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i am having the same issue over and over with this motherboard. it will not run my DRAM in dual channel mode ive tried everything i can think of but to no avail. im currently running corsair vengeance CL10 4x8GB. i have also run a G.Skill 4x4GB and it had the same results. i have tried using DOCP mode in the BIOS and my CPU is the FX-8350. i just am trying to see if anyone else has had this problem and found a solution to it.

I cant seem to find the answer online anywhere and everything i read is very vaguely explained, i would like to know if my 500W psu can run an AMD FX-8350 cpu on a 4 pin connection, from what i see on my psu it can give up to 120watts to the cpu and the FX-8350 i read needs at least 125W if i get a motherboard with an 8 pin for the cpu will this be a problem or can i just leave it, sorry if this sounds like a really dumb question.

So I have this FX-8350. Mobo: Gigabyte 970A-D3 RAM: A-data 4x4GB 1333MHz Cooler: Kraken x52 PSU: corsair HX850w (850w) Case:NZXT H440 (lots of fans) Is this a suitable set up for OCing or would my mobo or ram make this not a very good idea? Jays2Cents has a video but I seem to have a very different stock voltage than him. (mine @1.476v and his @ 1.38v). I reset to recommended defaults but im still almost .1v higher to start than his. Without touching voltages i set mine to 4.4GHz from 4.0 and it seems stable in prime95 (15min run) but the temps are jumping from 30C to 63C without me changing anything. What is a good temp to be at?

My current PC is running an FX-8350, but I'm going to upgrade to Ryzen when I start my exchange year in the US. So what I'm asking is should I use the FX-8350 for a NAS build I want to do or is it better to buy a cheap Xeon off Ebay? I almost never see FX-series in any NAS builds but I imagine the higher core count could be useful for server usage.

Hello, in the last couple weeks i've been fiddling around with my pc overclocking and stress testing making sure things are good and what not. well i finally got my settings where its happy and had it stressed with aida 64 for over 24 hours, but had an issue when playing a couple games, so checked into those fixes which seem to have helped,but i cant help but notice when i wanted to make sure its still stable i saw something i hadnt seen before,the cpu temps jumping a little over 10 degrees. Has anyone else had this? Its an FX-8350 on a msi gaming 970 board with gskill aegis memory and a zotac GTX 1070

So I overclocked my CPU today to 4.4Ghz. I tried running prime95 to see how stable my OC was. Prime95 didn't seem to do anything so I opened up cpu-z to see what my clock speed was at. It show 1.4Ghz. I didn't think that was correct so I opened up HWM for a second verification. HWM also shows 1.4Ghz. I then run a stress test with CPU-Z and I open up task manager to see how my CPU is doing. It's only running at 30% load which is 1.36Ghz. Does anyone know what could be wrong?

I'm pretty new to overclocking so I watched JayzTwoCents' video on how to overclock the FX-8350 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MckeAmnDeTk&t=707s). Now I know I don't have the exact same motherboard as him, but I followed the directions he laid out more or less pretty faithfully. I first overclocked my CPU in the BIOS settings to 4.5 GHz I think. When it came to the stress-testing part, he said to download Prime95 to test the CPU. So I did the stress-test and about 30 seconds in, the PC froze up. I went back into the settings, reduced the clock speed to 4.35 GHz and tried the same stress-test again. It froze my computer again still but, interestingly, it ran for longer before it froze than it did when I set the speed to 4.5. So, I tried yet again at lower speeds and saw the same pattern of how long the PC ran during stress-testing before it froze vs. how fast the CPU was. I concluded that the motherboard I have is just not very good at overclocking because I ran the stress-test with all settings factory default in BIOS and it had no problems whatsoever. I just want to know if maybe anyone knows why this was happening, what was the culprit and should I think about an upgrade if I want to continue overclocking?

Just wanted to share some pics of my recent builds. The NZXT S340 is my newest project. Project name "MoonLightRyzen" A Ryzen 7 1700x on a Crosshair VI Hero with a GTX 1070 for my daughter. She built most of the computer and I helped mostly with cable management and that's about it. She's 8 years old by the way, lol. The Deep Cool Genome case is my dedicated PC that I use for everything. Project name: "RedDragonV3.0" It's running an FX-8350 on a TUF Sabertooth 990fx rev 3 and another GTX 1070. Although an older processor, I love this system. It's overclocked to 4.7ghz and the temps are extremely low for an FX series chip. Never really gets over 60 degrees even under 100% load. The last pic is some left over parts I built my brother a PC with. All he had to do was get a chip (he went with an FX-8350 as well) and video card (GTX 960 cause he found it for next to nothing) Doing some changes to the Ryzen 7, so will share some more pics when it's complete. The Deep Cool captain 240 is getting exchanged for an NZXT Kraken X62 and some other little things. Next project will be a custom water loop, maybe on a Threadripper...... Thanks for looking! Video log:

I'm planning to upgrade my CPU FX-8350 many people keep telling that is causing a bottleneck for my R9 290X and so on. The real issue for me is not being able to play Battlefield 1 without stuttering every 3-10 seconds or many new titles for that matter, and yes I have tried other cards such as the RX 480 8GB (brand new). But the same issue kept showing up, and now I've decided to try reaching out for people who could help me out with their knowledge. if you could recommend me to what CPU I should get to be set for a long time I'll gladly appreciate it, I just don't wanna keep throwing out money to the thrash like i did with this build that i basically purchased 3 months ago. So please keep that in mind. Thank you

I am going to back flip off of my balcony if someone doesn't help me with this problem. I keep getting a crazy amount of dropped frames and I'm not getting the performance I should with my current build. In games such as Assassin's Creed 3 & Ryse: Son of Rome. I mainly play CSGO and recently started playing casual games again. I made a video to show you the terrible performance I'm getting in Ryse: Son of Rome and I've attached screenshots of the system's stats while I play said game for about 10 mins or so. Here's another video with a similar GTX 960 that doesn't get the dropped frames I'm experiencing. They drop from 45 to 15< for a couple of ms My specs are as follows. CPU: AMD FX-8350 4 - 4.2GHz GPU: EVGA GTX 960 2Gb (reference) RAM: Kingston Hyper X 8Gb 1600Mhz (DC 1333Mhz/ 667Mhz) HDD: Crucial M500 128GB & a Cheap Transcend SSD MOBO: Gigabyte GA-78LMT-USB3 (rev 5.0) ~~~760G chipset with a 990fx cpu PSU: Rosewill Capstone 750w 80+ Gold Only going through the stats I noticed I only have 4GB of RAM installed, that would be me using the other 8GB stick in another computer at my parent's house, RIP As you can see in the video when there is camera movement, frames drop like crazy, you can check the stats below for any potential bottlenecks, any feedback is appreciated, this is my 3rd and final post on this issue.

Hi, I'm Getting temperature readings on the CPU that are way too high to be correct( 70C+ idle), and it is causing the pc to shut down since it thinks it is on fire. Can't work out what is causing it, but it is definitely not as hot as the readings say. Temps have been checked in AMD overdrive, Asus AI Suite 2, HWMonitor and Aida64. Have reverted to stock clocks, reapplied thermal paste, cleared cmos and tried various settings in the bios with no success. Have been running this pc for 3-4 years with no problems whatsoever, and nothing has changed. Pump and fans are all working, clean case, etc. I've tried a different PSU, a single gpu, different memory configurations and an old Hyper 212X I had laying around. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Specs: AMD FX-8350 Asus Sabertooth 990FX R2.0 4x 4GB GSkill Ares 1866mhz Corsair H110i GTX Arctic Silver 5 2x R9 280X Corsair RM1000i Windows 10 Pro Cheers

I posted on a previous post that I failed to overclock an FX 8350 on an MSI 970A-G43 mobo. Even after a CMOS reset (battery), it would ot boot to Windows, would boot loop. I moved the CPU to another PC (ASUS M5A78L-M) and it worked and then I put a Phenom X4 B95 in it's place, worked just fine. I was advised that the VRM may have been compromised on the old motherboard so I decided to get to get a new one, MSI 970A-G43 Plus (I thought I would get something close similar in the hope of not having to pay for Windows again). It would not boot still! Does the CPU have memory that tells it "Uh oh, I'm in another MSI 970" and would not load? Again I cycled thru different CPU's. The Phenom worked again. I ended up taking the FX 6300 from my streaming/video rig and swapping that. Worked fine (there were Windows install issues but nothing I can't handle). The 8350 is in the streaming rig and is running perfectly (also an ASUS M%A78L-M). I don't understand why the CPU and mobo is doing this when they work fine with other parts? I might end up with an ASUS mobo here by New Years. Specs; AMD FX 8350 (was, now FX 6300) MSI 970A-G43 Plus AMD RX 480 Samsung 840 EVO 120gb SSD Corsair RM750X PSU PNY Anarchy 16gb 1600mhz RAM

Hi! This is my first time upgrading my cpu cooler and I've been thinking of getting the Pure Rock for my AMD FX-8350 as I've been having some problems with overheating as of late, but I'm not sure if it's a good idea or not. It seems like I can only have the fan towards the bottom or the top of the case instead of to the front or back. The graphics card I have below the CPU is a Gigabyte R9 290x which can also get pretty hot so isn't it a better idea to have the fan towards the back or front instead? Or will this not be a problem at all? I think I can have the 212 EVO so that the fan is positioned the way I want it so is it just better for me to get that one instead? I currently only have one case fan in the lower front and one in the upper back of my case. Perhaps it is fine if I get an extra exhaust fan at the top of the case above the CPU? I'm also worried about the cooler not fitting on the motherboard this way as there are these heat sinks near the CPU socket. Here is a poorly made image showing the questions I have. These are probably silly questions but I think it's about time I upgrade my stock cooler to something decent so I want to make sure everything goes right!

So I was trying to overclock my CPU again a few days and kept getting crashes so I dropped the idea. I restored to defaults and now my cpu wont go over 1.4Ghz or 30%load. I've ran multipe stress tests on the CPU and nothing changes with the CPU clock speed. If there are any logs that will help you diagnose the problem I will happily upload them. EDIT: CPU is running at 12c so I dont think it has to do with thermals

Hello everyone, thank you for checking out my build. I'm on a university budget, but still wanted to play, so I went out and built a computer entirely from used hardware, for suprisingly small amount of money. CPU: AMD FX-8350, ( overclocked it to 4,8Ghz) - $20 CPU Cooler: Enermax Lepa aquachanger 240M - $35 Motherboard: Gigabyte 990XA UD-3 Rev 3.0 - $25 RAM: Samsung 1600Mhz 8Gb kit - $20 GPU: Gigabyte RX470 G1 gaming ( overclocked to 1275Mhz + 1800Mhz memory ) - $80 PSU: EVGA 80+ 600w - $35 Case: Cooler Master Masterbox MB520 RGB - $40 I used my old 250Gb SSD and 512Gb HDD So the total build cost me $255, and even had $45 left for a mouse.

So I've been recently talking in a lot of forums and discords about potentially upgrading my current rig slightly, which currently has an fx-8350 CPU and a GTX 1080 Ti graphics card. My original plan was to potentially upgrade to a 2700x, however right now I don't have too much of a reason for it, as I am already getting really good performance at 4k. But one thing I've constantly noticed is for some reason, many people greaty underestimate the power of the 8350. Even on a thread about overclocking it, many people just said "don't bother, get a Ryzen", while in many other places, people were either super confused about my config, or even outright refused to believe me when I said I was getting great performance. I've seen people saying that "gaming at 4k would be impossible" while providing random YT videos as "prove", and when I tried to say that it can't be impossible as I've been doing it since October, they simply refused to believe me, and that's just one example. Someone else even started talking about some lawsuit I've never even heard about, which included AMD lying about the performance of the 8350, and that somehow was suppose to be "proof" of it being bad? So why is underestimating the 8350 such a common theme, and why do some people go so far as to deny my performance just to keep on believing it's "really bad" or something?

Greetings, Forum! I'll try to keep it sweet and simple, but give out all relevant information. 1. Context: My first ever build, back in early 2014, was a FX series gaming machine on a tight budget. Over the years it's had it's share of upgrades as I've grown quite attached to it. I honestly consider it a "monument" to my abilities and interest in hardware and my improvement over the years. That being said, it's time to think overclocking for the sheer fun of it. Maybe? I'm not sure how to approach the issue and this is why this forum topic exists. By the time I started having "overclocking" in my dictionary, Ryzens and Ryzen Master had been out, brutally simplifying that word's meaning for newcomers like myself. How did it come to me wanting to clock an EOL CPU in 2020 then? Simple - I was messing about and notices that the 125W rated Processor was drawing no more than 50W, running at < 50°C under load. What will I gain? Experience, I guess. I'm just reluctant and want to do my research before blowing out a motherboard that is near-impossible to replace due to the fact that they're EOL. Oh, and I need to buy a PSU for a family build, so I can get Plus Gold and leave the current one to them. (They're fine with it and I'm the one paying anyway.) 2. System Specifications: Now here's the kicker. The motherboard I'm currently on is well discussed on forums and articles about having terrible VRMs for clocking. Yes, ladies and gents, I'm running an ASRock Extreme 3. Here's the list of Relevant Components: CPU - FX-8350 /Piledriver/ MoBo - ASRock 990FX Extreme 3 PSU - beQuiet! System Power 8 600W (if proceeding with clocking, Pure Power 11 600W) Cooling Solution: Case - DeepCool Tessaract BF (Neutral Pressure) CPU - beQuiet! Pure Rock (exhaling upwards from below the radiator) Fans - 4x beQuiet! Pure Wings 120mm, 1500RPM Intake Fans: Front & Side Outtake Fans: Back & Top 3. Expectations & Questions: I know I'm not going to get incredible and/or record-breaking clocks if I go through with this. It's far form the point, actually. I know the cooling solution is mediocre, at best, but I don't feel it adequate spending for an AIO Liquid Cooler on a machine like this one. I just want to do something I haven't done before without incurring unnecessary costs, maybe even get an extra bang for my buck. And yes, I have indeed watched Jay's guide, I do in fact have an idea as to how to do it, the question is whether I should. Specific Questions: 1) Can I cause permanent damage to any of the components if I'm cautious and take my time with small increments and adequate tests. 2) How do the VRMs actually play their part in clocking, since that's the main argument that comes up when researching about the board. Helpful coverage and links on the topic highly appreciated! 3) How dependent am I on the "silicon lottery" in my case? 4) Based on your experience on the issue, how much could I possibly gain and is it even worth it? 5) If I go through with clocking, would you like to be tagged on and updated about any further developments? 4. Conclusion "Sweat and simple"... ha,ha... Anyway, I hope that I was able to explain my idea in an understandable and digestible manner. I'll be rather slow on replies, because you know... work, life and those kinds of annoying things. Regardless, I'll do my best in terms of replies and answers in case I've missed out on any information. Thank you very much for your time and replies! I really appreciate it! Cheers! -"Doomkaliber"

Hello, iv been looking to upgrade my pc and this is what i want to upgrade but im not sure i have around £500 - 600 to spend on upgrades my current rig is this CPU - AMD FX-8350 GPU - 4095MB NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Ti Mini (ZOTAC International) MOTHERBOARD - ASUSTeK Computer INC. M5A78L-M PLUS/USB3 (AM3R2) RAM - 8.00GB Single-Channel DDR3 @ 1600MHz STORAGE - 111GB KINGSTON SA400S37120G ATA Device (SATA-2 (SSD)) 931GB Western Digital WDC WD10EZEX-75WN4A0 ATA Device (SATA ) what i want to upgrade to - https://amzn.to/2JIYpt8 - pc case https://amzn.to/2uDKAI5 - cpu https://amzn.to/2Ls6M1e - motherboard https://amzn.to/2uS0hul - ram https://amzn.to/2LuAfru - sleeved cables if you guys could help me on what to upgrade im looking into it for gaming / streaming 1080p 144hz i have no intrest in anything over that Thanks.

As title says, basically i upgraded my gpu from a R9 280X running at 1100/1500 to a nice new Sapphire RX 480 Nitro+ 4 GB at default clocks of 1303/1750 and i get lower fps with my new card, i've upped the power limit in msi afterburner to no improvement, im playing at exact same settings, High Quality Render and every thing else on maximum performance with no boxes ticked and im averaging around 170-190 fps where as with my R9 280X i had around 190-210 fps so im really confused by this, anyone have any tips or info on this situation? I've only tried with Rocket Leauge so far btw. Also my R9 280X used to get to about 71 Degrees c whilst playing but the RX 480 Hovers around 55 Degrees c, using similar GPU usage as the previous card, around 70% average. I upgraded my graphics card on the last update a couple of days ago but im unaware if there have been any major fps drops with that update yet. I DDU the drivers several times now, now trying 18.3.3 because that's what Fortnite prefers and still no change in Rocket League. Everything else is exactly as it was, just changed the graphics card. Also i can provide any logs of monitoring. - AMD FX 8350 @ 4.5Ghz (No turbo boost) - Sapphire RX 480 Nitro+ 4 GB - Gigabyte GA 990XA-UD3 - Corsair Vengance 16gb @ 1600Mhz - Corsair 550 80+ Bronze PSU - Intel SSD 520 Series 160 GB Update 1 I've just compared the GPU-Z info from the 2 card and the R9 280X has 2 higher values 'Bus Width' and 'Band Width' which are: R9 280x Bus = 384 Bit / Band = 297.6 GB/s RX 480 Bus = 256 Bit / Band = 224 GB/s Could this be a factor ?

So I'm building a PC and I have an AM3+ mobo so after buying an FX-8350 I was thinking a 1060 6GB would be a good gpu but my friend helping me build it says the 8350 would bottleneck the 1060, so is he right or would it not bottleneck the 1060?

Hi! I am in need of a better cooler for my computer. (because of oberclocking.) I currently have a Scythe ninja 3. I would go something like Noctua nd d14 but i think it is too big for my case. It can not be any higher than my current cooler. Its dimensions are 120 x 120 x 160 mm / 4.72 x 4.72 x 6.30 in. Do any of you dear readers have some ideas for better cooler? It is a plus if the cooler is available in Europe or especially in Finland. Also watercoolers are not an option because my case does not have space for radiators etc. Regards Jauska.

So I`ve been running into memore issues lately. Which is why I want to upgrade my RAM to 16 GB from currently 8 GB. I was just wondering if the FX-8350 is worth keeping or if I should wait for newer CPU generations.

I've been looking through many forum posts and I did not find a thread that fit my situation, so here it goes! Hey, I've had this computer for quite a while and I'm looking to record games with OBS @ 1080p (p.s. I watch OBS which is running on my secondary screen). When playing games, I usually get around 100fps with my current GPU which is a XFX Radeon HD 7850 2GB. When recording, my fps drops in to the 20-30 range depending on the game and when I am playing something like Battlefield 3; I consider that unplayable...at least to get a nice score...Haha... I have a little extra cash coming in the next few months and I would like to upgrade my graphics card. Which up to date graphics card would you suggest I get for playing games at high detail and record/stream at the same time? Here is a link to my pc build: http://pcpartpicker.com/user/JustCallMeh_Epic/saved/2z6XLk - Link for Steam Profile (see what games I like to play): http://steamcommunity.com/id/DapperDuff

Hi there, I'm new to this forum and was reading it for a long time. But now I need help with an overclock on my main config. First thing first, here's my rig : MB : Gigabyte 970A-DS3 CPU : AMD FX-8350 Black Edition CPU cooling : Be quiet dark rock pro 3 (with 1 fan on push) GPU : MSI GTX 1070 POWER : CM GX bronze 550 So I bought this CPU in order to OC it when I would change my graphics card. One week ago, I recieved my GTX 1070. Of course my cpu is the new bottleneck and stutters like mad on many games (even when reducing lighting effects or CPU bound effects). It was the time to OC it. Unfortunately I got problems, when using AMD Overdrive, I can't achieve a stable OC because my CPU throttle even at 4.300GHZ (default is 4.119 on stock, 4.219 on boost, and 1406 on idle). When I deactivate cpu boost to lock on 4.300 it stays there but throttle to idle (1.406Ghz). On overdrive readings say that I get more that 15°celsius headroom but throttle anyway. temp reading was near 55°. To deactivate this throttling i switched OFF every CPU feature in the bios and activated High Performance Computing mode to avoid throttling. It works but only if I go in Overdrive to switch on and off the CPU boost feature, because it uses stock, boost and idle cpu states AND throttle if I don't. But then I get blue screens when stressing my CPU or gaming. My temps seem on the high side considering my cooling solution (and the cooler is, well, cool even on stress), and it does what I described on any level of voltage (fixed or changing) Excuse my formal english, but I need help because I'm on the market for a z77 extreme motherbord to install a i72600K (already owned) and hopefully OC it to reduce the massive bottleneck i get now. Im playing at 1080p/60hz and get stutters and fps drops. I am now keeping my CPU at stock for a fresh start in Overdrive and in the BIOS. Have I overlooked something ? power wise maybe ?