RX 480 wreaking havoc

[HexagonIi]

Recently, I purchased a RX 480, and planned to put it in my smaller rig, but haven't booted the system yet as I lacked certain components. While surfing the net, I read about Motherboards getting destroyed by the RX 480, and I fear that I would damage my motherboard. Hence I ask these 2 questions :

1) should I be worried about the Rx 480 damaging my motherboard? 

2) if so what should i do? 

Specs for the mini pc 

Core i7 4770k 

RX 480 

MSI Z97 Gaming 3

CS 650M

16GB DDR3L 

SanDisk Ultra II 240GB

 

[TrigrH]

its all BS, many cards do it, however I wouldn't recommend any overclocking on the reference design.

[Megazero]

21 minutes ago, HexagonIi said:

Recently, I purchased a RX 480, and planned to put it in my smaller rig, but haven't booted the system yet as I lacked certain components. While surfing the net, I read about Motherboards getting destroyed by the RX 480, and I fear that I would damage my motherboard. Hence I ask these 2 questions :

1) should I be worried about the Rx 480 damaging my motherboard? 

2) if so what should i do? 

Specs for the mini pc 

Core i7 4770k 

RX 480 

MSI Z97 Gaming 3

CS 650M

16GB DDR3L 

SanDisk Ultra II 240GB

 

The RX 480 have the potential to damage a low end/old/cheap mobo. Yours is a pretty good mobo so I dont think you have to worry. I wouldnt OC it if I was you though

[don_svetlio]

It's mostly people trying to cash in on the publicity. Your board has proper VRMs and is not likely to even notice the load. Your PSU is the only worrying part as CS aren't great but more towards the average.

[gilang01]

An RX 480 @1425 mHZ, 1150 mV, strapped to a cheap Msi H81 (i7 4790K), running a heaven loop for 7 hours (and counting)

 

No observable damage. 

[Herman Mcpootis]

the issue should be more apparent in older boards. i remember reading somewhere that pci-e gen 1-2 can provide 75w of power while newer connectors can provide 100w if i'm not wrong.

[?Snarky?]

This is good to hear. Are B/H 170 motherboards fine with an rx480?

[TheRandomness]

3 minutes ago, ?Snarky? said:

This is good to hear. Are B/H 170 motherboards fine with an rx480?

They should be, but I'd not go below around $50 in terms of price

[?Snarky?]

15 minutes ago, TheRandomness said:

They should be, but I'd not go below around $50 in terms of price

Would it be okay for an msi b150?

[TheRandomness]

1 minute ago, ?Snarky? said:

Would it be okay for an msi b150?

hmmm...

probably c:

[?Snarky?]

2 minutes ago, TheRandomness said:

hmmm...

probably c:

Alright then. Thanks

[awesomeness10120]

50 minutes ago, gilang01 said:

An RX 480 @1425 mHZ, 1150 mV, strapped to a cheap Msi H81 (i7 4790K), running a heaven loop for 7 hours (and counting)

 

No observable damage. 

Hmmmm... 1425 is the best I've seen out of the 480.

[IGJoe2192]

Running crossfire with RX480's on an Asus X99-A several benchmarks and games under their belt, no issues. 

[gilang01]

16 minutes ago, awesomeness10120 said:

Hmmmm... 1425 is the best I've seen out of the 480.

Fastest 480, for now at least. 

There's a reddit thread for this particular gpu I believe 

[HexagonIi]

Holy crap guys, I didn't expect that many replies. The information is well appreciated! 

So to sum it up, 

1) Having the Rx 480 is fine on my motherboard 

2) Don't overclock the card 

Just for those who happen to chance upon this thread. 

 

[App4that]

https://www.pcper.com/reviews/Graphics-Cards/Power-Consumption-Concerns-Radeon-RX-480/Overclocking-Current-Testing

[othertomperson]

Basically as long as you're spending more on the motherboard than the gpu and only from the last couple of years you might be fine...