zfnMy understanding isn't great, but from what I read, I thought I would need either an older gen CPU to first boot and update the bios, then switch it out for the new CPU, or get the computer shop to do it for me. Guess I needed to read into this a little more.
Not to shill for AMD but I thought the same thing, but some mobo manufacturers (at least MSI) allow the BIOS to be updated via one specific USB port on the back of the mobo, pretty sure you don't even need to have a CPU installed for it to work.