AM4 motherboard compatible with Athlon 200GE

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slippyjim

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This may be a dumb question.....
I've searched and read a lot about AM4 motherboard being compatible with Athlon 200GE (Raven Ridge) am I correct in saying
All/most mobos are compatible with a BIOS update (but need old CPU to perform update), some mobos will be compatible out the box if they have been shipped with updated BIOS and the box will have a sticker on it to say this?

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Calvin7

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Motherboards have a sticker on it to say Ryzen 2000 ready were found to only have a BIOS version supporting the earliest 2000 series models and not later models such as 2600 and higher. You can count on an AMD 300 series Chipset motherboard needing a CPU that works with an early version BIOS so you can flash the BIOS before a 200GE will work.
 
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drea.drechsler

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Personally, I think Scout03's suggestion is best since it doesn't appear AMD is extending the Boot Kit program to help with Athlon 200ge's.

What makes it even worse is the early AGESA rev's that support Ryzen 2000 CPU's don't seem to support Athlon 200ge's so the 'Ryzen 2000' sticker doesn't mean anything. That effectively kills A320 boards for this CPU since the majority of people buying such low-end hardware don't have the CPU's laying about with which to update BIOS...if you did, why even buy this bottom-of-market processor in the first place.

Just get a B450 board: they start less than $10 more than A320 boards so it's a good value considering it's useful for future upgrades.
 
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drea.drechsler

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That's kinda sad...it seems the (supposedly locked) Athlon 200ge can actually be multiplier overclocked on some B450 board BIOS revisions.

https://www.tomshardware.com/news/athlon-200ge-overclock-amd-bios,38182.html

But the thing is, this IS intended to be a bottom-tier, ultra-budget, processor. AMD should have worked with board partners to assure customers they could find bottom-tier, ultra-budget, A320 boards that accept it the same way they did for Ryzen 2000 release.
 
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