The FX experience and community.

[MrRenefo]

Hey a want create a post where we can share our experiences about our FX chip/chips all the info that you have.

 

Your computer setup: Motherboard, Cpu and Memory. and cooling if you want

Stock performance: how high clock? and how low the voltage (undervolting)

Overclocks: how high clock? and what voltage

Batch number of your cpu, if you know it.

And everything else you have to say about FX chip,

Price on cpu if you want and where you bought it.

 

Sorry if English is not the best is a guy from Norway with dyslexia in addition

 

 

Friendly greetings MrRenefo.

[MrRenefo]

Anyone have any suggestions to more that should be on this post?

 

[Bender]

What they paid for the Cpu would be an interesting addition...

[Stiffmeistro]

Your computer setup: Asus M5A97, FX-4100, Kingston HyperX 1600 MHz

Overclocks: how high clock? and what voltage 4,5 GHz, 1,548 vcore. I'm the lucky owner of 1 bad core.

Price on cpu if you want and where you bought it. Well, I bought it in Denmark for 719 DKK which is something like 120-130$.

 

:)

[Jechu182]

My PC specs are below. I bought the FX 6100 for $844 pesos here in Argentina which is about $150 USD. I only have it at 3.5GHz cause I havent bought an aftermarket cooler yet. 

 

Im very happy with it, it runs many games fine, but when I buy an 7850 I will really test it out to see how it performs... 

[GamerDude]

Not in my sig, but I do have a second system with the following specs-

CPU: AMD FX8350

HSF: CM Hyper 412Slim + 120mm Corsair SP Performance fan

MOBO: Asus Crosshair V Formula

RAM: 4x 4GB RipJawsX 2133mhz

GPU: 2x GTX670 2GB

PSU: Corsair HX1050

 

Had it @4.45ghz with stock voltage, couldn't really detect a speed difference in games, so I have it stock speed right now. Awesome CPU, I do some vid ripping, and game with it......excellent, not a single game that I play has any issue.

[Darell3]

Specs in a sig. Stable 4.2ghz on air @ 1.35v. Idle 30degrees MAX load temp of 54 degrees!

 

Great CPU! havent had any hiccups or anything like that. Plays all the games i play, can even render a video as i play CS;S with no lagg difference.

I brought mine for $171NZD. ($139USD)

[knight_40k]

Here's Mine...

 

Case: Antec DF-30 (Replaced Blue LED Fans with Red ones)
Mobo: Asus Crosshair V Formula
CPU: AMD Piledriver FX-8350 Black Edition
RAM: Kingston 8GB DDR3 1333MHz (2x4GB)
GPU: CrossFire (x2) Asus Radeon HD 4870 Dark Knight Edition(s) 1GB GDDR5

SSD: 128GB Crucial M4
HDD: 320GB Seagate Barracuda 7200rpm
PSU: Corsair TX750 (not V2)
OS: Windows 7 Pro 64-Bit
Display: 21.6" LCD Samsung @ 1680x1050
Speakers: 5.1 Logitech Z506 (only using as 2.1)

 

I bought the FX8350 at NCIX on Boxing Day sale for $189.99 (CAD)

 

I am using stock speed because I don't have aftermarket cooler but I plan to get one.

 

The FX8350 at stock speeds is a very nice upgrade from Phenom II X4 965.

[Vaub]

My setup:

Case: Fractal Design Arc Midi R2

Motherboard: Asus Crosshair V Formula-Z

CPU: AMD FX-8350

RAM: 2x4gb Corsair Dominator Platinum 1600MHz

PSU: Corsair HX650 (1st gen)

GPU: MSI R7950 Twin Frozr III (7950 PCB)

Other: Crucial M4 64Gb + 2x HDD 1.5Tb total

OS: Windows 8 x64 Pro

Stock (w/o turbo): 4,2Ghz @ 1,32V

OCed : 5,0 Ghz @ 1,525V (not sure if 100% stable)

Batch number: 1245 (I think)

Price: 189,99$ (sale at NCIX)

My experience with this FX chip has been good so far. Nice upgrade (when OCd) from my Phenom II X6 1090T @ 4,1Ghz. Still, I wish I had a golden chip like this P2: I have a 4th module which is not cooperative going beyong 4,8Ghz (hence my 1,525V for 5Ghz). Still, I'm running it at 4,7Ghz 24/7 with power savings all on (offset voltage) and it is just a great little chip!

One thing though, those FX chips seems to like faster memory & tight timings. There's a difference (at least in synthetics and SC2) between 1600Mhz and my 2100Mhz 9-9-9-17. Also, just be sure to run the HT speed near 2500Mhz, boost the speed a little. Also, those chips love watercooling (custom) ;)

[Bill Cosby]

Your computer setup: MSI 990FXA GD65, FX8120, Corsair Vengence LP 4x4GB 1866 Ram, 

Stock performance: 3.4ghz at 1.08v

Overclocks: 4.2ghz at 1.23v

$149.99 at newegg about 7 months ago. 

Graphics: 2x Evga GTX 570 Superclocked in SLI

 

I love my FX platform, It has done me well. I originally only bought it because of the price ratio between amd and intel but its actually not too bad. Soon i will however be switching to socket 2011 because my photo and video work has gotten to be a little too much for the FX chips

[Thibaudv]

Not in my sig, but I do have a second system with the following specs-

CPU: AMD FX8350

HSF: CM Hyper 412Slim + 120mm Corsair SP Performance fan

MOBO: Asus Crosshair V Formula

RAM: 4x 4GB RipJawsX 2133mhz

GPU: 2x GTX670 2GB

PSU: Corsair HX1050

 

Had it @4.45ghz with stock voltage, couldn't really detect a speed difference in games, so I have it stock speed right now. Awesome CPU, I do some vid ripping, and game with it......excellent, not a single game that I play has any issue.

May I ask, do you have a donkey that shits out monkey? Because I am totally blown away by the amount off awesomeness you posess :p

[dylandylandylan]

What's the best price vs spec motherboard for the fx8350? I'm looking into building another PC with the AMD cpu

[Guest Kbgagt]

I have the  FX 8320. I paid $130 for it on Newegg. It is an awesome processor. I installed an Arctic Freezer A-11 cooler on it (I think it was $20-$30, don't remember) It works awesome. Idles around 30 degrees C. Max load never goes over 55 degrees C. I recommend that cooler to anyone.

 

Currently using a MSI 990FXA-GD65 V2 motherboard. I used to use an Asus M5A78L-M LX-Plus motherboard I got for $50 on newegg. It worked great. It had only one PCI Express 2.0 x16 slot though.

 

I use 8GB of ram (G.Skill 1866)

 

Sapphire Radeon HD 7870 Ghz Edition OC. I'm going to add another one soon with crossfire.

 

Runs games like a beast. 

[Grapeshot Victim]

What's the best price vs spec motherboard for the fx8350? I'm looking into building another PC with the AMD cpu

Gigabyte 970-UD3

Eight power phases, cheap and the newer boards come with the fx firmware upgrade (if not, you can always flash it)

[Priller]

Mobo: 990FXA-UD7 Rev 1.1

CPU: FX-8350

Memory: G. Skill Ripjaws X 2x8 1866

Cooling: Custom Loop, 360 rad. 2 110CFM Fans and 1 Delta(off unless benchmarking), XSPC block with custom bracket, EK mobo block.

GPU: XFX R9 280X Crossfire. 1180mhz/1500mhz on stock voltage

PSU: XFX 1050W 

 

Bought the CPU for 199 and it was before binning began for 9370s and 9590s so overclocking is pretty good. I've had my 8350 since the end of 2012.

 

Read sig on Overclocking my stuff. Gone as high as 5.4 on all 8 cores at 1.600 volts. Will do 4.896 Ghz with 2x8GB ram at 1903mhz at 1.472 volts.

 

FXs prefer tighter CL with decent speed. The memory controller isn't as strong as Intel's CPU so going with a 2x4GB or 2X8GB kit will give you Dual Channel, highest speed, and lowest latency the CPU can manage. Most struggle to get 32GB above 1600mhz and there are no performance advantages to it.

 

Cheap motherboards should be avoided. Many people bad mouth the FX when it was the motherboard and/or bios settings that hurt performance. Lack of knowledge as lead many to switch when the problem was between the keyboard and chair.

[Vrbas]

Case: Phatom 410 Red

Motherboard: Asus M5A99FX Pro R2.0

CPU: AMD FX-8320 @4.2Ghz

Cooler: Hyper 212 Evo

RAM: 2x4gb G. Skill RipjawX 1600mhz CL8

SSD: 120GB Samsung 840 Evo

PSU: Corsair CX750M

GPU: GTX 660

HDD: 1TB WD Blue

OS: Windows 8.1

Paid $99 for the CPU last November. Couldn't be happier with the performance it provides at that price. Multitasks with ease. Can play games, watch twitch, and netflix at the same time(yes I've tried it lol). Very impressed with this CPU. Hopefully AMD brings the FX series back.

[-rascal-]

Gigabyte 970-UD3

Eight power phases, cheap and the newer boards come with the fx firmware upgrade (if not, you can always flash it)

 

Don't get them mixed up. There's

• Gigabyte GA-970A-UD3
• Gigabyte GA-970A-D3
• Gigabyte GA-970A-UD3P

From what I know, the GA-970A-D3 is designed with a 4+1 power phase. It seems that the GA-970A-UD3 is discontinued is many places and is now replaced with its successor -- the GA-970A-UD3P.

 

Back on topic:

 

CPU: FX-8350 -- currently @ 4.8GHz w/ 1.4V. Max temp for typical gaming is ~48*C - 50*C. Max when running Prime95 is ~64*C.

CPU Cooler: Thermaltake Frio with 2x Cooler Master JetFlo 120mm fans in push-pull (sticking with air cooling for now...had two Swiftech H220's die on me within 1 month period, but NCIX was awesome about it)

Motherboard: ASUS Crosshair V Formula 990FX (non-Z. I was an early adopter)

RAM: 8GB (2 X 4GB) G.Skill RipJawsX 2133MHz (now I have my old RipJaws 8GB 1600MHz kit sitting around)

GPU: Sapphire Dual-X Radeon HD 7970 @ 1150 / 1500 (I can't seem to push the card much further without a BIOS flash)

PSU: Corsair TX850 (ver.1) 850W (been holding off to grab a HX850 or AX860)

Case: Cooler Master HAF 932

SSD1: Corsair ForceGT 120GB (OS drive)

SSD2: Kingston 200 V+

HDD: Western Digital Caviar Black 1TB WD1002FAEX

OS: Windows 7 Ultimate x64

 

The FX-8350 is currently clocked at 4.8GHz with 1.4V. I'm almost 100% sure it's got a bit more overclocking headroom left, but at the time, I just needed it to work. I wanted to get a Swiftech H220 so I can get some lower temperatures during the summer and to push to overclock further, but...I ran into problems. Dammit! I'm sure this chip can get 5.0GHz or more! On all cores!

 

The CPU-NB and the HT-Link both have a slight overclock on them to 2600MHz. I tried 2800MHz on the CPU-NB, but I can't seem to get it 110% stable. May just have to tweak with it a bit more.

 

Frankly, I bought the FX-8350 looong after the FX-9590 and FX-9370 came out, but I'm surprised I could still push mine this far.

I used a Phenom II X6 1090T since late 2010. Even when I got my Crosshair V Formula (was using a Crosshair IV Formula before) , I was still using it. Plus, I had it overclocked to 4.1GHz from the stock 3.2GHz -- which was pretty freakin' amazing.

[Paralectic]

Does my Phenom Black 955 count?

 

Your computer setup: M4-something mobo with a GTX 660, all at stock speeds.

Stock performance: Everything stock.

Overclocks: Everything stock

Batch number of your cpu, if you know it. na bra

And everything else you have to say about Phenom chip, It's a beast, it runs 90 degrees or more on stock cooling and eh.

Price on cpu if you want and where you bought it. It was like 200-250 bucks back then, it was in a prebuild PC lol.

[GamerDude]

Updated my 2nd rig a little, with changes made in bold...

 

CPU: AMD FX8350

HSF: CM Seidon 120V AIO + stock fan + 120mm Corsair SP Performance fan (push/pull)

MOBO: Asus Crosshair V Formula

RAM: 4x 4GB RipJawsX 2133mhz

GPU: 2x GTX670 2GB

PSU: Enermax Maxrevo 1500W PSU (moved the HX1050 to my 3rd rig)

 

I'd gotten the Seidon 120V for an retro i7 1st gen build, but the deal fell through. So, I went for an AM3 X6 1100T + Asus Crosshair IV Formula build instead (3rd rig). Since that bundle came with a pretty good cooler (CM V6 GT), I'd decided to use the Seidon on my 2nd rig instead. The 1500W PSU was an impulse buy since I was getting it pretty cheap....that it was well rated by jonnyguru was another factor with my decision.

[Priller]

What's the best price vs spec motherboard for the fx8350? I'm looking into building another PC with the AMD cpu

 

 

If you look at it as a whole. Comparing price, VRM, mature bios, good overclocking, board features. I would put it in 3 tiers.

 

Sorted by price. Note that board prices go up and down quite often.

Low end: 

AsRock Fatality 990FX Killer $135 8+2 Power Phase

Gigabyte 990FXA-UD3 Rev 4.0 $148($138 w/rebate) 8+2 Power Phase

Asus M5A99FX Pro R2.0 $149($129 w/rebate) 6+2+2 Power Phase

 

Middle:

Gigabyte 990FXA-UD5 $159 8+2 Power Phase

 

High End:

Asus Sabertooth 990FX R2.0 $184 8+2 Power Phase

Gigabyte 990FXA-UD7 Rev 3.0 $199 8+2 Power Phase

Asus Crosshair V Formula-Z $224 8+2+2 Power Phase

[i_build_nanosuits]

I owned an FX-8320 with a gigabyte 970A-UD3P motherboard.

I bought the kit slightly used for 300$ with 8GB of corsair vengeance on top! at the time (6 months ago) it was a pretty good deal to me, i'm canadian so the prices are steeper here too..

 

The stock performance was very disapointing for me, i then was able to clock that CPU to 4.6GHZ for daily gaming use with only an hyper 212 at 1.4v on the core, it was darn hot but for gaming it was safe enough not to cause a meltdown...

I don't know the batch number of the chip, i figured it was quite a good one to be able to clock that high for an FX-8320 is not that common.

I sold the kit (mobo + CPU) last month for 210$ so ididnt lost anything overall i owned the CPU for a little over 6 months, it ran most games fine but was bottlenecking my GTX 780 quite severly in many games so i upgraded to a core i7-4770K now at 4.4GHZ and i can't be anymore happier, now i get 98% GPU load in just about every games and it's much smoother and cooler...the only area where i feel the i7 is not that much of an upgrade is in video rendering/encoding...it is faster but not that much faster, but i mostly play video games and for that those CPU's are worlds appart litteraly.