Motherboard Linux Support

[seniorgeek]

I am building a high end PC with the AMD 5950X.

Which vendor has the best mobo support, ASUS or Gigabyte or ASRock for Linux users? Areas of concern include (but not limited to):
- BIOS updates
- Drivers for sensors, etc
- Releases via FWUPD

[rbmorse]

I have an ASUS x570 board that works well with every Linux distro I've tried. In response to your specific questions:

1. ASUS updates the UEFI package via a built-in utility. Updates are operating system agnostic. My C8H board has received updates roughly every two months since new. Currently using the latest release AGESA package from AMD (there's a beta pending, but ASUS has not made that one available).

2. Everyone is the same for Linux. Sucks compared to Wintel. I'm told this is an AMD issue.

3. Nope.

[seniorgeek]

Thanks, rbmorse, for the reply. I am about to pull the trigger at newegg for the ASUS ROG Crosshair VIII Dark Hero

[rbmorse]

I've got the non-dark Hero with a 5800x CPU. Been very happy with it.

Some owners have reported that x570 boards can be picky about memory, especially when using all four DIMM sockets. I've got 4 X 16 Corsair vengeance 3200C16 (listed on the QVL) and it hasn't given me any problems. Note the pins on the motherboard headers are very soft. Use care whilst assembling.