Amd FX-6350 Bottlenecking GTX 970?

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Probably not all that much, the motherboard has only 4+1 VRM's and no cooling on it wahtsoever.

I'd say you'd be able to reach 4-4.2 GHZ at best.

billiingtons11

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Thank you. I have another question... When I am playing Rust, I don't get above 70% on my gpu... But my cpu isn't maxed out at 100%. Anything thing to help? If so thanks!
 

Brunostako

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First, monitor your temps. Sometimes the CPU works hot and it clocks down to prevent overheat. A better cooling could improve CPU performance by making it sustain higher clocks.

Second, if temps aren't the problem and it works at its rated clocks, try OCing it. You will also need a better cooling solution and maybe a better PSU.

BTW, what PSU do you own? Sometimes a bad quality PSU can hold a CPU or GPU performance.
 

billiingtons11

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Sorry, haven't been on for awhile. But I have a Corsair 650w
 

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thats more than enough for the fx 6350 and gtx 970
 

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Hi,

I'm running a FX-6350 and a MSI GTX 970 and it works fine. I even did some overclocking on the CPU and GPU.


  • Asrock 990fx extreme 3 motherboard
    FX-6350 overclock by 220 (10%) it runs stable @ 4290 MHZ (no raise of voltage and STOCK cooler)
    2x 4GB Corsair Vengeance DDR3 RAM (1600) overclock to 1760 MHZ
    XFX 550 watt power supply
    MSI GTX 970 overclock: +130 on core clock / +200 on memory clock / Power limit on 110% (no raise of voltage)

I did a benchmark test with Heaven and had no glitches:

  • Stable temp on CPU: 59 C
    Stable temp on GPU: 71 C

Tip! Disable AMD turbo core! It can cause CPU stutter


 

billiingtons11

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uhh, how much oc can i get with this mobo and stock cooler? MSI 760Gm-P34 (FX)