatibility out of the box.

Can confirm this

[Mateyyy]

29 minutes ago, DarkAavenger777 said:

But i want dual m.2 and it has some features that tomahawk max doesn’t

The Mortar Max has two M.2 slots.

[tank234]

if it says ryzen 3000 ready on the box then no bios update is required like @mateyyy said. If it doesn't say anything on it then you will need a older amd cpu so that you can update the bios. But most boards now come out of the box ryzen 3000 series ready