You might think that a motherboard that claims to be compatible with your processor is actually compatible. Despite being marketed as compatible with the 3rd Gen Ryzen processor, a BIOS update is required before it can even boot. This wouldn't be too much of a problem if it supported Flashback, but it doesn't.

I bought this board to build my father a new system to replace his aging Dell Optiplex 210 512GB and EVGA 430W power supply. Haven't had a single issue with this board in the months since he's had the new system. It pairs well with the APU and allows you to play some modern games at playable frame rates, which is really all it takes when playing Tower Defense or Bloons Solitaire. I wish I had checked it out with the right GPU, but at the time of writing the GPU market was in turmoil, even the…

The board arrived, I put it away for a week while waiting for my AMD Ryzen 7 3700X to arrive. When it arrived I finally opened the box for the board. I connected everything to the board on the test bench because trying to be smart I went to power it up. and nothing happened. I checked all my connections, looked for any visuals that could identify the problem, turned it back on and again nothing happened. I ended up spending 4 hours testing all the variables and literally the only thing that…

Be careful which processor you buy. Mine shipped with the first version of BIOS version F1. Search Gigabyte on the website and see if your CPU is compatible with F1 BIOS. Just assume it's not updated. Please try, I've done it and lets just say my 5600G doesn't show the power button, doesn't respond to shutdown even when held down with no splash screen even when the monitor was detected. I actually made the mistake of setting up a refund and ordering another one before thinking about the CPU…