Some AMD 970 chipset motherboards may need a BIOS update prior to using Vishera CPUs. Please Help.

ilikeberrypie · Aug 9, 2014

I didn't have this incompatibility before and I already bought the cpu. Will my board work with my cpu? Here is my build: http://pcpartpicker.com/user/ilikeberrypie/saved/Cjdrxr

Suztera · Aug 9, 2014

The motherboard will most likely have the recent BIOS version or the latest. It should work.

clutchc · Aug 9, 2014

I don't see why it wouldn't work just fine. There's a whole lot of those boards out there running that CPU. Boards that were bought way before now. I'd be really surprised to see that the board didn't have the latest or near latest BIOS if bought from a retailer like Newegg.

jeffredo · Aug 9, 2014

Of course. Unless you buy from some mom and pop computer shop and its been gathering dust for three years I can almost assure you a popular brand like ASUS will have the most recent BIOS (if you buy from some place like Newegg or Amazon).

PandaBear270 · Aug 9, 2014

And even if not, do not worry, because you can buy a Sempron 145 which costs 30$ to flash it.
(And after that, you will have a relic of old computing to place on your desktop

)

Dark Lord of Tech · Aug 9, 2014

Supports FX CPU's right out of the box. SLI \ Crossfire compatible \ 6+2 Power phase design.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

Motherboard: MSI 970 GAMING ATX AM3+ Motherboard ($99.99 @ Newegg)
Total: $99.99
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-08-09 17:21 EDT-0400

WhiteSnake91 · Aug 9, 2014

You won't have a problem buying from a good online store. Unless it's been setting for years in some rinky dink local store like the other person said you should be fine. I've literally never heard of anybody having a problem running a Vishera in any modern AM3+ motherboard. And yeah worst comes to worst just buy the cheap sempron cpu to flash the new bios

edit: That's a really cool looking new MSI AM3+ motherboard. Weird for them to even come out with a new AM3+ mobo though, thought that socket was dead?

If I build an AMD pc I'll probably def use that mobo, I like how it looks. I think alot of the AMD mobos look ugly >_>

Came out back in June, http://www.techpowerup.com/201561/msi-shows-off-970-gaming-socket-am3-motherboard.html

Actually has good SLI support, that MSI g46 board has SLI but has horrible reviews on newegg. This new MSI seems good and supports 8x on both slots in SLI/Crossfire

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