Hi, first and foremost I want to thank you guys for all your contributions to this community. I am a longtime stalker of these forums, but it wasn't until recently that I decided to build my own rig, and essentially I did just about everything wrong that I could think of as far as shopping went. I know myself and getting yester-years chip to beat (965 BE) just wasn't gonna cut it.
Long story short I ended up replacing the EVGA GeForce GT 640 I originally purchased with an EVGA GeForce GTX 660 SC, replaced the Corsair CX500 with a modular Corsair HX850. Basically out of my original build I am using the Seagate Barracuda 1TB HDD for my data, Cooler Master Hyper N520 CPU Heatsink, and ASUS M5A97 R2.0 Mobo.
Now with the Phenom II I managed to get a rock solid 4 GHz on stock voltages on this board, so while I can't say my present mobo is going to break records, I really can't say it's a garbage board.
A few things I am well aware of prior to requesting input.
1) I am aware that the board has a 4+2 which is far from ideal for overclocking, but would like to add that it did manage a 600 MHz OC on a quad core Phenom II.
2) I am also aware that past results are by no means an indicator of future successes. The board may have been great for a Phenom, but may not be up to par for a Piledriver.
ASUS does advertise this board as being capable of overclocking, and compatible with the FX Chips.
My issue is I can not even get this CPU to a stable overclock of 4.2 GHz (The advertised "Turbo" speed). I have tried to up the voltage to 1.45, figuring I could work my way down once I found the sweet spot as far as the clock speeds, run Prime 95, and BAM! BSOD.
I try lowering voltages, disabling all the fancy power saving stuff, that generally I would think people who build their own PC's end up disabling anyways.
Bottom line is, I bought an FX processor because like the Black Edition chips they were made to be pushed, so I want that puppy going a little bit faster than advertised...but at this point I would be OK with seeing it run at 4.2 (Once again, the advertised "Turbo" speed), and would appreciate any input or suggestions. Also please understand that while I am not a total noob, the whole UEFI BIOS is something I still don't completely understand.
My system is as follows:
CPU: AMD FX-8350, Mobo: ASUS M5A97 R2.0 (most current BIOS), PSU: Corsair HX850, Memory: 8GB G.skill Sniper 1866 MHz, GPU: EVGA GeForce GTX 660 SC, SSD: 240GB OCZ Vertex 3, HDD: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 7200 RPM, CPU Heatsink: Cooler Master Hyper N520, Case: Cooler Master HAF 912
Once again thanks!
Long story short I ended up replacing the EVGA GeForce GT 640 I originally purchased with an EVGA GeForce GTX 660 SC, replaced the Corsair CX500 with a modular Corsair HX850. Basically out of my original build I am using the Seagate Barracuda 1TB HDD for my data, Cooler Master Hyper N520 CPU Heatsink, and ASUS M5A97 R2.0 Mobo.
Now with the Phenom II I managed to get a rock solid 4 GHz on stock voltages on this board, so while I can't say my present mobo is going to break records, I really can't say it's a garbage board.
A few things I am well aware of prior to requesting input.
1) I am aware that the board has a 4+2 which is far from ideal for overclocking, but would like to add that it did manage a 600 MHz OC on a quad core Phenom II.
2) I am also aware that past results are by no means an indicator of future successes. The board may have been great for a Phenom, but may not be up to par for a Piledriver.
ASUS does advertise this board as being capable of overclocking, and compatible with the FX Chips.
My issue is I can not even get this CPU to a stable overclock of 4.2 GHz (The advertised "Turbo" speed). I have tried to up the voltage to 1.45, figuring I could work my way down once I found the sweet spot as far as the clock speeds, run Prime 95, and BAM! BSOD.
I try lowering voltages, disabling all the fancy power saving stuff, that generally I would think people who build their own PC's end up disabling anyways.
Bottom line is, I bought an FX processor because like the Black Edition chips they were made to be pushed, so I want that puppy going a little bit faster than advertised...but at this point I would be OK with seeing it run at 4.2 (Once again, the advertised "Turbo" speed), and would appreciate any input or suggestions. Also please understand that while I am not a total noob, the whole UEFI BIOS is something I still don't completely understand.
My system is as follows:
CPU: AMD FX-8350, Mobo: ASUS M5A97 R2.0 (most current BIOS), PSU: Corsair HX850, Memory: 8GB G.skill Sniper 1866 MHz, GPU: EVGA GeForce GTX 660 SC, SSD: 240GB OCZ Vertex 3, HDD: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 7200 RPM, CPU Heatsink: Cooler Master Hyper N520, Case: Cooler Master HAF 912
Once again thanks!