Will the asrock extreme3 970 support the new vishera 6300

[CrypticBox]

Out of the box with no bios update? Planning to use it for my first build.

Here's a link to the board itself:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813157280&Tpk=asrock%20extreme3%20970

 

[djangoringo]

No, you'll have to update the board first for piledriver(fx-6300) cpus, bulldozer cpus are fully supported by default bios.

 

[CrypticBox]

No, you'll have to update the board first for piledriver(fx-6300) cpus, bulldozer cpus are fully supported by default bios.

Yeah, that's what I was afraid of....Do you have any suggestions for a board under 100 dollars that supports vishera out of the box? Are there any that are even any being sold right now?

 

[djangoringo]

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813157281

990FX chipsets supports by default bios.

 

[CrypticBox]

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813157281

990FX chipsets supports by default bios.

A bit out of my budget range, but thanks. I'll definitely consider it. Would I be correct in assuming 970 chipsets are pretty hit or miss with no certain way to tell whether it will support vishera or not?

 

[CrypticBox]

Actually wait. Is there any way to tell what Bios version a motherboard has before you buy it?

The board I listed should be compatible with the 6300 if it comes with at least bios P1.60, according to this:

http://www.asrock.com/mb/AMD/970%20Extreme3/?cat=CPU

 

[djangoringo]

Yes if it has the bios P1.60, but i don't know how to see the bios version on that site.
But it probably won't have that version shipped.

 

[satyamdubey]

Actually wait. Is there any way to tell what Bios version a motherboard has before you buy it?

The board I listed should be compatible with the 6300 if it comes with at least bios P1.60, according to this:

http://www.asrock.com/mb/AMD/970%20Extreme3/?cat=CPU

1.60 was released in July this year so there's a pretty good chance that it'll work out of the box. There's a lot of confusion on this subject (lot of threads running in parallel) and i've been quiet frustrated myself trying to suggest people boards that may be compatible with Vishera.