Question Gigabyte B450M DS3H WiFi (bundle)

punkncat

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I am looking at this bundle at Micro Center:


According to the manufacturers website:


This motherboard on revision 1.4 supports all processors that can socket in if I am understanding the "since BIOS version" notation FA correctly. I contacted Micro Center support to see if they know for sure what revision the board is and they state they aren't sure and are telling me the motherboard will require a BIOS revision to work with the CPU in the bundle (5600X). They charge $30 for the service. They don't do online sales so I would have to drive up, buy it, put it in the service cue and then go back again to pick it up. These are 1.5+ hour trips one way. (it would be cheaper to buy an Athlon to use for purpose)

So, to back up a little bit. I am building this system for a friend who does picture editing. The current system is an HP prebuilt that we updated to a R5 1600 and it came with an RX550. I know that if the revision isn't right, I can just use the CPU in the current system to update. This person lives a bit over two hours away and I would 'like' to have it built and ready for them as a barter trade for their services (they don't know I am doing this)
Anyway....

Just to keep things super short and simple as I can, WHERE on the packaging or motherboard will it specify which revision the motherboard is?
 
from my experience it varies where/if they put it on the box. the mobo usually has it somewhere, often in the middle with the model number and brand name.

looking at the link, the mobo pictured has a rev 1.0 in the bottom left corner of the board. so most likely it is this older one they are trying to get rid of. doesn't mean the new one isn't in stock and may be used to fill the order, but the pic shows a rev 1,0 board.

then again, the GB site has the same rev 1.0 on the pics for the new version ?!?!? too lazy to change pic or is that in reference to something else??
 
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