ASUS M5A78L-M LX3 supporting AMD FX-8350?

SweMan574 · Oct 4, 2014

I've recently bough an AMD FX-8350 to my computer. I had an AMD FX-4100 which SUCKED. But when I boot my computer it says that it doesn't support the CPU but I can start Windows anyway. And then when I open something, the whole computer reboots!

So does the ASUS M5A78L-M LX3 support AMD FX-8350?

MeteorsRaining · Oct 4, 2014

Asus M5A78L-M LX3 does not support FX 8350, wonder how you even booted with that CPU on. Support list:
http://www.asus.com/Motherboards/M5A78LM_LX3/HelpDesk_CPU/
Replace the MoBo ASAP, its not good for the CPU.

SweMan574 · Oct 4, 2014

So.... I wasted money.... Right...??

SweMan574 · Oct 4, 2014

I mean.... Like it doesn't support it at all? Even if updated???

MeteorsRaining · Oct 4, 2014

Yep, you're not going to get any performance w/ FX 8350 on that MoBo, I'm surprised how did it even start up.

chris987 · Oct 4, 2014

ASUS M5A78L-M LX as you can see it only supports 95w tdp cpu! however i wouldnt use any piledriver cpu with such old chipset board.! you would need an AMD 970 chipset mobo to utilize properly such cpu!

SweMan574 · Oct 4, 2014

OK, thanks anyway! I'm gonna sell my FX-8350 and buy an FX-6300, does it support that one?

MeteorsRaining · Oct 4, 2014

Yes it does support that one, but 3+1 power phase design would be pushing it.

SweMan574 · Oct 4, 2014

Alright... So if I buy the 6300, is it any good for live streaming? Anybody know?

MeteorsRaining · Oct 4, 2014

If you're looking to maxing out games and streaming, then that's not happening with a FX 6. For gaming, its mediocore, you'd be looking atleast at FX 8 (though not on this MoBo) for streaming.

SweMan574 · Oct 4, 2014

OK, but I just want to live stream games like Minecraft. I have an 760 graphics card, and I just want to know if I buy an 6300 to this motherboard, if I could live stream Minecraft or if I'll just build a new computer with Intel i7 4790K and MSI Z97 Gaming 7. (I will do that sooner or later)

MeteorsRaining · Oct 4, 2014

A FX 6 would be fine for minecraft, more intensive games like BF4 or FC3 may not be as good of an experience for streaming. But it'd do for minecraft

SweMan574 · Oct 4, 2014

So it does work good streaming Minecraft?

MeteorsRaining · Oct 4, 2014

Minecraft is heavily single threaded game, and since CPU has 6 logical cores, altough with not the best single core performance, it should have fine amount of power to stream on decent settings.

SweMan574 · Oct 4, 2014

OK thank you! Very much!

MeteorsRaining · Oct 4, 2014

Glad to help

SweMan574 · Oct 4, 2014

But do you think it's worth upgrading to an FX-6300 from an FX-4100?

MeteorsRaining · Oct 4, 2014

Oh yes, Bulldozer is a flop arcitecture performance wise, even FX 4300 would be fine upgrade (not in literal terms). Feel free to upgrade to a lot better Piledriver arcitecture.

SweMan574 · Oct 4, 2014

OK thanks!

Hope my motherboard will keep working!

christopherjames · Oct 4, 2014

chris987 :

Agreed. It wasn't till the 970 and 990 boards that there was actual FX cpu support. Many folks don't understand that. The older boards just had bios support bolted on. The hardware wasn't equipped for the FX cpu's. That is why you get all the people who have AMD cpu's being throttled on this forum. When you tell them it is the motherboard people don't want to accept it and get angry. You get the "my cpu is supported" schtik. When in reality the only thing these boards do is boot the cpu. If your board has onboard video it will be awful with a 4300, 6300, 8320 etc..... That is a great rule of thumb.

SweMan574 · Oct 4, 2014

Wut? I can change to a 6300 right?

christopherjames · Oct 4, 2014

SweMan574 :

You would be much, much better off getting a GA-970A-UD3P which is a proven, cheap board.

Karadjgne · Oct 4, 2014

The 6300 is the most powerful 95w fx, its as good as you can get on that mobo. If you are planning on upgrading anytime soon to Intel, I'd save your money for the upgrade. If you don't plan on an upgrade in the near future, then go for it. You'll see a marked difference in ability with the 6300 stock, but don't expect too much OC with that boards power phases.

SweMan574 · Oct 4, 2014

OK, I've made a decision. I'm gonna change motherboard to ASUS M5A97 R2.0

christopherjames · Oct 4, 2014

SweMan574 :

Do a little more research. You can do better for the price. The Rev. 4 GA-990FXA-UD3 is much stouter electronically.

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