Is the AMD FX-8350 stock cooler good?

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I'm new to Desktop PC "stuff" and I just got an AMD PC. I want to upgrade my AMD FX-6300 (w/ after-market cooler) to an AMD FX-8350 cpu. I'm too lazy to replace the thermal paste... sooo... can someone just answer my question...
 
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It won't break but you won't get a stable overclock. The VRM's on that motherboard overheat when running 125w CPU's at stock speed, this causes the motherboard to throttle down the cpu speed. Overclocking makes this worse, you will end up with performance issues with any attempt to overclock a 125w cpu on that motherboard.

The other point is going from 6 to 8 core will make no difference in CS GO as the game cannot use more than 4.


I am just trying to help you so you don't waste money on something that isnt going to give you the gains in performance you want.
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thermal paste on the old cooler is probably bad by now, you can always just swap the cpu chips and then check your temps.

honestly though, changing thermal paste will take 5 minutes and the benefits of better thermals far outweigh the cons of not replacing it
 
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I'll think about this.
 
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What the hell, imma get a new cooler (maybe water cooling) and a new CPU, I don't care if it breaks.
 
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It won't break but you won't get a stable overclock. The VRM's on that motherboard overheat when running 125w CPU's at stock speed, this causes the motherboard to throttle down the cpu speed. Overclocking makes this worse, you will end up with performance issues with any attempt to overclock a 125w cpu on that motherboard.

The other point is going from 6 to 8 core will make no difference in CS GO as the game cannot use more than 4.


I am just trying to help you so you don't waste money on something that isnt going to give you the gains in performance you want.
 
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