Question Does the latest BIOS update actually solve the 13th/14th gen issues ?

[stonecpp]

Hi everyone :

Does the latest BIOS update (F19) really solve the 13/14 generation problem? Or does it just reduce the performance or increase the voltage?

I'm using a 13600KF, motherboard model is B760M GAMING DDR4 (rev. 1.x), BIOS version is F16, 12/14/2023. It's working fine now, should I update the BIOS to prevent problems in the future? Or just keep the current BIOS ?

Does this update affect the performance of the CPU?

 

[Lafong]

The entire topic is riddled with skepticism and suspicion about Intel in general (justified or not), so you'll have to decide how much you want to believe whatever you hear.

Couple that with the risk of BIOS updates and the fact that you are having no trouble now.....particularly on an i5 rather than i7 or i9.

Let alone the fact that the latest fix is only a few weeks old.

I think I did see a complaint about the fix affecting performance, but I have no idea if that complaint was valid. I don't own a relevant processor so didn't pay a lot of attention to it.

 

[rene641]

There are many i5 13.gen users who do not have a single problem, I am one of them. I have a 13600KF on a Gigabyte Z690 UD DDR4, after building the CPU ran hot with an unnecessarily high Vcore. After adjusting the BIOS settings, everything is fine and I am absolutely satisfied.
I always keep the BIOS up to date.

 

[Gururu]

Never had a problem but installed anyway. I didn't count beans or anything but don't notice any changes in use.

 

[MCH170]

Does this update affect the performance of the CPU?

I have the same CPU. I updated yesterday from a much older bios, reapplied my OC and run some benchmarks before and after. The results were within margin of error.

Does the latest BIOS update (F19) really solve the 13/14 generation problem?

Only time will tell. Intel seems to be positive that the issue is fixed.

It is worth mentioning that the i5s didn't seem to be affected by the issue in the first place.