underclocking adm fx 9370

[BlackXbonE]

Hey there... i wondered if i can fit an fx 9370 on an asrock 970 Extreme 3 R 2.0 mobo, if i underclocked the cpu, with a common air cooler? But TDP would be secondary, I primarily just want to know if the cpu would be compatible with this board.

[Kherm]

If you haven't bought it yet, I'd really recommend an i5 4440 instead.

[Lotus]

No. That motherboard can't come anywhere close to the kinds of power delivery you'd need for the FX-9370. It couldn't even handle a regular FX-8320.

[minibois]

Why..?

[ADZ_123_!"£]

The entire point of a 9370 is that it's a heavily overclocked 8350 that requires a beefy after market cooler on it,

if you don't own a beefy after market cooler or plan on getting one very soon then you might as well just get an 8350 an OC that as far as you can.

All though you shouldn't really be buying an FX chip now a days extremely dated technology an I5 would perform much better in games.

[BlackXbonE]

It's not compatible out of the box, but theoretically that CAN work. You might as well get an 8350 if you're going to underclock a 93XX series CPU. They're the same exact chip.

 

I recommend going for an i5 though. It's a better investment overall

i already OWN the 9370 but it's totally bullshit, i had it in my gigabyte 990fxa-ud3 rev 4.0 board, but an 8350 overcklocked to 4.7 ghz worked way better on it (because i got the 9370 like really cheap). So now I want to make a build for a friend with my remaining asrock and 9370

[rtpb5642]

970 chipset and 9*** CPU? lmao call the fire department

[BlackXbonE]

970 chipset and 9*** CPU? lmao call the fire department

taht is the reason why i want to UNDERCLOCK and UNDERVOLT it. And the only thing i want to know is, if it will work. (i mean massively underclocking, like down to 3ghz or so)

[rtpb5642]

taht is the reason why i want to UNDERCLOCK and UNDERVOLT it. And the only thing i want to know is, if it will work. (i mean massively underclocking, like down to 3ghz or so)

It MAY work

[Clyne]

taht is the reason why i want to UNDERCLOCK and UNDERVOLT it. And the only thing i want to know is, if it will work. (i mean massively underclocking, like down to 3ghz or so)

Eh it wouldn't work anyway, it says so on the website.

http://www.asrock.com/mb/AMD/970%20Extreme3%20R2.0/?cat=CPU

Just get a 8320 and downvolt, or at least sell the CPU for a 8320 or something similar. 

[BlackXbonE]

so i think i just have to try it myself, er?  

would have been helpful if someone ever did something like this before

[BlackXbonE]

Eh it wouldn't work anyway, it says so on the website.

http://www.asrock.com/mb/AMD/970%20Extreme3%20R2.0/?cat=CPU

Just get a 8320 and downvolt, or at least sell the CPU for a 8320 or something similar. 

yeah but since the 9xxx series is technically the same as the 8xxx one, i don't understand why it shouldn't work (despite the through the roof tdp)

[Zayzo]

so i think i just have to try it myself, er?  

would have been helpful if someone ever did something like this before

why even chance it? Just sell it.

[Clyne]

yeah but since the 9xxx series is technically the same as the 8xxx one, i don't understand why it shouldn't work (despite the through the roof tdp)

I guess it's with BIOS, heck even AMD only recommends the 9xxx ones with 990FX, not 970.

It will probably won't detect in BIOS anyway. 

[BlackXbonE]

why even chance it? Just sell it.

I am curious, that's why

[BlackXbonE]

I guess it's with BIOS, heck even AMD only recommends the 9xxx ones with 990FX, not 970.

It will probably won't detect in BIOS anyway. 

true.. then i guess ill change the cpu for a fx6300 ish so i can confortably aircool it