Question Will i need to update the bios?

[ItsYZ]

I just got an Asus TUF gaming Z790 Plus wifi and an i7-14700k, but im not sure if i will need to update the bios to be able to support the cpu.

And if i need to update the bios will the motherboard detect the processor at all?

Off topic question, i will be using the same SSD and hard drive and will be preforming a fresh windows installation so will i be able to format the drives after replacing the motherboard or do i need to wipe the drives before hand?

Sorry but its my first pc upgrade😅

 

[Lafong]

Off topic question, i will be using the same SSD and hard drive and will be preforming a fresh windows installation so will i be able to format the drives after replacing the motherboard or do i need to wipe the drives before hand?

You don't need to format the drive first.

Your Windows installer should be on a USB flash drive made via Microsoft's "Media Creation Tool".

You boot from the USB flash drive and you will be shown all existing partitions on the drive, with a checkbox for each to delete them. Delete them all. The installer will do the necessary formatting and make new partitions as it sees fit.

Run the installer with ONLY ONE DRIVE connected.

 

[geofelt]

The 14th gen was supported by bios 1205 which was released 6/2023.
Unless you got really old stock you are ok.
It may be that the only updates is documentation since 13 and 14th gen processors are essentially the same .

When you do a new clean install of windows, you will be given an option to format and erase the target drive. No need to do anything else first.

 

[zinkles]

You might need a BIOS update for the CPU to be recognized.

Off topic question, i will be using the same SSD and hard drive and will be preforming a fresh windows installation so will i be able to format the drives after replacing the motherboard or do i need to wipe the drives before hand?

You can format them when clean installing Windows from the USB stick.

 

[ItsYZ]

Run the installer with ONLY ONE DRIVE connected.

So i should only have my m.2 nvme SSD on my motherboard at the start?

 

[ItsYZ]

The 14th gen was supported by bios 1205 which was released 6/2023.
Unless you got really old stock you are ok.
It may be that the only updates is documentation since 13 and 14th gen processors are essentially the same .

So if im unlucky and get old stock what would my options be?

 

[geofelt]

If you have any other drive present while you install windows, windows will place a boot manager on it, requiring you to always have that second drive present to boot.

If you got old stock and you could not get into the bios:
1. Have the store you bought from exchange for a more recent motherboard.
2. Have the store or a repair shop use a compatible processor to do the flash.
3. Buy a cheap compatible celeron processor to do the flash.

 

[zinkles]

So i should only have my m.2 nvme SSD on my motherboard at the start?

It's for your ease. You'll format only the drive you want to when doing so.
Or else, when multiple drives are attached, its hard to differentiate them.

So if im unlucky and get old stock what would my options be?

Since BIOS flashback isn't available on that board (am i right?), you could either borrow a CPU compatible with that BIOS version and use that to get into BIOS and flash the newer version. If you're unable to borrow, a computer shop may be able to help you, since they have the CPUs.

 

[Lafong]

So i should only have my m.2 nvme SSD on my motherboard at the start?

ONLY the drive onto which Windows will be installed....regardless of whether it is NVMe, SATA, HDD, or whatever.

The USB installer flash drive needs to be at least 8 GB in capacity.

Connect other drives later. They will appear as some drive letter other than C.