which model? Im looking at the msi mortat titanium b450m but not sure if it will be enough to handle a stock 3700x
As long as there's a BIOS update for the motherboard and it's been updated then yes it will work.Recently read that you can uprade an existing b450 for the next gen Ryzen 3000 chip without the need for an older gen housed inside. Is this true? Im looking to get ether a 3600x or 3700x but want to save some coin on the motherboard.
True but they needs to have BIOS available and the ASUS B450F (my board for example) has still yet to release a update for the new CPU's.MSI ASROCK ASUS and GIGABYTE have all announced the motherboards that will be compatible with zen 2
And the newer versions 2202 and 2301.Version 2008
2019/03/15 9.25 MBytes
ROG STRIX B450-F GAMING BIOS 2008
Update AGESA 0070 for the upcoming processors and improve CPU compatibility.
ASUS strongly recommends installing AMD chipset driver 18.50.16 or later before updating BIOS.
I spoke to ASUS support staff last week that says that those BIOS versions don't support the 3rd gen and that there currently working on it.WildCard999,
The B450-F has 3 BIOS updates that are supposed to support the new 3000 series CPU's:
And the newer versions 2202 and 2301.
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Probably unless AMD does the short term loan boot kits again.So i take it as false information and will need an older gen housed in motherboard in order to update bios when it is released?
https://www.ozbargain.com.au/node/467512 - Source of information were it labels a flashback feature of MSI motherboard.
which model? Im looking at the msi mortat titanium b450m but not sure if it will be enough to handle a stock 3700xI went for an MSI because of the BIOS flashback feature.
which model? Im looking at the msi mortat titanium b450m but not sure if it will be enough to handle a stock 3700x
Gaming Pro Carbon AC or whatever it's called (they should have added a few more names to make sure to point out just how "premium" this B450 board is).
Here's a list of boards with BIOS flashback:
View: https://www.reddit.com/r/Amd/comments/bvfo57/list_of_b350_b450_x370_and_x470_motherboards_with/
Sadly athere have quite a few people saying that the 2406 BIOS is very Buggy and that the 2301 BIOS works better.New update for the B450-F.
This would be easier if Asus had BIOS notes to let us know what the update actually does.
Funny that you say that, I tried updating 2301 to 2406 last night and when I tried to do it via ASUS's auto update program in the BIOS it said 2301 was the newest but it still shows up in the BIOS update page. Sounds like it still may be available but ASUS isn't allowing it on the EZ update feature till the bugs are worked out.Sadly athere have quite a few people saying that the 2406 BIOS is very Buggy and that the 2301 BIOS works better.
And from what I can find the MSI, ASRock and Gigabyte B450 and X470 Boards all have similar BIOS issues.
So I'd wait a while until the BIOS bugs get worked out before using a 3000 Series CPU on ANY B450 or X470 board.
agreed, get an x570So why would one purchase an older MB for a new CPU?
Especially if you wanted two PCIe slots, and assuming similar costs....what am I missing?
Because most of the new X570 boards cost anywhere from $100 to $300 more than a good B450 or X470 MB and the only real improvement so far is that the X570's allow you to use a PCIe 4.0 SSD.So why would one purchase an older MB for a new CPU?
Especially if you wanted two PCIe slots, and assuming similar costs....what am I missing?
My MB has 2 m.2 slots (1 SATA m.2 and 1 PCIe nvme m.2 slot).
But if I was going to buy a MB right now for a 3700x I would probably look into the better X470 MBs.
Or if I needed to save some cash a Good B450 MB like the one I currently own or an MSI B450 Pro Carbon AC.
You can use this chart as a reference as to which B450 and X470 MBs will best handle the 3000 series CPUs.