It was a bit silly though buying another 8350 wasn't it? I think that's what Richdog meant in his post. We know the original 8350 is fine, otherwise it wouldn't work with Linux, so it seems pointless spending money on another. It almost sounds like there is some sort of lack of power going on with the chip though, as though it's getting stuck in Cool N Quiet mode or something like that.
Have you been using the 8 pin CPU connector with the better boards to see if it makes any difference? Maybe it simply isn't getting the power it needs.
The thing is that I originally had the 8350, but no mobo. My MA78 Mobo has the 2.6 Hex core and that did not run the 83500 ( Not a problem )
So, I bought a 970 Mobo ( That did have the 4 pin but the CPU simply wasnt being quick enough.
My mate had a 3.2 Hex core but with a 990 Mobo
So, I swapped those bits over, but the 990 mobo was no better than the 970, plus, 2 of the RAM slots didnt like my RAM.
Now, I posted up about some of this previously, and someone said about the Sabretooth mobo, so, I decided to get that to try.
The thing is, that knowing me, I would now have a Gigabyte 990 Mobo but no CPU and so that why I decided to also splash out on another CPU.
This would let me experiment on comparing the Asus Sabretooth and the Gigabyte 990 as both will have the same CPU and the same RAM ( 2xGskill RipJaw )
Im like that... A touch Mental
The thing is, that they both perform absolutely 100% the same, but... And this is a big But ( pardon? ), but, the gigabyte will ONLY do 2 RAM slots, the Asus does 4, and the gigabyte does NOT hang or pause certain apps, the Asus does all the time
Irritatingly, my favourite Motherboard that I currently own is actually an old Gigabyte P55-USB3 and thats an old 1156 setup with an 860 and again, only 2 slots work on that, so its only got 8GB ( only? ) but as a workhorse, it has NEVER given be one single hint that it will hang in any way... Sure, its gets slower as you add more tasks ,and thats only to be expected, but NEVER does it hang.
As a comparison, the AMD in the ASUS Sabretooth shoots off like a rocket, and does task 1 like a rocket, task 2, 3 and 4 again possibly like a rocket and then all of a sudden, task "X" whatever becomes unresponsive, and hangs until another task finishes,and then the hung app suddenly springs back into life and shoots off ... Like a rocket! - this is bloody annoying. Especially when my 2 best AMDs are the fastest you can get and compared to my 6 year old I7 that my daughter now uses to do at most, YouTube videos, are simply useless in comparison.
The 3.2 Hexcore is flawless however and thats now in the 970Mobo and the 2.6 Hex core in the Asus MA78 I have given to my mate. The other PC simply all work so no need to talk about them.
Anyway, once again Im waffling so, I'll ST?U
