[SOLVED] Bios compatibility MSI B450 Tomahawk MAX.

[MatteoCaporale]

Hi, i'd like to buy a MSI B450 Tomahawk MAX with the Radeon RX 5700 8Gb and with the AMD Ryzen 5 3600x.
Do i have to know something about the BIOS that i don't know?
Is everything compatible?
Thanks!

 

[DMAN999]

It will work out of the box with that 3600x, no BIOS update needed.
Once you get it up and running, I would update to the latest BIOS version though:
https://www.msi.com/Motherboard/support/B450-TOMAHAWK-MAX

 

[MatteoCaporale]

Okay, thank you for the fast response!

 

[MatteoCaporale]

Except for the CPU, is there something else that may need a BIOS Update or that might compromise the stability of the configuration?

 

[CountMike]

Except for the CPU, is there something else that may need a BIOS Update or that might compromise the stability of the configuration?

Pretty much everything that's controlled by BIOS, Board manufacturers often tweak BIOS for better handling of RAM etc. Look at manufacturer's site and you can see what changes in BIOS version affect what.
Example for yor MB
Last BIOS:
Version 7C02v35
Release Date 2019-11-11
File Size 14.5 MB
Description

• Improved system boot up time
• Improved PCI-E device compatibility.

First released BIOS
Version 7C02v34
Release Date 2019-10-25
File Size 14.51 MB

It's likely that there will be some more releases in time.
https://www.msi.com/Motherboard/support/B450-TOMAHAWK-MAX#down-bios




















Description

• Improved system boot up time
• Improved PCI-E device compatibility.

 

[MatteoCaporale]

And if i'll use a MSI B450 Mortar MAX or a MSI B450 Gaming Plus MAX instead of the MSI B450 Tomahawk MAX there will be problems with the BIOS or anything else?

 

[CountMike]

And if i'll use a MSI B450 Mortar MAX or a MSI B450 Gaming Plus MAX instead of the MSI B450 Tomahawk MAX there will be problems with the BIOS or anything else?

It's same thing, all MAX have Ryzen 3000 compatible BIOS from factory, it's up to you if you wish to upgrade BIOS later. Given improvements in new BIOS, I suggest you do that.