MSI 970 Gaming motherboard and AMD FX-8370 compatibility question

[morgentruesdale]

I'm in the process of helping my brother select parts for a gaming pc he's going to be building soon, and we've decided to go with the MSI 970 Gaming motherboard to pair with the AMD FX-8370 processor due to its cheap price and high specs/good reviews. The only problem I've seen so far is that someone told me AMD 970 chipset motherboards sometimes need a BIOS update to work with the Vishera CPUs. I'm wondering if I'm going to run into any compatibility problems if I go with these two parts. Specifically, I'm wondering if I'd have to update the BIOS prior to installing the Vishera processor, because if that's the case I don't have another AMD processor to do it with which renders the build useless. Also, if I need to update the BIOS but I can do it with the Vishera processor installed, is that possible? Any help is appreciated!

 

[rocktalkrock]

You should not need to update the BIOS for the Vishera processor. The CPU support list shows support for FX-Series Vishera FX-8370 only requires the original BIOS version M.0.