ryzen stability

fireflyserenity

fireflyserenity

fireflyserenity

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Hi

I'm picking parts for a new pc, I've chosen a ryzen 1700x and I'm trying to pick a motherboard, reading online I keep seeing things like you need to update the bios regularly or your hardware can "brick", I've never done that on any computer, I've never heard of it, does all this mean that a ryzen system will be less stable than an intel one?

Thanks
 
I don't see why.

I bought a bundle from ocuk and didn't need to update anything.

Being used as a printer rip server, no stability problems for me.

You may want to update the bios but regular updates are not necessary for most people and your system won't "brick" if you don't.
 
thanks, would you consider it as stable as an intel system them? I'm not going to overclock or anything like that but I am going to game a bit and use it all day every day,
 
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Most of the updates would be on the RAM issue (I think not owning a Ryzen yet) and possibly a few minor improvements.

However, to update the BIOS now days, you download it to a USB stick, insert it, set up your BIOS to boot off the stick (a couple of key presses and not rocket science). Reboot the computer and it will mostly take care of itself.

You may have to select a file. Let it do it's thing. When it is complete, shut down, remove the USB, reboot whilst tapping DEL. Change the boot order again to your HDD or SSD and save.

All of 5 minutes (10 including locating the file from the MB website.

Don't be worried about it.
 
When it was new there were a few teething issues.

I bought a board which was known to be a bit wobbly a couple months ago and it’s absolutely fine. Get the right RAM and you’ll be fine.
 
fireflyserenity said:
thanks, would you consider it as stable as an intel system them? I'm not going to overclock or anything like that but I am going to game a bit and use it all day every day,
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Its been completely stable thus far.

In my application 100% stability is a minimum requirement.
Crashes are inconvenient at best and potentially expensive.
 
Noughtboy said:
Most of the updates would be on the RAM issue (I think not owning a Ryzen yet) and possibly a few minor improvements.

However, to update the BIOS now days, you download it to a USB stick, insert it, set up your BIOS to boot off the stick (a couple of key presses and not rocket science). Reboot the computer and it will mostly take care of itself.

You may have to select a file. Let it do it's thing. When it is complete, shut down, remove the USB, reboot whilst tapping DEL. Change the boot order again to your HDD or SSD and save.

All of 5 minutes (10 including locating the file from the MB website.

Don't be worried about it.
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Is it something you have to do for intel motherboards as well?

thank you all
 
Not been a fan of AMD for a long time but couple of weeks ago built a TR4 based system. The mobo has only two bios releases so far but I've found the entire system completely stable thus far on the second bios (never tried the first).
Memory is key I believe so do a bit of research and don't buy the cheapest :). Would fully recommend the 8 pack memory. Made me cringe when I first heard about the branded memory. You know what it's like when people put a name to a product, but it's no BS, it's great quality ad seems very good indeed with great timings. Switched it to XMP as soon as I could and 3200Mhz no problem using a 1950X and the cheaper end Asus X399-A mobo.
 
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