First AMD build. Any BIOS settings I should change right away?

MxPhenom 216 · Jul 16, 2021

Im about to get started on my first AMD build. Is there any BIOS setting I need or should change right away before I install the OS? Other than the basics that apply for Intel and AMD, like time, boot order, etc.

xrror · Jul 16, 2021

The only thing I can think of is making sure you're set to UEFI boot if you're considering windows 11 in the future. But I think most boards default to that these days.

(or if for some reason you do\want a legacy MBR install, with windows at least make sure to add 100MB [at least!] to the beginning system partition [you'll need to do this in windows setup] so you can carve out a 100MB efi boot parition later [+plus convert to GPT])

s3thra · Jul 16, 2021

The only AMD-specific thing I can remember I think I had to do was turn on AMD-V. I realised it was off when I first tried to create a VirtualBox machine. Depends on whether you run VM's though.

cvaldes · Jul 20, 2021

Nah, just use the motherboard's default settings for the OS install. You can diddle with BIOS settings later.

I don't even touch the fan settings. As long as the CPU is being adequately cooled then I just proceed installing software. I tweak the fan curves later once I learn how the system thermals are under normal and heavy usage.

System Name	Ryzen Reflection
Processor	AMD Ryzen 9 5900x
Motherboard	Gigabyte X570S Aorus Master
Cooling	2x EK PE360 \| TechN AM4 AMD Block Black \| EK Quantum Vector Trinity GPU Nickel + Plexi
Memory	Teamgroup T-Force Xtreem 2x16GB B-Die 3600 @ 14-14-14-28-42-288-2T 1.45v
Video Card(s)	Zotac AMP HoloBlack RTX 3080Ti 12G \| 950mV 1950Mhz
Storage	WD SN850 500GB (OS) \| Samsung 980 Pro 1TB (Games_1) \| Samsung 970 Evo 1TB (Games_2)
Display(s)	Asus XG27AQM 240Hz G-Sync Fast-IPS \| Gigabyte M27Q-P 165Hz 1440P IPS \| Asus 24" IPS (portrait mode)
Case	Lian Li PC-011D XL \| Custom cables by Cablemodz
Audio Device(s)	FiiO K7 \| Sennheiser HD650 + Beyerdynamic FOX Mic
Power Supply	Seasonic Prime Ultra Platinum 850
Mouse	Razer Viper v2 Pro
Keyboard	Razer Huntsman Tournament Edition
Software	Windows 11 Pro 64-Bit

System Name	Ryzen
Processor	AMD Ryzen 7 5700X
Motherboard	Asus TUF Gaming B550-Plus (Wi-Fi)
Cooling	Cryorig H7
Memory	Kingston Fury Beast DDR4 3200MHz 2x8GB + 2x16GB
Video Card(s)	Sapphire NITRO+ Radeon RX 6700 XT GAMING OC
Storage	WD_Black SN850 500GB NVMe SSD + Adata XPG SX8200 Pro 512GB NVMe SSD
Display(s)	Gigabyte G27QC
Case	NZXT H510 Flow
Audio Device(s)	SteelSeries Arctis Prime
Power Supply	Corsair RM650x Gold 650W
Mouse	Logitech G502 Hero
Keyboard	HyperX Alloy FPS Cherry MX Blue
Software	Windows 11 Pro

System Name	daily driver Mac mini M2 Pro
Processor	Apple Silicon M2 Pro (6 p-cores, 4 e-cores)
Motherboard	Apple proprietary
Cooling	Apple proprietary
Memory	Apple proprietary 16GB LPDDR5 unified memory
Video Card(s)	Apple Silicon M2 Pro (16-core GPU)
Storage	Apple proprietary 512GB SSD + various external HDDs
Display(s)	LG 27UL850W (4K@60Hz IPS)
Case	Apple proprietary
Audio Device(s)	Apple proprietary
Power Supply	Apple proprietary
Mouse	Apple Magic Trackpad 2
Keyboard	Keychron K1 tenkeyless (Gateron Reds)
Software	macOS Ventura 13.6 (including latest patches)
Benchmark Scores	(My Windows daily driver is a Beelink Mini S12. I'm not interested in benchmarking.)

First AMD build. Any BIOS settings I should change right away?

MxPhenom 216

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xrror

s3thra

cvaldes