CPU/Mobo How often do we need a BIOS update?

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I recently bought my PC with a Ryzen 7600x processor on an ASUS Motherboard, happened to once update my BIOS last month (before that was a September update) cuz I ran into some BT driver issues and all and now its fine. Now I see there is another BIOS update available for Asus introducing Core Tuning features for AM5 chipsets. I've heard that it's a good idea to update our BIOS before switching to a better processor, but should I think about doing so frequently if ASUS publishes a new version, especially when I don't have any intentions to upgrade anything else?

Source - https://wccftech.com/asus-intros-co...latency-for-faster-performance-on-ryzen-cpus/

Am asking this because the update is for ASUS motherboards And am owning an Ryzen cpu with AM5 chipset. The BIOS feature is set to Auto by default within the AM5 BIOS panel and can be set to enabled by the user if they are willing to try it out to get benefits in terms of "gaming".

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Ideally, your system should be on the latest update.

Pragmatically, you should update about a week to a month after release, to make sure there is aren't any glaring issues reported by more zealous users. If there are any issues, then the manufacturer usually responds by removing the update and issuing a new one and the cycle repeats.

In practice I update the bios of my systems when I take them offline for cleaning, so around monthly and only if the the update is more than a month old (so that I know there aren't any issues).

A lot of early USB issues on AM4 were resolved with bios updates that came over a year after release.
 
You should update bios only if you are facing any issue and the update resolves it.
If everything is working as intended - stick to same bios version.

If you decide to update - do it after ta least a month or two after release as suggested above.
 
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