BIOS update - do you think I should do it?

[faoudah]

Just checked my motherboard's drivers page since I'm going to download the latest drivers and I noticed that there's a newer BIOS version than the one currently installed and it says: Improve system performance. Should I update the bios? I honestly haven’t noticed any problems, but anytime there’s a chance to improve performance I’ll take it since I’m a gamer, but I'm not really sure if those improvements are game-related.

My motherboard is ASUS PRIME H310-PLUS.

 

[Dark Lord of Tech]

Not worth updating. If it's running fine don't risk it.

 

[Scottray]

I took the plunge this morning. I hadn't updated drivers or bios on my 1.5 year old desktop PC. I have a Gigabyte mobo and used their App tool to do the bios update. I backup everything first. Then, did the bios update. It all went smoothly - no issues. I just made sure to leave the PC alone during the whole process, until it was finished.

 

[faoudah]

Not worth updating. If it's running fine don't risk it.

Yeah, I think you're right. Not worth the risk, but I was kinda tempted by that performance improvement statement tbh

 

[faoudah]

I took the plunge this morning. I hadn't updated drivers or bios on my 1.5 year old desktop PC. I have a Gigabyte mobo and used their App tool to do the bios update. I backup everything first. Then, did the bios update. It all went smoothly - no issues. I just made sure to leave the PC alone during the whole process, until it was finished.

Glad it worked out for you man. I mean, my build is only like 2 weeks old max, and honestly so far it's running smoothly. The moment I feel like I'm having performance issues while gaming however, I won't think twice about updating it. Till then, this should do, but that performance improvement is kinda tempting though xD

 

[kanewolf]

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Question from faoudah : "Should I update BIOS?"

Just checked my motherboard's drivers page since I'm going to download the latest drivers and I noticed that there's a newer BIOS version than the one currently installed and it says: Improve system performance. Should I update the bios?

My motherboard is ASUS PRIME H310-PLUS.

In general, if it's still in warranty then go ahead and flash the BIOS. If you don't like it you can always go back, and if you screw it up then it is warranted.

Looks like ASUS no longer uses a socketed BIOS chip though, so if you do brick it, repair will be a lot less convenient.

That’s kinda scary. I honestly haven’t noticed any problems, but anytime there’s a chance to improve performance I’ll take it since I’m a gamer, but now I’m kinda having second thoughts.