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Aerrow Mar 11, 2019 @ 3:43am
Are Z390 Motherboards compatible with 9th Gen CPUs out of the box?
I have decided to start a fresh PC build and was thinking of buying a Z390 Aorus Pro Motherboard to run a i5-9600k. I know that the motherboard is compatible with 9th gen CPUs, however some further research identified that LGA 1151 chip sets require a BIOS update to be compatible with 9th gen CPUs. That brings up the problem of doing a BIOS update with a incompatible CPU which is a problem I don't want to think about. So, is it likely that the Z390 chip set motherboards are updated out of the box to run 9th gen? Or will I end up setting up a PC to end up with a post startup error.
Side note: even if I do have a incompatible CPU that requires a BIOS update, can I even get into the BIOS?
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Omega Mar 11, 2019 @ 3:49am 
Z390 will have support for the 9000 series out of the box, yes.
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sawdust3d Mar 11, 2019 @ 4:50am 
Yup, what he said.

Z390s are fine
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