MSI 970 Gaming a little sticky right behind the north bridge

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I purchased the MSI 970 Gaming yesterday, coupled with AMD FX 6300 (black) and haven't played any games yet, but I have noticed tiny specs of stickiness on the Motherboard right behind the North bridge which heats up a lot...Is that a problem??
Is the FX 6300 overclocked out of the box??
I will be upgrading to an aftermarket cooler, but not immediately...
Please suggest what to do...

Anybody out there ??
PLEASE HELP...
 
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That's probably just some of the lacquer softening from the hot north bridge. Yes, they get hot normally. See if the heat sink is loose. I believe that model uses screws to hold it on rather than push pins. If the heat sink is loose, you'll have to remove the board and tighten the screws on the back of the board.

No, the FX-6300 isn't OC'd out of the box. You do that by increasing the unlocked CPU clock multiplier. Preferably in BIOS. And yes, you will want an aftermarket cooler for OC'ing. You can do very minor multi increases with the stock cooler if you you just want to experiment and get your feet wet. But always watch the temps. If you need more detailed instructions, let me know.
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That's probably just some of the lacquer softening from the hot north bridge. Yes, they get hot normally. See if the heat sink is loose. I believe that model uses screws to hold it on rather than push pins. If the heat sink is loose, you'll have to remove the board and tighten the screws on the back of the board.

No, the FX-6300 isn't OC'd out of the box. You do that by increasing the unlocked CPU clock multiplier. Preferably in BIOS. And yes, you will want an aftermarket cooler for OC'ing. You can do very minor multi increases with the stock cooler if you you just want to experiment and get your feet wet. But always watch the temps. If you need more detailed instructions, let me know.
 
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Thanks a lot...Finally I got a reply...I will definitely bother u again (if u don't mind) if I encounter an issue with my system... :bounce::D
Is 60-70 degrees during gaming too hot for the FX 6300?
TMPIN1 goes to around 65+...
 
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Not too high, no, but getting up there. What are you reading tmps with? And it's hard to say for sure what tmpin1 is. Usually that is the north or south bridge. If so, the temp is fine. When you go to OC, might I recommend using the newer version of AMD Overdrive for monitoring temperatures of the cores.
http://www.techspot.com/downloads/4645-amd-overdrive.html

Ever since AMD discontinued the K10 architecture and went with the went to the Bulldozer architecture, getting accurate core temps has been a bit... well, flaky. Instead, go by the core's thermal margin. The distance it has till it reaches the point that it throttles back to save itself. Here's a short article one of Tom's posters wrote in more detail: http://www.tomshardware.com/faq/id-2122665/understanding-temperature-amd-cpus-apus.html
 
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May I just say, thank you clutchc. Maybe I spend a bit too much time at wccftech but it's nice to see someone with an Intel-based system NOT immediately and blindly start bashing AMD at the mere mention of an FX processor.

To address the questions: FX 6300 isn't overclocked out of the box, no. There might be some small amount of overclocking available to you in the BIOS, but I'm about 90% certain that the AMD 970 chipset doesn't support the overclocking capabilities you'll find in a 990FX chipset. Your overclocking options may be quite limited.

The 970 chipset also has fewer PCI-E lanes, so you should consider avoiding Crossfire/SLI setups.

I still don't get why MSI would put the 970 chipset on a "gaming" board.

Finally, overclocking or not, you'll want an aftermarket CPU fan regardless. The OEM AMD one is mostly useful as a paperweight, and a whole lot louder.
 
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Fear not, I would never bash AMD. I probably have built more AMD machines than Intel. My 2nd gamer is a venerable Phenom II X4 @ 4.GHZ with an R9-280. It's still a great gamer. I have a fondness for AMD processors going way back.

That MSI Gaming board with the 970 chipset has somehow managed to offer X16, X8 lanes PCIe x16 slots. (Maybe a 3rd party chip, I don't know):
http://us.msi.com/product/mb/970_GAMING.html#hero-specification

Btw, you don't need the 990FX chipset to OC the FX-6300 or any other FX prosessor with an unlocked multiplier. It has the option in BIOS to increase the CPU clock multiplier just like most other boards, along with vcore control as well.
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The power delivery system is separate from the chipset. The board appears to have plenty of power phases, solid caps, and nice big heat sinks.
 
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