New CPU, Do I need to update my BIOS?

[julbar25]

Hey there!

I have seen many questions like that on this forum, but it seems like the case is a bit different for everyone, so here I am asking:

Im planning to upgrade my CPU, from G4500, up to Intel Core i5 6500. I've seen many people saying that it is best to update your BIOS while upgrading CPU. So I did some research, and it turned out, that it is not always the case. I would be thankful if someone could answer my question.

My specs:

Motherboard: H110M PRO-VD
Graphics Card: RX 470
CPU: Intel Pentium G4500
RAM: 8 GB (double 4GB)
Operating system: Windows 10 Home 64bit

My current version of motherboard's BIOS is 2.50.
I'm pretty much a noob, if we are talking about PC's, so I'm not sure if I gave you all the info to answer my question. What I'm trying to say is that I will be happy to fill in any info you need.

Thanks for any help. (Also, sorry for any typos, im not very good with English.

 

[n0ns3ns3]

not really needed in your case, but having latest BIOS is usually a good practice.
might affect stability, power consumption and performance.

 

[10tacle]

Just to add another note, you shouldn't ever need to update your BIOS unless there's a fix involved that was causing problems in the previous BIOS. Things like an upgrade to improve PCIe slot stability or better memory support for example. You can scroll through MSI's list of post v2.5 BIOS revisions and read the list of improvements they made:

https://www.msi.com/Motherboard/support/H110M-PRO-VD

You would need to update it if you wanted to go to Kaby Lake (7xxx series). It's v2.A released on Oct. 19, 2016. But since you are sticking with Skylake, it's not necessary. The old rule of thumb is that if it's not broken, if you are not having any problems running on the current BIOS, don't "fix it."

 

[Satan-IR]

Yes I just want to reiterate that if there's no problem do not touch the BIOS.

Don't want to be dramatic or anything but I've seen motherboards bricked because of a problem or glitch in BIOS update which was not necessary in the first place.

Not that big a deal and not that risky but there's always a chance of problem with the BIOS update process (esp. if it's a single BIOS chip board). If there's not problem with requires a "fix", the fix being BIOS update don't do it as there's slight change it might create a problem.