AMD 9590 Cooler help

David522 · 3 Sep 2013 at 12:41

Am building a pc for my brother and he has bought the 9590 cpu. My problem is what cooler do i put on it?

The case he is wanting me to put it in is a Cooler master Haf XB lan box case.

What would you reccommend? Am looking at the Corsair H80 or H100 but not sure if they will be powerfull enough.

Getting motherboard later this week as he can't decide which one he wants!

teppic · 3 Sep 2013 at 12:49

If he can (or is willing) he should consider DSRing the 9590 and overclocking a cheaper one, like the 9370.

An H100/100i will be fine. You can use a high end air cooler too, like the Be Quiet Dark Rock Pro 2.

He'll need a pretty good board for it. The Asus Crosshair Formula Z, Sabertooth, or Gigabyte UD5/UD7 will be fine.

Doomedspeed · 3 Sep 2013 at 12:54

I don't want to start Red/Blue debate but im pretty sure my reasoning is justified..

It will be cheaper returning the chip and getting an intel 4770k build.

The motherboard needed for the 9590/9370 will be expensive as they need really good quality components (all over the board) to withstand the 'silly' overclock on those chips..

The cooler also will have to be atleast £60+

This is not a problem intel have.

teppic · 3 Sep 2013 at 14:38

This is what I'd go for with a high clocked (4.8GHz or so) AMD build:

YOUR BASKET
1 x AMD Piledriver FX-8 Eight Core 8350 Black Edition 4.00GHz (Socket AM3+) Processor - Retail £143.99
1 x Gigabyte 990FXA-UD5 AMD 990FX (Socket AM3+) DDR3 Motherboard £141.98
1 x BeQuiet Dark Rock Pro 2 CPU Cooler £61.99
Total : £359.36 (includes shipping : £9.50).

It's a lot cheaper than getting the 9590, and at these clocks the CPU offers very good performance.

Martini1991 · 3 Sep 2013 at 14:39

Return the FX9590, there's much better ways to spend the money, regardless of AMD/Intel preference.

Avenged7Fold · 3 Sep 2013 at 15:26

Martini1991 said:
Return the FX9590, there's much better ways to spend the money, regardless of AMD/Intel preference.

^ this

David522 · 3 Sep 2013 at 16:25

Thanks

He won't return the cpu as "it's the fastest" So will get the H100 and hope he likes it.

He's paying for the components so am not too worried about cost

teppic · 3 Sep 2013 at 16:29

Ok, if he wants it that's up to him

Be sure to get a good board though - one of the ones I listed above will be ok.

Doomedspeed · 3 Sep 2013 at 16:32

You just need to show him sone game benchmarks. http://www.hardwarecanucks.com/foru...66-amd-fx-9590-review-piledriver-5ghz-13.html

nick.lidgett · 3 Sep 2013 at 17:03

Doomedspeed said:
You just need to show him sone game benchmarks. http://www.hardwarecanucks.com/foru...66-amd-fx-9590-review-piledriver-5ghz-13.html

i cant believe my 2600k would trounce it

teppic · 3 Sep 2013 at 17:04

Well it's not quite that simple. If you look at something it does very well in, it's way ahead of a 2600K

http://images.hardwarecanucks.com/image//skymtl/CPU/FX-9590/FX-9590-55.jpg

nick.lidgett · 3 Sep 2013 at 17:31

teppic said:
Well it's not quite that simple. If you look at something it does very well in, it's way ahead of a 2600K

http://images.hardwarecanucks.com/image//skymtl/CPU/FX-9590/FX-9590-55.jpg

so I see, its a good chip if used in that particular field but not for gaming?

OP - I wish you and your brother well with the build, it will be interesting to see some "real world" benchys when youre up and running.

teppic · 3 Sep 2013 at 17:37

It's too expensive - since the 8350 can normally overclock to the same speed and is less than half the price. For things that use 8 cores equally (like rendering and encoding) it makes the 8320/50 very good value.

Martini1991 · 3 Sep 2013 at 17:42

David522 said:
Thanks

He won't return the cpu as "it's the fastest" So will get the H100 and hope he likes it.

He's paying for the components so am not too worried about cost

It's not the fastest though lol.

teppic · 3 Sep 2013 at 22:18

Fastest AMD, but can only beat SB/IB-E in code targeted directly at the processor's instruction set.

If you're someone who uses almost entirely heavily threaded software, the 9370's a pretty good buy - guaranteed 4.7GHz for £180.

kaku · 4 Sep 2013 at 02:41

David522 said:
He won't return the cpu as "it's the fastest"

Ouch... In for a rude awakening...

Akagi · 4 Sep 2013 at 03:11

Fail thread is full of fail. Return the CPU and remind your brother that it is always a good idea to read reviews of PC components before buying them. :rolleyes: