Thanks for the reply. The b450 box does say it supports athlon cpus out of the box (200ge from BIOS version f31). Im more inclined to replace the b450 with a newer mobo, to hopefully sidestep the version issue. But is there any way I can be sure its the CPU at fault?
I put together a new build today with the following components
ryzen 7 5800x (w corsair h60 cooler)
msi gaming gtx 1050 ti 4g
b450 aorus pro wifi
32g gskill memory @2666
samsung 970 evo plus 1t
evga 650 b5
I was concerned about needing a bios update for the b450 w/ my cpu so i bought an...