MSI MAX motherboards 32Mb ROM
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I'm been in this industry long enough to know that every motherboard manufacture screws up at some time so I never let that put me off buying their product again.
What is true is that the MSI 450 boards were widely regarded as the best in category irrespective of the decent price. I suspect this glitch also has a CPU variable that MSI need to account for. Hopefully it will be a matter of weeks for them to iron it out though in the meantime it is severely frustrating for those with components not playing nice with each other.
Yeah but later on the 4th series might be support if the BIOS chip is bigger, all they've gotta do is drop 1st gen support for the extra space.
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If you're seriously hoping the Max boards are going to work nicely with Zen3 when they don't even work properly with Zen2 yet then you're barking up the wrong tree.
Yeah, I don't know what do do now. I'm not buying a B450 board until the whole BIOS/MAX situation is resolved, which either leaves me with buying an X570, which I think are far too expensive (IMO, relatively speaking) or just going for Intel. It's put a massive dampener on the launch for me.
It's a good idea to wait for the 32MB MAX editions if you are going MSI because that should fix any bios issues that could come up when for example the Ryzen 4000 series arrives.
The MAX boards also have out of the box support for the new Ryzen 3000 series, so you don't have to fiddle with updating the bios first to get the new Ryzen CPU's working.
The MAX boards also have out of the box support for the new Ryzen 3000 series, so you don't have to fiddle with updating the bios first to get the new Ryzen CPU's working.
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The max boards are not even out yet, how are they not working
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Exactly. I can't see MSI releasing the MAX boards without doing a whole lot of testing with lots and lots of Ryzen 3xxxx CPU's. The larger bios is a convenient distraction to give them time to get the issue properly sorted.
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I was looking at X570 for the same reason. Problem is, I'd want to go for one with WiFi, and the cheapest option has terrible WiFi. So I'm left having to wait for a B450 MAX and a WiFi card, or wait even longer for a B450 MAX with WiFi. It is proper annoying as the rest of my build is waiting for it.
I'm not hoping at all, just saying it's possible, the reason why the board is struggling is because the BIOS chip isn't big enough, with MAX they'll double the size which means Zen 2 will fit on easily and with 1st gen support dropped 4th gen Ryzen could work, theoretically. We all know if you're wanting next gen support then the X570 is easily the go to, with PCI-E 4.0 and better BIOS.
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I don't think that's quite accurate. The smaller chip size is why the updated Bioses for the B450s use GSE Lite - it's a separate issue.
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Why do you think they haven't announced a release date? What I'm saying is they're bringing out these boards ostensibly to allow both Zen 2 support and the graphical Bios interface. They haven't set a release date because the Zen 2 support isn't there yet.
So yes, when they are eventually released they will support Zen 2 out of the box, but you'll be in exactly the same position as current non-max version owners currently are once Zen 3 is out and they're trying to implement support for that.
It might be fine, but personally I wouldn't make a build around an MSI B450 if I was counting on it to support Zen 3.
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You might want to delete that link before you get an involunatary holiday.
Though yes, not in stock and 33% above non MAX prices.
Hoping that's not going to be the price it is at most stores..
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