You can’t update the BIOS before you do the swap?
I can update my main computer before swapping, sure. Was just wondering if I then didn't have to do anything in addition to just swapping them. I'm used to formating whenever I swap CPUs.
Surely it's not that complicated to flash a bios with an incompatible cpu? Isn't it just sort of "can't function optimally without an update", and not "a literal brick"? It's an entirely new build and I'm not gonna... i don't even know how I'd swap into my current tower, flash, and then pull it out again. I read somewhere that sometimes the mobo instructions state you can flash it after installing OS and sometimes before doing so. Must be a common issue.
There’s no reason to reinstall the OS and formatting is certainly not necessary.
it actually is. you're not going to be able to do it easily if your board doesn't have BIOS flashback or similar features
It’s a literal brick. Motherboard won’t know what registries do what without the model identification information contained in the update.
That’s not how that works. Game performance is almost entirely limited by graphics card, unless your CPU is already entirely capped out by these games, the upgrade won’t make it faster. X3D additionally is most useful for strategy games like Stellaris or Civilisation, it won’t perform miracles in WoW. It’s not an unreasonable upgrade if you’re building a new computer anyway, just be aware that it probably won’t run the games any faster than your old processor.
It's may not double the framerate, but lows will improve. There are games where X3D is great for smoothness.
I've never heard anyone recommend one, and quite the opposite.
Just wait until you hear about printers.
They’re fine. Good to build in, the Node is a great NAS case, and the North genuinely pretty.
I have no desire to fuck around with extraneous expansion cards anymore. My gaming/shitposting rig is purpose built to gofast with as few peripherals as possible. GPU sag is also a real problem I want to avoid. I had hoped that I could use the system as a pseudo-test-bench and swap out GPUs, but the bracket for the case is actually kind of a finicky piece of shit that works well enough when it's installed, but a pain in the ass to mess with.
I think you jinxed me. I just fucked up my front panel I/O headphone jack on my Pop Air from sitting on my headphone cord and almost toppling over my entire PC. Killed the jack's right audio channel and I'm pretty sure the headphones too, sound is much worse than before, like it fucked up the connection inside.
