Question Upgrade to 5700x on a B450 mobo

[r_scooter]

This question pertains to Flashing the Motherboard. My question is mostly does re-flashing mean starting at the beginning with BIOS version F0 then all the versions to the most recent? In other words, do flashing at a F62 Bios include all the versions before that one.

I am asking because I will likely have to Flash the BIOS on my Gigabyte B450M DS3H up from F61a to F62 for compatibility with a B450 Chipset. It looks like the previous owner flashed the BIOS up from F0 to F61a (FYI F61a doesn't exist on the website, only F61) and I don't know exactly what they did.

So if you can add a reference to the questions above, my process to get this to work is to:

1. Flash the BIOS from 61a to 62
2. Install the 5700x
3. If it works great if not proceed to the next steps
4. re-Flash from F0 up to F62 incrementally (thats quite a bit of flashing and may be dangerous since there are 15 bios versions before F62 so I would like to avoid that if possible)

Additionally, if anyone wants to chime in on the performance issue, that would be great. Like does the B450 perform similarly to a B550 when using a 5700x since a B550 officially supports the CPU.

FYI, I was very happy with the 3700x but I am just getting into benchmarking and want to see the bump in benchmark scores for a 3700x to a 5700x for myself.

System
Windows 11
RAM 32 GB Team Group
Motherboard Gigabyte B450M DS3H ver 1
BIOS Ver F61a
CPU 3700x
Graphics Geforce RTX 2070
Monitor (2) 1080p and 4K
256 M2 NVMe SSD
1 TB SSD
2 TB HDD

 

[bba-tcg]

Just flash from F61 to F62.

 

[DAPUNISHER]

Just follow the directions for flashing to the latest F64 bios and forget all that other nonsense. It addresses a potential security risk recently discovered. I have 3 Gigabyte AM4 boards and flashing is super easy.

PCIe 3.0 vs 4.0 is very small. Other than a slightly lower score in some benchmarks you'll never tell the difference between them in actual use.

 

[r_scooter]

Just follow the directions for flashing to the latest F64 bios and forget all that other nonsense. It addresses a potential security risk recently discovered. I have 3 Gigabyte AM4 boards and flashing is super easy.

PCIe 3.0 vs 4.0 is very small. Other than a slightly lower score in some benchmarks you'll never tell the difference between them in actual use

I will definitely flash to F64. I haven’t flashed a motherboard before, and I couldn’t find the answer to this question online.

Could you provide any assistance with - Do I need to flash F62,F63, then F64.

Thanks so much

 

[Ajay]

You probably want to keep your upgrade questions all in one thread r_scooter.

 

[r_scooter]

Thanks for the advice AJ. Yes, my other post was pertaining mostly to the CPU and infinity fabric so thought it was better in the CPU forum.

My apologies to everyone that gave input on this. I see now that DA_Punisher already addressed my question. I was in the middle of a meeting when I was responding and wasn’t paying full attention.

So I suppose I will grab F64 the latest BIOS from F61. I know this one’s a no-brained for some people.

 

[bba-tcg]

I didn't see any reference to a BIOS past F62. By all means, flash to the latest one.

 

[DAPUNISHER]

This is the page I am getting - https://www.gigabyte.com/Motherboard/B450M-DS3H-rev-1x/support#support-dl-bios

F64 has the patch for the exploit discovered by Eclypsium Research, and optimizes performance for the 5800X3D 06/12/23

 

[DAPUNISHER]

So I suppose I will grab F64 the latest BIOS from F61. I know this one’s a no-brainer for some people.

That's what I do.