[Grangar]

Yeah I'm looking into upgrading my 6500 to a Ryzen 3 3600. It's a shame there's no B550 boards yet.

[ben-schaaf]

From what we've seen so far B550 is pretty much just x470 (no PCIE4). And B450, B350 boards will do fine running a 3600. I don't really see a point waiting for B550.

[Grangar]

It's mostly just that I'm afraid I'll order a board that isn't on the latest bios, which will be a headache.

And an excuse to postpone.

[wormslayer666]

Some MSI motherboards (and maybe others?) have a "Flashback" feature to flash BIOS from a USB storage device without needing a CPU.

[frio]

I was completely unaware of this feature, and blissfully saved by it when building a computer for a family member. It's a killer feature.

[Grangar]

Oh nice, I had no idea. I might pull the trigger on black friday then.

[soulofmischief]

Can confirm, mine supports this.