FX CPU in m-ATX MOBO

[Wiff]

Yep, ASUS generally have a consistent quality in their boards

i have the asus a88xm-a, it doesnt have a VRM heatsink but I can run Battlefield 4 without any issues

[harrynowl]

i have the asus a88xm-a, it doesnt have a VRM heatsink but I can run Battlefield 4 without any issues

I don't think BF4 is going to set fire to VRM heatsinks any time soon

 

I got 4.9Ghz from my DS2 without it exploding in AIDA64.

[Sintezza]

if you wanne go m-atx, and you can afford it..

 

Go intel.

 

AMD FX and M-atx is not a good combination.

[harrynowl]

if you wanne go m-atx, and you can afford it..

 

Go intel.

 

AMD FX and M-atx is not a good combination.

Unless you welcome house fires.

[Wiff]

I don't think BF4 is going to set fire to VRM heatsinks any time soon

 

I got 4.9Ghz from my DS2 without it exploding in AIDA64.

  

Unless you welcome house fires.

  

Yep, ASUS generally have a consistent quality in their boards

we had a sapphire matx am3 mobo and it was very slow, it was not the cpu, we had 2 different ones tried out, but I dont think the VRM was a problem, the cpu (Amd athlon II X4 645) had constant 1,4Volts

[harrynowl]

    we had a sapphire matx am3 mobo and it was very slow, it was not the cpu, we had 2 different ones tried out, but I dont think the VRM was a problem, the cpu (Amd athlon II X4 645) had constant 1,4Volts

Sure it wasn't just your install of windows?

 

I've rocked worse CPUs including Sempron 145s in ancient M4A78T-Ms with burn marks on the PCI slot and it was quite snappy.

 

1.4v is pretty normal for K10 CPUs:)

 

K10 is technically faster than FX also

[Wiff]

Sure it wasn't just your install of windows?

 

I've rocked worse CPUs including Sempron 145s in ancient M4A78T-Ms with burn marks on the PCI slot and it was quite snappy.

 

1.4v is pretty normal for K10 CPUs:)

 

K10 is technically faster than FX also

we are still using the same install...lol and now it runs 'smooth', I mean like it should run on a HDD

[harrynowl]

we are still using the same install...lol and now it runs 'smooth', I mean like it should run on a HDD

I want to overclock your Athlon

[Wiff]

I want to overclock your Athlon

my Athlon? we have the stock cooler and 3,8Ghz are enough

[harrynowl]

my Athlon? we have the stock cooler and 3,8Ghz are enough

More GHz always better:)

 

My A8 5600K gained as solid 25% boost in FPS for some games like bf3/4

[Wiff]

More GHz always better:)

 

My A8 5600K gained as solid 25% boost in FPS for some games like bf3/4

do you use stock cooler?

[harrynowl]

do you use stock cooler?

Yes. My chip is a very good one and did 4.7 on stock voltage and 4.9 with just a small bump

[Wiff]

Yes. My chip is a very good one and did 4.7 on stock voltage and 4.9 with just a small bump

whats your cpu temp on full load?

[harrynowl]

whats your cpu temp on full load?

AMD APUs have a broken temp sensor but in the bios it reports 57c. This is 1.41v.

 

They have a stock vcore of around 1.385v on the upper end.

[Wiff]

AMD APUs have a broken temp sensor but in the bios it reports 57c. This is 1.41v.

 

They have a stock vcore of around 1.385v on the upper end.

impossible that its so low

[harrynowl]

impossible that its so low

I can upload evidence if you want tomorrow

[Wiff]

I can upload evidence if you want tomorrow

probably not under load

[harrynowl]

probably not under load

It doesn't blue screen in prime95 and doesn't sound like a jet engine so I'm fine with it.

 

 

BIOS is actually pretty heavy load if you let it sit.

 

it's 1.41 in bios my board isn't too amazing with the voltage reporting.

 

 

5.2ghz: this is on a hyper 212 as I know 1.64 is suicide on stock

 

[Wiff]

It doesn't blue screen in prime95 and doesn't sound like a jet engine so I'm fine with it.

 

 

BIOS is actually pretty heavy load if you let it sit.

 

it's 1.41 in bios my board isn't too amazing with the voltage reporting.

 

 

5.2ghz: this is on a hyper 212 as I know 1.64 is suicide on stock

 

you need mō' Ram doe

[harrynowl]

you need mō' Ram doe

It's my test bench RAM that's capable of running up to around 340 base frequency on locked K10 platforms

[Wiff]

It's my test bench RAM that's capable of running up to around 340 base frequency on locked K10 platforms

so xou have more ram?

[harrynowl]

so xou have more ram?

Yes I have another 32GB of various RAM lying around, that one just has a very wide tolerance for high base clocks.

[Wiff]

Yes I have another 32GB of various RAM lying around, that one just has a very wide tolerance for high base clocks.

okay

[Cloud92]

Do you have it? Becouse i wrote with some guy who had and his is doing great ...

full ATX running a 8320 OC. I don't want to burn the house down. There is no decent mATX board for these 8 cores.

[bbqsauce]

I wouldn't suggest matx on the fx side. Since even 970 boards don't even all work well with 8 cores, you want to load 8 cores on a matx board? Unless you can find a matx board that has decent vrm cooling solution, it would work, but if you plan on ocing,(which is kind of the point of buying fx) you would be hard pressed with the 970/990fx on the atx side if you don't have a good board, making it even harder on the matx side. Simply put, going atx will save you the headaches down the line. Something like the gigabyte 990fxa-ud3h rev4 is a great budget oc board.