This was my first build and its been nothing but issues the past week, while most were out of my control (dead PSU out of the box, etc). I purchased a mobo bundle pack from TigerDirect, it had the MSI 970A-G43 and the AMD FX8350. I use OC Genie II on it but no manual overclocking here. Initial start up was reading 72C and the case was pumping heat so I promptly shut down. Purchased a sealed Seidon 120 and am running push/pull fan setup to alleviate the heat. CoreTemp is reading 11-20C regularly during my usage and maxed at 33C min at 9C. However in control center or BIOS while in Windows the MSI readings are hovering around 38-42C and spiking 45C.
I now have found out that this mobo isn't rated for this chip. I am new to builds and the parts as a whole, I have no real knowledge of this stuff. I do no gaming. Primarily CAD work with Autodesk and general desk work and multitasking (music, email, web browsing, and CAD work all up at once on dual monitor). I carefully stuck my hand into the case after running for a few hours and there was no adverse heat, felt ambient. Put my hands near vrm and felt no heat, touched some of the little guys and they were warm but I've felt spoons come out of soup hotter :lol:
So will I be able to do my basic computing on this set-up? Or should I be looking at a new mobo already?
EDIT: Here are some temp specs of motherboard from HWinFO64, temps from CoreTemp are inline with those from HwinFO64
I now have found out that this mobo isn't rated for this chip. I am new to builds and the parts as a whole, I have no real knowledge of this stuff. I do no gaming. Primarily CAD work with Autodesk and general desk work and multitasking (music, email, web browsing, and CAD work all up at once on dual monitor). I carefully stuck my hand into the case after running for a few hours and there was no adverse heat, felt ambient. Put my hands near vrm and felt no heat, touched some of the little guys and they were warm but I've felt spoons come out of soup hotter :lol:
So will I be able to do my basic computing on this set-up? Or should I be looking at a new mobo already?
EDIT: Here are some temp specs of motherboard from HWinFO64, temps from CoreTemp are inline with those from HwinFO64
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