Owners of MSI’s 400 series boards will get to upgrade to Zen 3 no matter what modey they own.
(Image: MSI) AMD previously confirmed that Zen 3 would be compatible with 400-series chipsets. However, there’s a caveat to this that has owners for those motherboards nervous. Ryzen 5000 compatibility depends on the motherboard’s manufacturer to implement via an updated BIOS. Not all motherboard manufacturers have committed to making their 400-series boards compatible with Zen 3, but one has announced that they’ll be doing so with every model. MSI will be bringing Ryzen 5000-series support to its entire line of motherboards with no exceptions. MSI is still determining release details, but the company is targeting January 2021 for the new firmware.
