AMD's new Ryzen 5000 series CPUs get surprise early B450 mobo support

AMD unleashed its new Zen 3 architecture that powered the Ryzen 5000 series CPUs, and now they'll work on an ASRock B450 based motherboard.

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ASRock has announced that it has new BIOS updates being pushed out to its AMD B450-based range of motherboards, which is a huge deal. You can buy the mid-range Ryzen 5 5600X processor with a cheaper B450 motherboard, and enjoy a super-powered but not super-overpriced gaming rig.

ASRock B450 boards + BIOS update version

• B450 Steel Legend: P3.70
• B450 Pro4: P4.50
• B450 Pro4 R2.0: P4.50
• Fatal1ty B450 Gaming K4: P4.50
• B450M Steel Legend: P3.60
• B450M Steel Legend (Pink Edition): P3.60P
• B450M Pro4: P4.60
• B450M Pro4 R2.0: P4.60
• B450M Pro4-F: P2.40
• B450M Pro4-F R2.0: P2.40
• B450M/ac: P2.30
• B450M/ac R2.0: P2.30
• B450M-HDV: P4.20
• B450M-HDV R4.0: P4.10
• Fatal1ty B450 Gaming-ITX/ac: P4.20