Advice on inexpensive 220w AMD am3+ board.

[MarkJohnson]

I have an AMD FX-9590 220-watt CPU. My buddy blew up his MB when adding a custom water cooling system so he could overclock some more and it leaked and fried his MB.

He decided to go Intel and he gave me the CPU to sell for him on eBay and I wanted to get an inexpensive board that supports this chip for testing.

I can't seem to find any boards that officially support 220 watts. I have found a few that say they support 9590, but they are all over a $100.

Anyone know of an inexpensive motherboard that fully supports this FX-9590 so I can test this CPU?

 

[Azn Cracker]

The FX-9590 is the biggest embarrassment of a cpu in the last few years. It overheats like no other and requires you to buy an expensive 220w mobo.

No there are no cheap $60 mobos that can support this cpu. You can always try used or refurb mobos.

 

[Rogue Leader]

There aren't any. The lower cost AM3+ boards don't even support the standard 8320, only the e version which runs at 95w. Unfortunately in making the most overstressed to hell AMD chip they could (Its technically an overclocked to the gills 8370) they also limited it to only the most powerful AM3+ motherboards you can get.

 

[johnnyb105]

You going to want to get a 990fx board to take advantage of that chip it will also need a water cooling setup otherwise it wont function.
Now they say the Gigabyte 990fxa UD3 will work but its a little over 100 bucks now the better buy would be the 990 FXA UD5 OR UD7 as always the prices go up from there..

UD3 REV 4


http://www.gigabyte.com/support-downloads/cpu-support-popup.aspx?pid=4672

 

[Azn Cracker]

Yea if you didn't get it for free I would tell you to avoid it and just get a FX-8370 and overclock that.

 

[azca]

or buy a cheap board and UNDERCLOCK the cpu to lower frequencies/power usage

 

[johnnyb105]

Yep the 9590 ranks up there with Intels Preshot! Pentium 4 chips really hot and double as a space heater in the winter lol. Both sides have had embarrassments in the past.
Opps spelled the intel Pentium 4 Prescot as presshot! lol but that's what they called them ....

 

[Rogue Leader]

or buy a cheap board and UNDERCLOCK the cpu to lower frequencies/power usage

Except the cheap boards generally support 95w let alone 125w which is the base wattage if you really downclocked it to what its based off of (8370). And the BIOS won't support it either. This would be a waste of money

 

[johnnyb105]

I agree the cheap boards wont even accept the 8320 8350 or anything at 125 watts that chip is 220 watts lol its like having another high end GPU installed lol power wise...

 

[tAKticool]

I just wanted to add something you might consider -- three+ weeks back I started spec'ing a build and I've always loved the underdog so I decided I'd go AMD ... I quickly settled on the biggest baddest mofo they sold, the FX 9590 and went from there. I spent the next week or two being schooled how bad a decision I was making and have decided to go with an i7-4790K and other components. I understand you got what you got and will do what you will do, but I heartily suggest you NOT consider ANYTHING about your search for components with the "inexpensive" caveat, you have an extremely over-board type of CPU that needs plenty of power-capacity parts. You want to OVER-build around it, and that means giving it plenty of ability to run cooler, less critical power draining etc.

I found a great Gigabyte board for $149.99 I was going to use. I would not have even considered something below about $120 or so, because you just can't risk it with that chip. I would love to be able to say I bought it and everything worked out amazingly etc. but I have to bet (my money) with my head not my heart. In your case you already have it so I definitely suggest OVER-building around it rather than economy-building around it. Just my throw-awy thoughts for your consideration.

 

[MarkJohnson]

I was afraid of this. I guess I'll just wholesale it as untested on ebay and be done with it.

Thanks for everyone's help
-=Mark=-