ASRock Releases New BIOS for Five X370 Motherboards
Last month, ASRock released a new BIOS for the X370 Pro4 motherboard, officially supporting AMD Ryzen 5000 processors for the first time. After a lapse of about a month, ASRock expanded further, announcing the same new BIOS for five other X370 motherboards.
The five X370 motherboards are Fatal1ty X370 Gaming K4, Fatal1ty X370 Gaming X, Fatal1ty X370 Professional Gaming, X370 Killer SLI/ac, and X370 Killer SLI, and the BIOS version is 7.03. In addition to supporting the existing Ryzen 5000 series processors, it will also support the upcoming Ryzen 7 5800X3D, a Zen 3 architecture product that uses 3D Vertical Cache (3D V-Cache) technology.
Although the new BIOS adds support for Ryzen 5000 series processors, it also removes support for Bristol Ridge (AMD A-series/Athlon X4 series) processors, which is probably limited by the BIOS capacity. ASRock also reminds users in the update log that if you are using Pinnacle, Raven, Summit, or Bristol Ridge processors, it is not recommended to update this BIOS.
Using a Ryzen 5000 series processor on a 300 series motherboard will lose some features, such as PCIe 4.0, PBO, and Smart Access Memory, but it’s not that important. It is worthwhile to get support for Zen 3 architecture processors on the old platform at a relatively low cost and match the performance of the new platform. In addition to ASRock, I believe that other motherboard manufacturers should have similar operations in the future. Previously, David McAfee, AMD vice president, and general manager of customer channel business said in an interview with the media that when the 300 series motherboard supports the Ryzen 5000 series (Vermeer) processor, users can get the correct experience.
