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Questions about GIGABYTE products => Motherboards with Intel processors => Topic started by: teknology9 on December 11, 2020, 12:36:42 pm
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Hi,
I have a i5 10400 and plan to install it into a Aorus 460M rev 1.0 motherboard. The BIOS version for this states "Since BIOS version - F2".
The first launch release however is F3. Will I be able to boot into BIOS using the F3 BIOS?
Thanks,
teknology9
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Greetings,
When you see a support since BIOS rev and that revision is earlier than the one your board has currently, the CPU will be supported since a newer BIOS has backward compatibility.
Caveat. In very rare instances, I've seen cases where sticking with a BIOS rev intended for your CPU generation offers greater stability. Why? Some level of BIOS tuning and variance can exist between different BIOS revisions. A manufacturer might spend significantly more time testing and "tuning" BIOS revs which are being released while a specific generation of CPUs are being sold. Over time, a newer BIOS rev may not offer the same performance when used with an older CPU. This is an optimization process that can sometimes go unnoticed or occurs as a result of testing (or lack thereof) as boards whose sockets might support more than one generation of CPU over the course of its useable service life. You won't need to worry about this with the i5 10400 (comet lake family).
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Hi,
Thanks for answer and the additional information shadowsports.
teknology9