BIOS Advice for cpu upgrade

[Brxdman]

Hello.

I'm about to order a ryzen 5 5600x and im curious about what bios version i should upgrade to.

 

I currently have a ryzen 5 2600 inside of a "Asrock b450m steel legend" with bios P2.90 and i'm not sure what bios version I should upgrade to for a Ryzen 5 5600x

 

link for the bios

ASRock > B450M Steel Legend

 

cpu support list link

ASRock > B450M Steel Legend

 

[Hinjima]

16 minutes ago, Brxdman said:

Hello.

I'm about to order a ryzen 5 5600x and im curious about what bios version i should upgrade to.

 

I currently have a ryzen 5 2600 inside of a "Asrock b450m steel legend" with bios P2.90 and i'm not sure what bios version I should upgrade to for a Ryzen 5 5600x

 

link for the bios

ASRock > B450M Steel Legend

 

cpu support list link

ASRock > B450M Steel Legend

 

The Ryzen 5600x is supported on BIOS version P3.60 or later on your motherboard.

So update to P3.60 or a later version for your 5600x  

 

Read the BIOS update versions carefully as some versions might require a certain BIOS version or Chipset driver to be installed first.

 

As some CPU's, especially 1st gen Ryzen might actually lose support after updating the BIOS due to a BIOS update being limited in size, it can't hold all information for all CPU's.. I would recommend only updating the BIOS once you have the 5600x in hand.

Of course, update with the 2600x  

[strange13930]

you will need to update it to P3.60 to support the cpu

[Imakuni]

10 minutes ago, Brxdman said:

I'm about to order a ryzen 5 5600x and im curious about what bios version i should upgrade to.

Are you sure this is a good idea? The 5600 non-X should be cheaper, yet just as powerful. Alternatively, spending the extra on the 5700x3D will be a massive upgrade in performance (albeit considerably more expensive).

 

11 minutes ago, Brxdman said:

I currently have a ryzen 5 2600 inside of a "Asrock b450m steel legend" with bios P2.90 and i'm not sure what bios version I should upgrade to for a Ryzen 5 5600x

You always go straight for the latest, unless the mobo page says otherwise. In this case, 10.31 claims you shouldn't use it with a 2600x, so go to the next step down (10.30) and use that, as it should support both chips.

[Brxdman]

4 minutes ago, Imakuni said:

Are you sure this is a good idea? The 5600 non-X should be cheaper, yet just as powerful. Alternatively, spending the extra on the 5700x3D will be a massive upgrade in performance (albeit considerably more expensive).

 

You always go straight for the latest, unless the mobo page says otherwise. In this case, 10.31 claims you shouldn't use it with a 2600x, so go to the next step down (10.30) and use that, as it should support both chips.

im going for 5600x rather than 5600 as its only £4 more, £109 vs £113. 

thanks for the information

[Brxdman]

10 minutes ago, Imakuni said:

Are you sure this is a good idea? The 5600 non-X should be cheaper, yet just as powerful. Alternatively, spending the extra on the 5700x3D will be a massive upgrade in performance (albeit considerably more expensive).

 

You always go straight for the latest, unless the mobo page says otherwise. In this case, 10.31 claims you shouldn't use it with a 2600x, so go to the next step down (10.30) and use that, as it should support both chips.

also would 4.60 be the safer option as its not in beta? or just 10.30? sorry for the questions ive just never updated bios before

[Imakuni]

7 minutes ago, Brxdman said:

also would 4.60 be the safer option as its not in beta?

Ofc it wouldn't be safer. In fact, quite the opposite, it would be riskier: it's much older and doesn't have all the latest security fixes.

 

I'll say it again: go for the latest unless the page tells you not to.

[Brxdman]

Just now, Imakuni said:

Ofc it wouldn't be safer, it's much older and doesn't have all the latest security fixes.

 

I'll say it again: go for the latest unless the page tells you not to.

tyvm