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Asrock Exteme3 V2.0

Nivlek

Nivlek

Nivlek

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I currently have an FX4300 in my mobo with the standard Heatsinkfan. I have been looking at an 8350 which I believe had a wraith cooler, but unfortunately not! If I can pick up a 8350 CPU with lesser cooler for £85 or the Wraith version for £115 can anyone think of a cooler that's better for the difference? I'd like one that blows on the mobo btw?! Plus if anyone can tell me of a better CPU that'll go in the board please let me know, the mobo's 140w
 
Got decent side air flow, it's an olds school Cosmos S, granted the big arse fan runs far slower than I'd like to cool the mother board. The 9XXX seems to have ridiculous power requirements for the MHz extra! That's why I'm looking at the 8350.... anyone got any better ideas? No offence to my friend who already responded, btw, which Heatsink would you recommend???
 
My case is massive! lol, It was only the price / board cooling I was worried about! Is that a good cooler?! I got given a LOKI SD963, which on face value should be the same.... but I doubt it!

Oh, btw, its in the box , never used it!
 
To be honest, it's not struggling! I'm just looking to upgrade mine a little so as I can pass the FX4300 down to my brother who currently has a Dual Core (270 I think).
 
Currently all my fans, the big side one included are hooked up to a hub governed by the CPU header. I dare say I can run it at full tilt without a lot of noise. The board is rated at 140W max, which should be enough... I'm not planning on overclocking!
 
Concrete said:
As already mentioned, that board is a 4+1 VRM setup which will cause you issues on an 8 core fx.

I spent a while messing with one and achieved 4.5ghz stable with an 8320 but its critical to have active cooling on the VRMs otherwise you will hit some very unpleasant throttling. I went for a 6cm fan suspended 5mm above the VRM heatsink and a 212EVO and it worked great.

Dont buy an FX CPU new/full price though!
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My board, and there seem to be a few with the same name, just to be confusing is the FX990, rated at taking up to a 140w CPU, is this still the one you were looking at? http://www.asrock.com/mb/AMD/990FX Extreme3/
 
Thanks for the response and info! My plan is still to get an FX8350 when I can find one for a sensible price (cheap!) I'm only running dual 1080 panels and it's not like I'm video editing so there's plenty of life left in this old horse yet. Thanks again.
 
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