AMD Fx 8350 + ASROCK 970 Extreme3 R2.0 ( FREEZING )

daan.schroeten · Jan 24, 2018

Specs

CPU : AMD Fx 8350
Motherboard : ASROCK 970 Extreme3 R2.0
GPU : MSI Radeon R9 280 (Gaming) 3G
Ram : 8 GB ( Corsair i think.. )
Cooler : Scythe Mugen 4

Sorry for my bad english....

So i owned this pc now for 2 years, it worked fine. But lately it have been randomly freezing. i don't want to do i bought this pc back in the day for 800. i have contacted the people who made it and they say that its not theire fault and that they wont fix it. i brought it two days ago to them, they runned every thing form diagnostics every but they didnt find anything wrong with it. i don't know what to do

Please help me

Dark Lord of Tech · Jan 24, 2018

It's the board it has a very poor power phase and thermal design. It's a common issue when you have a 125w CPU mounted on that Asrock.That is why they have this warning on the CPU support list:

"* For cooling the CPU and its surrounding components, please install a CPU cooler with a top-down blowing design."

daan.schroeten · Jan 24, 2018

my cooler is a Scythe Mugen 4

But the solution is to buy a new motherboard ?

And if so what budget motherboard woud you suggest ?

sarcophagus_macabre · Jan 24, 2018

The suggestion is for you to get a downdraft cooler, one with a horizontally oriented fan that will help cool the vrm's. Scythe makes several in that configuration, just be sure to get one that can cool your cpu sufficiently.

Dark Lord of Tech · Jan 25, 2018

Downward blowing cooler may help a little , but many times with that board and a 125 Watt CPU , it doesn't help.

Scythe Mugen 4 does nothing to help cool the VRM.

vanbennekommaria · Apr 22, 2018

I have exactly the same problem! After 2 years I got random freezes with my AMD system. Sometimes multiple on 1 day, sometimes not for a few days..

I changed RAM, CPU, MotherBoard, PSU, SSD, Graphic card, Windows 10 fresh install and nothing helped! The pc kept freezing :-(

This is my most important configuration > replacements (Luckily I could return some parts!)

8GB 1600-9 BX Sport K2 CRU > replaced by Corsair RAM 8GB (returned)
AMD FX-4300 3800 AM3+ BOX sold €20 > replaced by the same 30€
Asro 970 Extreme3 R2.0 970 sold €20 > ASUS M5A97 R2.0 €113
XILENCE Office Series 400W ATX23 > Corsair CX450 450W ATX24 €54
Samsung Evo SSD 265 Gb (this one is from my previous pc) > Corsair Force LS SSD €64
Western Digital 2 TB
AMD Radeon HD 5000 from previous pc > AMD Radeon HD 5450 €10 second hand

It can be related to Windows 10 Fall Creatures Update, which makes the computer need more power.

In the end I did a calculation how much Ampere and Watt I need for my configuration. Turns out I have 5 Amp shortage at the 12v motherboard connection. And I dont even have many power consuming stuff in my pc.

Alternate, the Dutch PC webshop said my Xilence power supply unit should be sufficient! It's not :-(

Well, I just bought a new Corsair PSU Corsair CX450 450W ATX24 that has a good surplus on Amperes. So I have my pc up and running again. Lets see what it does now?

All in all I have spend now €231 on computer freeze ! :-( Bummer !!

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