Max TDP 211 fx8120

[liquidchild]

just bought a new mobo and cpu and installed it last night. When ever i run cpuz it shows up as a 8130p shows a max TDP of 211 and keeps overclocking its self to 4.1 back down to 3.4....WTF is going on?

 

[liquidchild]

Ya ya...I know Im a retard. Updates are my friend.

 

[de5_Roy]

you are not crazy.
the speed fluctuations you're noticing might be amd's turbo core at work.
amd's listed tdp for fx 8120 is 125 w iirc. you can try using cpuid's cpu-z and hwmonitor to monitor your system.

 

[liquidchild]

you are not crazy.
the speed fluctuations you're noticing might be amd's turbo core at work.
amd's listed tdp for fx 8120 is 125 w iirc. you can try using cpuid's cpu-z and hwmonitor to monitor your system.

I did use CPU-Z but it was not updated lol. The update fixed the TDP and naming issue but the thing still goes from 3.4 to 4.1 over and over again. I thought the 8120 had 3.1 and 4.0 turbo? Anyway the lesson I learned here tonight is always update your monitoring programs or you might *** your pants thinking that you are burning up a new CPU.

 

[liquidchild]

Best answer selected by liquidchild.

 

[9_breaker]

wait does this mean they are going to launch an 8130p

 

[liquidchild]

No. Its means I had a old version of CPU-Z (1.57), and bulldozer was not out when they put the code in for the name. 8130p was the old name. It also said it was an ES chip, which it isn't. I don't know what they will launch but I'm pretty sure the mixup was my doing not a secret AMD chip that i some how got early. As cool as that sounds, I'm not that lucky. :lol: