Very Odd FX8350 problems

Espie

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Oct 10, 2013
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Hi all,
I have just bought a AMD FX 8350 cpu to replace my 1090t. Problem is I can't get the cpu stable even at stock settings. I have loaded the default bios settings, even lowered the RAM mhz.
It always seems to crash or BSOD when trying to render in 3Ds Max 2012.
I have tried lowering and increasing the voltage to the cpu but that hasn't seemed to help.
I have also installed some Microsoft hotfixes regarding this cpu. Really annoying. I was hoping to overclock this thing but I can't even get it to run at stock levels. Any thoughts?

My Specs:
AMD FX 8350
Asrock 890GX Extreme4 R2
16Gb 1333Ghz Corsair RAM
800w PSU
Windows 7 x64
 

Espie

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Oct 10, 2013
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No it isn't generic, it is a Toughpower - I think that's thermaltake

Also cpu under load is 52C