A buddy of mine just ordered a Ryzen 7 3800X / Asrock ROG Strix X470-F Gaming / RTX 2080 (non Ti/non Super).
I found out about this impulse buy after the fact. My question is: Does this motherboard support Ryzen 3000 series (Zen 2) right out of the box? I know that some MB partners are updating the BIOS' of their existing B450 and X470 MB's from the factory. If not, does this board offer a BIOS flashback feature or must a Zen(+) CPU be installed to update it?
Addendum: I also think that he would have been wiser to purchase either a cheaper MSI B450 Tomahawk Max or a equivalent cost, but better for future overclocking potential, Asus TUF GAMING X570-Plus. I'm not sure if he plans to ever overclock but I just watched Buildzoid's new video, which he summarized by stating that if you intend to overclock the 12 or 16 core AM4 CPUs then the TUF Gaming X570-Plus would be his minimum board that he would choose to do so.
I found out about this impulse buy after the fact. My question is: Does this motherboard support Ryzen 3000 series (Zen 2) right out of the box? I know that some MB partners are updating the BIOS' of their existing B450 and X470 MB's from the factory. If not, does this board offer a BIOS flashback feature or must a Zen(+) CPU be installed to update it?
Addendum: I also think that he would have been wiser to purchase either a cheaper MSI B450 Tomahawk Max or a equivalent cost, but better for future overclocking potential, Asus TUF GAMING X570-Plus. I'm not sure if he plans to ever overclock but I just watched Buildzoid's new video, which he summarized by stating that if you intend to overclock the 12 or 16 core AM4 CPUs then the TUF Gaming X570-Plus would be his minimum board that he would choose to do so.
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