Failed AMD FX 8350 installation

[Leem92]

Sweet, i had the Rev-1, absolutely solid, great Board.

The Noctua NH-D15 is a great cooler. but MooASSIVE...

Hmm I don't have my case yet.. i'll wait and then buy it when i'm overclocking (if it fits)

 

[Leem92]

Leem if you search this forum (cpu section) you will find our overclocking FX thread which myself and Andy have posted loads into.

I am posting on my 8320 which is over 2 yrs old now stable an using efficiency settings on 4.5Ghz.

The posters you are currently reading have all championed the FX at some stage, however you wont get support if you base the rig on a chocolate teapot motherboard.

Sabertooth R2.0 is not chocolate teapot MB. Please don't get confused by it's colour

 

[Leem92]

A real 240mm cooler (not those crappy AiOs) will destroy any air cooler hands down. Dont think i ever saw my 8350 reach the 45 mark when stress testing at 5+.

Which cooler do you recommend for an 8350 running at 4.7Ghz?

 

[Leem92]

https://www.overclockers.co.uk/raijintek-triton-aio-water-cooling-solution-hs-016-rt.html

Thanks I will consider it !

Also when i'm playing games my CPU doesn't even go above 14c.. is this because my MB doesn't have enough power to use all the cores?

 

[Leem92]

Ignore idle temps on AMD CPU's, they are not accurate ^^^^ apparently they become accurate as they get above 40c



Nice, its only a tenner more than mine

Was thinking this https://www.overclockers.co.uk/cors...iquid-cpu-cooler-cw-9060014-ww-hs-017-cs.html

 

[Leem92]

The main culprits for leaking are Coolit AIOs. So that means the Corsairs with the square pumps. The round ones are Asetek and I have never had one leak.

I had a H110 on my 3970x for about 13 months and it was a great cooler, if a little tricky to fit due to it being dual 140. The only other issue is that Corsair only supply AF fans with it, due to not making any SP fans for 140mm. This means you really should replace the fans with something better.

Ed. Apols for DP.

Hmm liquid cooling sounds like a bit of a silent killer... I've looked up many reviews and every liquid cooler has a few saying it's leaked and destroyed their GPU/Mobo.

I'll just stick with the Noctua NH-D15 or Dark Rock 3... Cheers

 

[Leem92]

I was referring to your original option Leem ^.

For the record my motherboard is the r2 sabertooth. My only complaint is the onboard sound is naff and failed some time ago, otherwise a great OC board!

Ahh yes that was my old board.. Had it for 5 years it done great! But time to update

Did you get a sound card?

 

[Leem92]

You need to use HWMON and keep an eye on the CPUTIN or whatever it is. Ignore the core temps they are false.

You'll soon find out which is which when the rig freezes

Getting 32c playing CSGO

 

[Leem92]

Built my computer last night, booted up first time! Running fantastic, FPS is back to 200+, overwhelmed Thanks for all the advice & help

 

[Leem92]

Ok I'd try loading default settings or resetting your cmos.
Something in your bios is causing your cpu to stay at 7x which is 1400mhz.
if that doesn't change anything then have a look at setting your windows power mode to balanced or high performance.

If still stuck at 1400mhz then we need some screenshots of your bios so we can what settings are enabled, If we can go through some settings then we can maybe save yourself a mbaord. But like i said for £38-£43 you could get a board and it will run properly from out of the box and will even support an overclock to 4.5ghz with ease, providing you have a good cpu cooler.

Built my new PC last night... As you can see... Running like a dream! Thanks for the help man!