FX 8350 Throttling Problem

aDyerSituation · Jun 30, 2014

Hello, I have an FX 8350 and a Gigabyte fx990 ud3(rev. 3 of course>.>) motherboard and I am having throttling problems. I have seriously tried everything. I disabled all power saving features, disabled turbo, put a fan over the vrms, updated my bios, and even tried an unofficial bios I found on a forum that enabled APM to be enabled/disabled. That didn't even work. I am using the stock cooler but I have a hyper 212 evo that should be here tomorrow.. Besides maybe my temps being too hot, what else can I try? :C

Andrew Buck · Jun 30, 2014

aDyerSituation :

What temperature? The socket or core temp? Try putting the stock fan's 50mm fan on the back of the socket with tape when you get your Hyper 212 Evo. It brought my 8320's socket temp from 75 C to 57 C.

aDyerSituation · Jun 30, 2014

Andrew Buck :

aDyerSituation :

What temperature? The socket or core temp? Try putting the stock fan's 50mm fan on the back of the socket with tape when you get your Hyper 212 Evo. It brought my 8320's socket temp from 75 C to 57 C.

79c under prime95

Andrew Buck · Jun 30, 2014

aDyerSituation :

Andrew Buck :

79c under prime95

Yes, but socket or core?

aDyerSituation · Jun 30, 2014

Andrew Buck :

Actually I am not even sure which temps are which

Andrew Buck · Jun 30, 2014

Oh yeah. That would help to have a cooler for that beast. That is core AND socket. Socket is SEVERE. Not sure why it is that high - 99 C.

aDyerSituation · Jun 30, 2014

Andrew Buck :

Neither do I aha. But all of a sudden some games are unplayable so I am getting quite frustrated.

Andrew Buck · Jun 30, 2014

aDyerSituation :

I had the same issue. With Intel, no issues like that. You don't even need to worry about socket temp. You can go to over 90 C too. With that, just upgrade your board to a Sabertooth 990FX and sell your current one. It should help. A lot.

aDyerSituation · Jun 30, 2014

Andrew Buck :

Damn. I was really hoping to avoid that, but if my cooler comes tomorrow and installing a fan on the backplate doesn't work then I guess that is the route I will have to take >:C

Andrew Buck · Jun 30, 2014

aDyerSituation :

You could go pretty cheaply if you want to:

Overclocking:
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4690K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor ($239.99 @ Amazon)
CPU Cooler: Corsair H100i 77.0 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler ($89.99 @ Best Buy)
Motherboard: ASRock Z97 PRO3 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($99.99 @ Newegg)
Total: $429.97
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
With cooling, you can remove it
Not overclocking:
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4590 3.3GHz Quad-Core Processor ($199.98 @ SuperBiiz)
Motherboard: ASRock H97M PRO4 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($84.98 @ Newegg)
Total: $284.96
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

aDyerSituation · Jun 30, 2014

Andrew Buck :

aDyerSituation :

You could go pretty cheaply if you want to:

Overclocking:
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4690K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor ($239.99 @ Amazon)
CPU Cooler: Corsair H100i 77.0 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler ($89.99 @ Best Buy)
Motherboard: ASRock Z97 PRO3 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($99.99 @ Newegg)
Total: $429.97
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
With cooling, you can remove it
Not overclocking:
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4590 3.3GHz Quad-Core Processor ($199.98 @ SuperBiiz)
Motherboard: ASRock H97M PRO4 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($84.98 @ Newegg)
Total: $284.96
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Sadly I am too loyal to AMD, especially for spending that kind of money(which is cheap but not when I have a solid processor here already)

Calnin · Jun 30, 2014

In regards to Andrew's overclocking CPU/Cooling/motherboard suggestion, if you do decide to go with that route in the end, you can get a better motherboard instead of the cooler because of the 212 evo.

As for the 8350, yeah those temps are pretty high. It's sorta weird though. Everything inside the computer is rotating yeah? The fans are running and you have enough air going in and out of the case? Wires and what not are not in the way or anything?

Andrew Buck · Jun 30, 2014

aDyerSituation :

Andrew Buck :

Sadly I am too loyal to AMD, especially for spending that kind of money(which is cheap but not when I have a solid processor here already)

You would get a little bit better performance with those i5s because the single threaded performance is so much better. You wouldn't have to ever need to worry about socket temps with Intel either. Otherwise, 990FX and H100i / Cooler Master Seidon 240M maybe.

aDyerSituation · Jun 30, 2014

Calnin :

Yes. Cable management is great, 3 intake fans 3 exhaust. I am not for sure either lol

Calnin · Jun 30, 2014

Just checking.

When you swap the cooler out, I'd suggest maybe reseating the CPU itself too. Making sure there isn't anything weird going anywhere under it. Probably should have a can of compressed air or something ready.

Andrew Buck · Jun 30, 2014

Good idea with that. Also, clean off all of your components in general with compressed air.

aDyerSituation · Jun 30, 2014

Andrew Buck :

I will reseat the cpu for sure. And I just cleaned out everything last week. I don't know. this stinks aha

Andrew Buck · Jun 30, 2014

aDyerSituation :

Doesn't hurt to clean again

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