MSI 970a-G43 Plus + FX 8350

[x Relentless Xx]

This board has a 4+1 Phase VRM and am worried about FX 8350 support. I WILL NOT be doing any overclocking and am wondering if it will still cause issues at stock. I know OCing on a 970 chipset is not recommended and especially not with a 4+1 phase VRM. Will it be okay at stock clock? Or should i get a 990FX?

[Stardar1]

1 minute ago, x Relentless Xx said:

This board has a 4+1 Phase VRM and am worried about FX 8350 support. I WILL NOT be doing any overclocking and am wondering if it will still cause issues at stock. I know OCing on a 970 chipset is not recommended and especially not with a 4+1 phase VRM. Will it be okay at stock clock? Or should i get a 990FX?

Having used it with an 8320, I recommend not. 

 

The 970a-G46 is much better, and FX990 is waaaay better. 

 

I am curious as to why you are not going with intel, but that's a bit off topic. 

[Lotus]

I wouldn't do it. There's not even a heat sink on the mosfets. I would even be hesitant to put an FX-6350 on that motherboard if I were going to drive it hard.

[thatguyyouknow75]

i dont see it being and issue really

[Stardar1]

Just now, thatguyyouknow75 said:

i dont see it being and issue really

They are bad VRMs with no coolers, on top of a terrible chipset. 

 

it is a TERRIBLE idea. 

[Dabombinable]

If it was an FX6530, then it would be fine. But since its one of the FX8*** series, only use high end 970 boards (and at the very least that 5 phase one from Asrock, its just good enough), and preferably a motherboard with the FX990 chipset. If you replacing the motherboard and already have the FX8350, then fine. But if you don't have an FX8350, don't get it.

[-rascal-]

4 hours ago, x Relentless Xx said:

This board has a 4+1 Phase VRM and am worried about FX 8350 support. I WILL NOT be doing any overclocking and am wondering if it will still cause issues at stock. I know OCing on a 970 chipset is not recommended and especially not with a 4+1 phase VRM. Will it be okay at stock clock? Or should i get a 990FX?

 

4 hours ago, thatguyyouknow75 said:

i dont see it being and issue really

 

DO NOT use the Fx-8350 on the MSi 970A-G43 motherboard.

 

The FX-8350 (and higher rated TDP Processors) WERE once listed on the "supported CPU list" but have been removed since then.

This because, the non-heatsinked 4+1 VRM cannot handle the power requirement Processors like the FX-8350 requires to operate optimally.

MSi officially removed these high-power requirement Processors from the list after the mass reports of damaged motherboards.

 

The FX-8350 and above were ALSO removed from the supported CPU list on the slightly higher grade MSi 970A-G46.