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ASUS brings BIOS support for AMD Ryzen 7 5800X3D and other new CPUs

By VARINDIA - 2022-03-16

ASUS has announced BIOS support and updates readying a range of motherboards for a new wave of 5000 and 4000 series AMD Ryzen CPUs.

To accompany the new Ryzen 7 5800X3D, which features a special 96 MB L3 cache, AMD has released AGESA Version 1.2.0.6b to improve system performance. Many ASUS 500, 400, A320 and X370 series motherboards already have BIOS updates featuring this new AGESA build, and all remaining models that are compatible will receive corresponding BIOS updates by March 25.

All other CPUs in this wave will be recognized by 400 and 500 seriesASUS motherboards via pre-existing BIOS updates — also featuring AGESA version 1.2.0.6b — that can be downloaded from the ASUS. Previous generation ASUS motherboards will receive support for these new CPUs according to the chart below.

	AMD Ryzen 7 5800X3D	AMD Ryzen 7 5700X	AMD Ryzen 5 5600	AMD Ryzen 5 5500	AMD Ryzen 5 4600G	AMD Ryzen 5 4500	AMD Ryzen 5 4100	Date Available
ASUS 500 series motherboards	V	V	V	V	V	V	V	Now
ASUS 400 series motherboards	V	V	V	V	V	V	V	Now
ASUS X370 series motherboards	V* *Official support will depend on AMD updates	V	V	X	V	V	V	March 25
ASUS A320 series motherboards	V* *Official support will depend on AMD updates	V	V	X	V	V	V	March 25

All UEFI BIOS updates will be available on the respective motherboard support pages, which can be accessed via the ASUS Support website at https://www.asus.com/support.