Many gamers and other performance enthusiasts are excited about AMD’s launch of the Ryzen 3000 series this summer. As promised, the new 7 nm processors will use the existing AM4 socket, but it’s up to motherboard manufacturers to update their existing products to be compatible with the new CPUs.
Fortunately for ASRock motherboard owners, the company has now announced that it will provide BIOS updates for 37 different motherboard models to support to the 3000-series processors.
It’s a broad range of models ranging for both the first and second-generation Ryzen CPUs, using the current generation’s X470 and B450 chipsets as well as the initial X370 and B350 chipsets, for whom an upgrade might be most interesting.
In any event, the following motherboards will receive a BIOS update from ASRock:
X470
- X470 Taichi Ultimate
- X470 Taichi
- Fatal1ty X470 Gaming K4
- X470 Master SLI / ac
- X470 Master SLI
- Fatal1ty X470 Gaming-ITX / ac
B450
- Fatal1ty B450 Gaming K4
- B450 Steel Legend
- B450 Pro4
- B450M Steel Legend
- B450M Pro4-F
- B450M Pro4
- B450M-HDV R4.0
- B450M-HDV
- Fatal1ty B450 Gaming-ITX / ac
X370
- X370 Taichi
- Fatal1ty X370 Professional Gaming
- Fatal1ty X370 Gaming K4
- Fatal1ty X370 Gaming X
- X370 Killer SLI / ac
- X370 Killer SLI
- X370 Pro4
- X370M Pro4 R2.0
- X370M Pro4
- X370M-HDV R4.0
- HDV-X370M
- Fatal1ty X370 Gaming-ITX / ac
B350
- Fatal1ty AB350 Gaming K4
- AB350 Pro4
- AB350M Pro4
- AB350M Pro4-F
- AB350M Pro4 R2.0
- AB350M-HDV R4.0
- AB350M-HDV R3.0
- AB350M HDV
- AB350M
- Fatal1ty AB350 Gaming-ITX / ac
If you’re currently using the A320 chipset, you are unfortunately out of luck – support for Zen 2 will not be implemented in the entry-level circuitry. Only Ryzen 3000 chips with integrated ‘Picasso’ graphics, which are based on the older Zen+ architecture (and manufactured on 12 nm) will be allowed to run on these boards.
You can the latest BIOS updates from Asrock’s website or via the software provided with the motherboard.
