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System locking up/unstable after upgrading to FX-9590

Kupari

Kupari

Kupari

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Just upgraded to this CPU yesterday from an FX-6300 and I've had nothing but issues. My system will totally lock up at random and won't respond to any keyboard or mouse input at all, so I have to hit the reset switch. It doesn't seem to matter what I'm doing, it happens while gaming, just browsing the web etc. I'm actually writing this on my tablet because I can't trust my machine to stay stable long enough to finish the post. My specs are as follows:

AMD FX-9590 Black Edition (I haven't done any overclocks yet)
Corsair H55 liquid cooler
Gigabyte 990FXA-UD3 mobo
XFX R9 290 Black OC 4GB
8GB RAM
750W Superflower PSU

Any ideas?
 
Firstly the H55 is not good enough to cool that CPU. I used to use a H60 which is the same only with a different pump (Coolit rather than Asetek) and it could barely keep my 8320 clocked to stock speed without throttling.

It's highly likely that the CPU is locking up your rig at a thermal wall. My 8320 does it at 5ghz.

So first up you're going to need a new cooler, H80, H100 type minimum and then make sure you have upgraded your bios.

Edit. Download HWMON and keep a close eye on the package temp. Mine maxes at 73c and it doesn't matter what the clock speed that's where my rig will lock up so I've had to figure out an overclock that keeps the CPU under 73c.
 
Cerelia said:
In all honesty if you're going for a H100 you might aswell get the H110, 280 > 240. If your case can fit it of course.
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Well of course, unless you can find a refurb which seem to be quite plentiful from a certain seller selling them on the auction site.

Actually I only just picked up a H55 myself for £29, but it has to cool an 8 core Xeon running about 0.6-0.9v so my cores sit at 23c lol.

But yeah, H80 'type' cooler (so double thick 120mm) or H100 type is essential for these chips.
 
DSR the FX9590 and use the money go Intel rather than wasting another £90 on a better cooler, even if you get a new cooler there's no guarantee that it will solve your problem if it's your motherboard not able to cope. I wouldn't use FX9590 with anything other than a Crosshair Formula which unlike most other boards has been heavily overdesigned.
 
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mmj_uk said:
DSR the FX9590 and use the money go Intel rather than wasting another £90 on a better cooler, even if you get a new cooler there's no guarantee that it will solve your problem if it's your motherboard not able to cope. I wouldn't use FX9590 with anything other than a Crosshair Formula which unlike most other boards has been heavily overdesigned.
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Oh god the Intel Witnesses have arrived.

You know? the ones who knock on your door and then pester you to convert.

The board he has is fine, the CPU is fine, ram probably fine too. All he needs is a decent cooler capable of taming the chip and he's sorted yet you turn up telling him to go over to Intel. What a faff that would be.
 
It's in the magazine dude. Should be online within a few weeks as they usually keep things like that in the mag (otherwise what's the point in selling it? :D )

It basically beat every AIO on test and it was a very thorough test including the H105, H75, Kuhler, Enermax etc. You can also add radiators to it, so tbh? it should come in at less than that custom loop with an extra 120mm rad which would obviously then cool far better than just a single 240.

I *might* get one soon to replace my H110. Would run two rads too.
 
I have the 9590 running on a basic water set up with a single thin 240 rad. I have a VRM/NB block and a CPU block.

This is probably similar to an H100, or even worse as my rad sits in the bottom of the case due to lack of room.

I am currently running at stock (damn central heating) :) at 1.416V. Seems to run very well though. I did have 4.85MHz and 5.15MHz turbo before we turned on the heating.
 
ALXAndy said:
Oh god the Intel Witnesses have arrived.

You know? the ones who knock on your door and then pester you to convert.

The board he has is fine, the CPU is fine, ram probably fine too. All he needs is a decent cooler capable of taming the chip and he's sorted yet you turn up telling him to go over to Intel. What a faff that would be.
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You've not even asked him how his temperatures are and you're preaching that he should spend another £100 on a cooler, it's easy to spend other peoples money. There's nothing wrong with his cooler it's AMD's stupid idea to release heavily overclocked/overvolted processors operating at the very limits of the silicon and what motherboards can handle.

It might be a faff but the outcome for Kupari will be a damn sight better.

Even DSR'ing the FX9590 and replacing it with a FX8350 would be a better option, less heat and less strain on the motherboard. It's not like you get massive performance from a FX9590 compared to an overclocked ~4.6ghz FX8350. FX9590 = waste of money, H100i to keep aforementioned FX9590 cool = even bigger waste of money.
 
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You've not even asked him how his temperatures are and you're preaching that he should spend another £100 on a cooler, it's easy to spend other peoples money. There's nothing wrong with his cooler it's AMD's stupid idea to release heavily overclocked/overvolted processors operating at the very limits of the silicon and what motherboards can handle.

It might be a faff but the outcome for Kupari will be a damn sight better.
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I know what the temperatures will be like. I've owned several FX CPUs and once you hit 4.4ghz and over you need a bloody good cooling solution. That's just fact, I can't change it. The very fact AMD bundle a H80 type cooler with most of them says it all. The H55 is the cheapest most budget orientated cooler Corsair have made and it shows. The design of it is from 2008 and things have changed a lot since then.

mmj_uk said:
Even DSR'ing the FX9590 and replacing it with a FX8350 would be a better option, less heat and less strain on the motherboard. It's not like you get massive performance from a FX9590 compared to an overclocked ~4.6ghz FX8350. FX9590 = waste of money, H100i to keep aforementioned FX9590 cool = even bigger waste of money.
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Oh so now you've gone from Go Intel ! to changing it for a cheaper option. And you're telling me about spending his money? pmsl.

Fact - buying into these CPUs is a mug's game, given that most 8320s will perform around the same any way. But that's neither here nor there, fact is he has it and needs to get it working.
 
Davedree said:
The h55 and 60 are pants, even the 80 isn't great.
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Absolutely Dave. A friend of mine from Bit-Tech (Harlequin) bought a 9590 and a H80 and it continually down clocked.

My H100 struggles to keep my 8320 at 4.9ghz. In summer it's literally right on the edge. 4.7ghz is much more acceptable as a day to day clock but yeah, even at 4.9ghz I only need 1.43v but even that proves to be a headache.

I remember buying a H60 and thinking yeah, I'll be safe. 4.4ghz proved too much for it though, and that's on the same 8320 I use now. Thing used to down clock to 1.7ghz during Crysis 3. In the end I settled for 4.1ghz with very low volts and it just managed to scrape through benchmarks.
 
Quick update on this. I've been running a HeavyLoad stress test for 4 and a half hours now, and the system hasn't locked up yet. Max temp is 72c, with the average being mid-60s. I'm going to keep running the test and I'll see how I get on.
 
Kupari said:
Quick update on this. I've been running a HeavyLoad stress test for 4 and a half hours now, and the system hasn't locked up yet. Max temp is 72c, with the average being mid-60s. I'm going to keep running the test and I'll see how I get on.
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But what did you do... :confused:
 
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