Bios

[mozzy]

hello am looking for some help i am thinking of upgrading my pc on christmas and i saw a motherboard i like that is compatable with ryzen7 3700x cpu it is a asus b450 but then i watch some videos later on and they said that ryzen 3 gen motherboards needs  the latest bio update for it to work could i use any compatible cpu to get the latest bios update on the mother board or do i have to buy a second gen cpu to do the bios

[Haro]

Most b450 boards ship with the new bios. 

If it didn't just ask the vendor / computer store to update the bios for you.

If they have a sticker that says ryzen 3000 ready then that means that it does 

MSI max boards ship with zen 2 support as well. 

So if you want to be extra sure. 

Go with a tomhawk max or a mortar max or a pro vdh max or an a pro max ( non m ) 

All of these boards ship with zen 2 support.

[zeusthemoose]

What are your current parts?

Most b450 motherboards support ryzen 3rd gen out of the box now. Which specific one are you talking about?

Also, by Christmas ryzen 4000 should be out so if you don’t have the cpu already, you might want to grab a 4000 instead of 3000.

[mozzy]

hey thanks for the reply i have a AMD Athlon 240GE 2-Core cpu right now i understand pc parts but once i found out you need a bios update for motherboards then my nervers hit the roof am plaing on getting a 1660 gpu and a ryzen 7 3700x cpu and a b450 asus rog strix 

[mozzy]

it dosent say nothing about bios in the product information 

 

[Haro]

3 minutes ago, mozzy said:

and a b450 asus rog strix 

Don't. Bad value and doesn't bring much to the table. 

 

1 minute ago, mozzy said:

it dosent say nothing about bios in the product information 

 

8 minutes ago, TofuHaroto said:

Most b450 boards ship with the new bios. 

If it didn't just ask the vendor / computer store to update the bios for you.

If they have a sticker that says ryzen 3000 ready then that means that it does 

MSI max boards ship with zen 2 support as well. 

So if you want to be extra sure. 

Go with a tomhawk max or a mortar max or a pro vdh max or an a pro max ( non m ) 

All of these boards ship with zen 2 support.

^

[mozzy]

1 minute ago, TofuHaroto said:

Don't. Bad value and doesn't bring much to the table. 

 

 

^

whats a good cheap motherboard that can handle ryzen 7 3700x

 

[Haro]

1 minute ago, mozzy said:

whats a good cheap motherboard that can handle ryzen 7 3700x

 

A pro max. 

Pro 4 and the pro vdh max. Are the cheapest boards that can handle around 100A of current ( what an overlocked 3700x usually consumes )

But like what @zeusthemoose said. 

If your upgrading in December. Wait for zen 3. 

Edited July 9, 2020 by TofuHaroto