Question Does MSI B360M Bazooka work with 9th gen Intel out of the box.

[CraigsCraig]

Hey hey.
I'm looking to buy a new PC and need to find a mobo. So far I've got my eyes on the MSI B360M Bazooka. The CPU I've chosen is Intel i3-9100F. I have heard that this mobo needs BIOS update before it can run with this CPU. Is that true or that update isn't needed or that update comes out of the box?
Thank you all who help!

 

[Darkbreeze]

It might, if it came with a recent BIOS version installed. There are no guarantees though. Technically, most of those boards will need a BIOS update for 9th gen CPUs. B365 series boards will support 9th gen CPUs out of the box as will Z390. All others may or may not, depending on what BIOS version they have.

 

[CraigsCraig]

Thank you for the reply. In that case I may want to go for a Ryzen 2600. For it I have chosen the ASRock B450M Pro4. Is that a good choice?

 

[Darkbreeze]

"Good" is subjective to what your aims are. If you are looking to get a very inexpensive motherboard without getting one that is complete garbage, then yes, that one is ok. If you want a motherboard that has pretty good quality and performance, without spending a lot, then I'd look at the B450 Tomahawk or Tomahawk max.