Hey guys. Recently I decided to upgrade my 5 year old rig with cheap, yet effective hardware. I have an older Gigabyte 970a-ud3 mobo, 8gb 1666mhz geil ram, 1tb hdd, Radeon Xfx 470 4gb, and an AMD fx 9590 cpu with a strong cooler master dual fan air cooler.
First recent upgrade was the vid card, but during WoW play, which often takes a toll of the cpu bc of the vast world it needs to process, I noticed my old AMD phenom x1100t would bottleneck the 470 (I also play maxed out everything on 1080p). So, I figured I'd replace the CPU too. Went to microcenter, and was initially considering an 8350 for a cheap and efficient upgrade, but it turns out they had the FX 9590 for only 160 bucks. Yes, I'm aware of the reviews and background of the 9590, but for 160 bucks?
The 9590 went into my 970a-ud3 (rev 1) without issues. Applied new thermal compound and equipped the freshly cleaned cooler master heat sink. When firing up the computer, everything booted fine, but the first thing I always check is HWmonitor. It did indeed show all 8 cores, correct cache speeds, etc, but every core was only clocked to 4ghz. Now I understand this is bc I have an older motherboard and it can't meet the disgusting demand of 225w for the cpu. But since it can't do this, it keeps it at a solid 4ghz, and amazingly runs at no higher than 42degrees celcius on air, even when gaming hard.
The only thing I did notice is that at the 4ghz run speed, it's only using about 1.360 volts. This is fine w me, bc it's running pretty damn cool and still efficient, but sometimes, for a split second, itll drop to say 3200mhz. You can't even notice the difference in gaming or general usage, but my HWmonitor will log it as the min speed. It happens immediately, and doesn't stay at that speed. It's like an instant dip, then goes back to 4ghz solid for 99.9% of the time? Any reason why?
Sorry for the long post, but my ultimate quest is what do you guys think I should do w this setup? Should I just accept the current setup, and that I have a 9590 I got for cheap that's running at a cool speed, although it's only at 4ghz? Even though the speed is at 4ghz, It still appears everything else is on point, like cache speeds, and all 8 cores operating. Should I just leave it as is and be content with a 4ghz 9590, lol? And also, should I be concerned about the immediate split second dips in mhz? No effect on performance, but it's odd to see it at 4ghz all the time and then record a 3200mhz low.
Thanks!
First recent upgrade was the vid card, but during WoW play, which often takes a toll of the cpu bc of the vast world it needs to process, I noticed my old AMD phenom x1100t would bottleneck the 470 (I also play maxed out everything on 1080p). So, I figured I'd replace the CPU too. Went to microcenter, and was initially considering an 8350 for a cheap and efficient upgrade, but it turns out they had the FX 9590 for only 160 bucks. Yes, I'm aware of the reviews and background of the 9590, but for 160 bucks?
The 9590 went into my 970a-ud3 (rev 1) without issues. Applied new thermal compound and equipped the freshly cleaned cooler master heat sink. When firing up the computer, everything booted fine, but the first thing I always check is HWmonitor. It did indeed show all 8 cores, correct cache speeds, etc, but every core was only clocked to 4ghz. Now I understand this is bc I have an older motherboard and it can't meet the disgusting demand of 225w for the cpu. But since it can't do this, it keeps it at a solid 4ghz, and amazingly runs at no higher than 42degrees celcius on air, even when gaming hard.
The only thing I did notice is that at the 4ghz run speed, it's only using about 1.360 volts. This is fine w me, bc it's running pretty damn cool and still efficient, but sometimes, for a split second, itll drop to say 3200mhz. You can't even notice the difference in gaming or general usage, but my HWmonitor will log it as the min speed. It happens immediately, and doesn't stay at that speed. It's like an instant dip, then goes back to 4ghz solid for 99.9% of the time? Any reason why?
Sorry for the long post, but my ultimate quest is what do you guys think I should do w this setup? Should I just accept the current setup, and that I have a 9590 I got for cheap that's running at a cool speed, although it's only at 4ghz? Even though the speed is at 4ghz, It still appears everything else is on point, like cache speeds, and all 8 cores operating. Should I just leave it as is and be content with a 4ghz 9590, lol? And also, should I be concerned about the immediate split second dips in mhz? No effect on performance, but it's odd to see it at 4ghz all the time and then record a 3200mhz low.
Thanks!
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