A BIOS question

[Shodan]

I have this motherboard:

https://www.gigabyte.com/Motherboard/Z790-AORUS-ELITE-rev-11/support#support-cpu

The CPU support list says my i5-14600K is only supported since the FG version of BIOS because the motherboard was made for the 13th generation over a year ago, but the version my motherboard came with is FF, which came out before FG.

As it says here:

https://www.gigabyte.com/Motherboard/Z790-AORUS-ELITE-rev-11/support#support-dl-bios

The FF version came out in August 2023, but the i5-14600K came out in October 2023.

However, when I built the PC, it normally booted into BIOS and detected the CPU correctly, so I didn't want to mess with BIOS updates since it was all working and there's a risk involved. The PC has been working flawlessly for a couple of weeks, no problem of any kind at all.

Anyway...

How come this older BIOS version works with the 14th generation CPU that shouldn't even be supported by the motherboard with this BIOS version?

Is there anything I'm missing out on despite everything working normally?

[Crashed]

They did have 14th Gen support in beta, but it will likely have outdated, pre-release microcode.

[Shodan]

Escrito originalmente por Crashed:

They did have 14th Gen support in beta, but it will likely have outdated, pre-release microcode.

I saw microcode mentions in update logs. What would that mean in practice exactly? What would be the difference?

TPM 2.0 from the CPU works since I installed Windows 11 normally despite forgetting about the TPM requirement, performance and temperatures are optimal and I have never experienced any kind of crashes or anything like that, everything works normally.

[nullable]

There shouldn't be an issue with updating the BIOS, but if everything is working OK there might not be a huge pressure to update if you're not eager to. Although you you should keep a pin in the idea if you do have issues down the road, if a BIOS update would resolve the issues then you would want to update it then at the very least.

If it's twenty years ago I'd be in the don't fix it if it ain't broke camp, but since updating the BIOS isn't as fraught as it used to be I'm in the keep it updated camp. Worst case you can always go back to your current BIOS if you weren't happy with the updates too.

It's your system, admin it how you see fit.