AMD Phenom II x4 955 BE Power Consumption
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nelson217
October 8, 2014 4:21:37 AM
My Processer is AMD Phenom II x4 955 Black Edition (NOT OVERCLOCKED)
it says that its power consumption is 125w...
my question
Is the power consumption always 125w???
cause i have a board (Asrock 960 gc-gs fx) that i will use temporarily for 3-4 months and my board is up to 95w only, so i will limit my loads so that i will not overpower my board
it says that its power consumption is 125w...
my question
Is the power consumption always 125w???
cause i have a board (Asrock 960 gc-gs fx) that i will use temporarily for 3-4 months and my board is up to 95w only, so i will limit my loads so that i will not overpower my board
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nelson217
October 8, 2014 5:45:39 AM
sir i appreciate your help very much
but are you 100% sure that the 95w limit is for am3+ cpus only???
because if you look at the support list of my board none of it exceeds 95w
http://www.asrock.com/mb/AMD/960GC-GS%20FX/?cat=CPU
but are you 100% sure that the 95w limit is for am3+ cpus only???
because if you look at the support list of my board none of it exceeds 95w
http://www.asrock.com/mb/AMD/960GC-GS%20FX/?cat=CPU
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nelson217 said:
My Processer is AMD Phenom II x4 955 Black Edition (NOT OVERCLOCKED)it says that its power consumption is 125w...
my question
Is the power consumption always 125w???
cause i have a board (Asrock 960 gc-gs fx) that i will use temporarily for 3-4 months and my board is up to 95w only, so i will limit my loads so that i will not overpower my board
It's actually not 125w power consumption. It's 125w TDP...Thermal Design Power.
I know it's misleading. But it has as much to do with heat as it does current. Here's some more info.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thermal_design_power
Now, if you have a CPU rated at 125w on a 95w board, yes you want to limit your loads.
If you want to fix this and you have good DDR3 RAM, a good replacement motherboard would be this:
http://www.gigabyte.com/products/product-page.aspx?pid=...
It is good for your current CPU, and can go up to an FX 8350 if you upgrade in the future. It is a solid 970 series overclocking board as well. It will also support a single high end GPU if you need to upgrade that. But it won't do SLI or Crossfire well, so stick to a single GPU with this board.
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nelson217
October 8, 2014 5:53:44 AM
maddogfargo said:
MeteorsRaining said:
According to the list, it doesn't support the specified CPU, HDZ955FBGM. So you're out of luck.You're talking about his current board, not the recommended replacement I added, right?
Yep current board.
OP, its not recommended to use a higher TDP CPU on a lower TDP MoBo, its not designed to handle a CPU like that, the thermals and power phases are not great, only 3. You can't do much with that.
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nelson217
October 8, 2014 5:58:58 AM
maddogfargo said:
nelson217 said:
My Processer is AMD Phenom II x4 955 Black Edition (NOT OVERCLOCKED)it says that its power consumption is 125w...
my question
Is the power consumption always 125w???
cause i have a board (Asrock 960 gc-gs fx) that i will use temporarily for 3-4 months and my board is up to 95w only, so i will limit my loads so that i will not overpower my board
It's actually not 125w power consumption. It's 125w TDP...Thermal Design Power.
I know it's misleading. But it has as much to do with heat as it does current. Here's some more info.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thermal_design_power
Now, if you have a CPU rated at 125w on a 95w board, yes you want to limit your loads.
If you want to fix this and you have good DDR3 RAM, a good replacement motherboard would be this:
http://www.gigabyte.com/products/product-page.aspx?pid=...
It is good for your current CPU, and can go up to an FX 8350 if you upgrade in the future. It is a solid 970 series overclocking board as well. It will also support a single high end GPU if you need to upgrade that. But it won't do SLI or Crossfire well, so stick to a single GPU with this board.
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nelson217
October 8, 2014 6:00:14 AM
nelson217 said:
i have tried to use it with the board and playe games for a few minutes.. but as soon as i notice that my board is up to 125w i immediately remove it and put my old 65w processor,is it okay if i use it for like a 2-3 months until i have the money to buy a new board??
*IF* your motherboard will let you make adjustments, you want to consider underclocking/undervolting your 955be a little.
Some more info for you...
http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/undervolt-cpu-pheno...
Tom's just undervolted it a little and left it at stock speeds. Based on my reading. 1.2-1.25v is a more common setting when undervolting these CPUs.
If you are not comfortable doing this, leave the old CPU in until you can update the motherboard.
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I understand, but the The thermal design power is the amount of heat the fan needs to be able to dissipate. Regarding wattage, each motherboard should have the power supply requirements which includes the diagnose of how much wattage he is going to need with a basic system configuration and since the processor is part of the system configuration, the motherboards manufacturers already take into consideration the power consumption of the processor/fan. And sadly, your current MoBo doesn't fall in the required criteria for 125W TDP CPUs.
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nelson217
October 8, 2014 6:08:32 AM
MeteorsRaining said:
maddogfargo said:
MeteorsRaining said:
According to the list, it doesn't support the specified CPU, HDZ955FBGM. So you're out of luck.You're talking about his current board, not the recommended replacement I added, right?
Yep current board.
OP, its not recommended to use a higher TDP CPU on a lower TDP MoBo, its not designed to handle a CPU like that, the thermals and power phases are not great, only 3. You can't do much with that.
In your earlier reply you said he could use the 955BE a 125 watt cpu because it wasn't an "AM3+" processor. Which is wrong of course. Why should he listen to you now? lol!
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MeteorsRaining said:
I understand, but the The thermal design power is the amount of heat the fan needs to be able to dissipate. Regarding wattage, each motherboard should have the power supply requirements which includes the diagnose of how much wattage he is going to need with a basic system configuration and since the processor is part of the system configuration, the motherboards manufacturers already take into consideration the power consumption of the processor/fan. And sadly, your current MoBo doesn't fall in the required criteria for 125W TDP CPUs.nelson217 said:
but as ive said i have already tried to use it in the boardis it okay if i temporarily use my board for like 2-3 months???
and about the unvervolting will it decrease my wattage and my core speed?? if yes then what will be my full load watt and core speed?
If your board has advanced clock calibration support. "ACC" in your bios what you could do is disable one core. That would bring you down to the 95 watt TDP.
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bmacsys said:
MeteorsRaining said:
maddogfargo said:
MeteorsRaining said:
According to the list, it doesn't support the specified CPU, HDZ955FBGM. So you're out of luck.You're talking about his current board, not the recommended replacement I added, right?
Yep current board.
OP, its not recommended to use a higher TDP CPU on a lower TDP MoBo, its not designed to handle a CPU like that, the thermals and power phases are not great, only 3. You can't do much with that.
In your earlier reply you said he could use the 955BE a 125 watt cpu because it wasn't an "AM3+" processor. Which is wrong of course. Why should he listen to you now? lol!
Well that was a mistake, and I accept it.
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nelson217
October 8, 2014 6:31:25 AM
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October 8, 2014 6:54:21 AM
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