Hagrid
[H]F Junkie
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Not sure how much effort a new bios update is for a mfg.Yes, it's possible you can put a 4600x for example but not work with a 4950x due to TDP/VRM limits. I can't make any promises for what a motherboard manufacturer may or may not do though!!! Also, remember a lot of B350's where already EEPROM constrained for the 3xxx series. This won't be better for the 4xxx series. Also, a lot of B350's are already over 3 years old, not sure how much more effort the manufacturers are going to put time/effort/resources into them. How many updates do you hear about for a B250 from Intel? Those came out within 1 month apart... the fact that you still see B350's rocking and people still buying them is impressive in it's own right, but I probably wouldn't go buying one and hoping for future support. I have a B450 and am hopeful but wouldn't be that upset if I had to upgrade to a B550 when they come out. It takes microcode updates to support a new CPU (or cpu series), so it is dependent on the Mfg adding the support and the bios having enough space to fit more code.