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Forum discussion tagged with AMD FX.
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    Question AMD FX 6300 "reaches" 206 c°/402.8 °F

    Hello, 3 days i ago i changed my old motherboard to an msi 760gm-p23 fx. I added my AMD FX 6300 and my RX 550, yeah yeah i know, old stuff, but that's all i can affoard. The problem comes when i start up a game, for example gta 5. When the CPU temp sits up to 67°C, the game goes smoothly. But...
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    Question My PC And Games (Handle)

    Hello, So my PC is GTX 770 And AMD FX 8320 and I know it is a very old pc and the parts are very old but I was wondering if is it still decent for old games? Like the games that don't require much for example hidden object games and those other games that are not demanding? Thank you
  3. Ferminator

    Question Water Cooling Push-Pull Fans Configuration ?

    Hi, I currently have a Corsair H60 liquid cooler (2013 version) strapped into my FX-9590 chip on an AM3+ platform (Gigabyte 990FXA UD3 R5). This particular cooler is 120mm which means smaller radiator and only supports up to 2 fans. As of right now, I am using a Gentle Typhoon 120mm fan in a...
  4. DDroid

    [SOLVED] FX-8350 to i3-10100F

    My working PC is a FX-8350 paired with a GTX 1060 and 16GB RAM. I work with 3D applications such as Blender and DAZ Studio. I was wondering if changing my CPU to a i3-10100F would increase my PC's performance and make my work faster. Is the upgrade worth the money, considering I would have to...
  5. johnspc909

    [SOLVED] fx cpu overclock problems & cinebench score

    Hi I just want to ask you guys if you know the reason of this weird things happening on my old fx 6300 cpu i found this thing on one of my computers stored in my house the thing that makes me confused is the overclock score of cinebench is kinda low rather the boost clock of fx cpu 3.8 ghz is...
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    [SOLVED] CPU underclocked

    I have a new fx 8320 that is underclocked due to being in a 95w mother board when the cpu is 125w, will this underperform a fx 4300 which i previously had?
  7. JuhaniPelaa

    [SOLVED] Is this a good overclock (fx 8320)

    I OC'd my fx 8320 on an asus sabertooth 990fx r2.0 board with 120mm AIO cooler. The best I achieved was 4.7Ghz with 1.45v voltage. What do you think is this a good OC and should I try to go further with maybe a 360mm AIO?
  8. SaggingJones

    [SOLVED] amd fx 4130 upgrade options for a asus m5a78l-m/usb3?

    I have an asus m5a78l-m/usb3 with a amd fx 4130 cpu, looking for a substantial upgrade but all the better cpu's i can find are either outrageously expensive or out of stock. could anyone help me find the best possible cpu for my asus m5a78l-m/usb3? i'm thinking i may just have to upgrade to an...
  9. BomarBumber

    Question Will the Ryzen 3 3300X work on a stock B450 motherboard?

    I'm looking to upgrade from the FX platform to the new Ryzen 3 3300x. I've read online that B450 motherboards (which are the cheapest) will work with Zen 3 after a bios update but it's unclear whether motherboard manufacturers are releasing new motherboards with this updated bios for Zen 3...
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    [SOLVED] How to tell whats wrong with my CPU.

    Hi all, my system is as follows. Asus M5A97 LE R2.0 motherboard AMD fx-8320 CPU H80i GT corsair cooler EVGA GEFORCE GTX 770 8gb ddr3 ram Corsair (2x4gb sticks) 1tb hdd 750w PSU. I got much of above from my brother in law and it worked great for him. We built the PC in my case, the CPU pins...
  11. HomidWay

    [SOLVED] That is better 2 dual rank dimm's or 4 single rank?

    I want to add more RAM, what is better for FX8320 to have 4 single rank dimm, or 2 dual rank. NB frequency is OC to 1600, memory clock is 1800 in both cases, 16 gb is that's important. Currently i have stutters in most games and as far as I know it's RAM issue (fx works best at 1800 dual rank...
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    Question What PSU will fit my M5A97 R2.0 Motherboard.

    I am upgrading my cpu but i need to get a higher volt power supply but i need to get the right one that will fit my M5A97 R.0 motherboard? I have a VS350 power supply and i have a AMD FX 4300 cpu and im upgrading to a AMD FX 8350 CPU.
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    [SOLVED] Cpu fake thermal throttling

    let me start this off by saying i dont 100% know that it is thermal throttling causing the problem but i have tried everything else and this seems to be the most likely problem. A day ago i installed my AMD FX-8350 in my computer and when i booted up csgo i noticed my cpu Clock would go from...
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    Question PSU for running dual EVGA GTX 780 in non-SLI

    I am building a gaming rig with the following parts. Motherboard: Gigabyte 970a-D3P Processor: AMD FX Memory: 16 GB DDR3 Tower Case: Corsair Obsidian 900D Graphics: 2x EVGA GTX 780 (in non-SLI mode) What is a good PSU that will handle my rig, have 2x 6-pin & 2x 8-pin connectors for the...
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    [SOLVED] Broken PS2 Lens (modding / replacing) HELP! :)

    I have a PS2 Slim with broken lens. Is there any way of playing games of USB flash without installing modchip? Or can I replace broken PS2 lens with my old PC DVD drive lens?
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    How To Stardew Valley - Guide to Farming Chickens

    Stardew Valley has two different types of farming. The first one is very straightforward as it involves planting seeds and growing crops. Seeds plus water equals crops. Simple enough. The second type of farming involves animals and is a little more complicated. Farming animals has a couple of...
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    dwm.exe stopped working

    If I run applications such as games that are heavier on the graphics card my computer blacks out and plays the device disconnect sound, I get these alerts in reability monitor I can confirm that neither my graphics card or processor are overheating and I have tried reinstalling both windows...
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    GTX 1080 FPS Problems

    I feel like I'm not getting as much fps as I should be in games. I put Fortnite at all Epic settings and its only running from 110-120 fps. Also on Overwatch I have to put everything low to get past 144 fps. I feel like I should get more fps and a smooth experience with my PC. PC Specs: GPU...
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    Avoid the Dark Rock Pro 3 at all costs | My impressions/review of it | Who's it for?

    This weekend was my first attempt at a proper PC build, prior to this I've only ever done graphics cards, drives, new paste on the stock heatsink, cleaning the dust out, that sort of thing. In thenew build I had to replace the motherboard, CPU, heatsink and RAM, all of which were a doddle...
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    CPU running at 100% no matter what applications are open

    So I have an Intel Core i7-2600K CPU @3.40GHz, and it seems that no matter what application(s) i'm running, my CPU is at 100%. Now correct me if I'm wrong, but I don't believe task manager should be using that much of my CPU, but I don't know, which is why I'm here. I only have one 4GB stick of...
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    PC randomly restarts

    This happens constantly and randomly, I hear a clicking sound then the PC instantly turns off and on again as if i pressed the restart button on the case, this happens even if I’m not doing anything on the pc it sometimes happens right after i move my mouse after startup. I’m not sure if the...
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    Brand new Asus K556U extremely slow

    Hi all, I googled for the past few hours many other threads in this forum and in other places but I'm still haven't found any answer I just bought my new laptop YESTERDAY, and it's working really slow. I barely installed any software on it, no Photoshop , games or something that is obviously...
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    Almost every game i play crashes and i don't know what's wrong.

    As the title says, just about every game i play either crashes immediately after i start it or after playing some time. I have had this issue ever since i completed my build and I don't know what causes the issue, or if it's a software or hardware thing. Cpu and ram are overclocked, could this...
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    Can a gtx 1060 works fine with corsair vs450

    My current PC configuration is:- Ryzen 1600 8gb ram Ddr4 2400Mhz(crucial) Gigabyte ab350m gaming 3 Seagate 500gb 7200rpm HDD Asus DVD writer Corsair vs 450 PSU(80+)
  25. xarinl

    Which PSU is good?

    My system specs are AMD FX 6300, 3.5GHz Stock Speed, Stock Cooler Gigabyte 78LMT-S2PT Rev 4.1 2 x 4GB Gskill Value RAM DDR3 1333Mhz Dual Channel Mode Zotac GTX 1060 3GB Mini 1 & 2 TB WD Purple and Blue resp. 2 x DVDRW (forgot to mention this) Benq GW2470HM Phillips headset. Dell Keyboard HP...
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    Monitor turns off, no signal in the middle of game.

    I've been experiencing this problem lately. My computer is only a year old. But, right in the middle of any game my screen turns black, monitor displays "No Signal" and I cannot solve it without restarting my computer. I usually hear a windows dialogue box open right when this happens but I'm...
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    Looking for a Helium drive for my computer build

    Attempting to find a Helium Hard drive in today's search engines, even ones optimized for finding the 'right hard drive for you' is a bit like pulling teeth from a calcified mummy with tweezers. The company websites, such as Seagate, Toshiba, and Western Digital are not forthcoming about it. and...
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    i5 3570 temperature...

    hi guys, i want to know that when i play games on my pc the temperature of processor goes to 60 to 65 degree and the fan makes noise is this safe or not. or else there something dangerous... specs i5 3570 3.4ghz 8gb ram gtx 750 2gb oc 500w psu
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    Boot Laptop on Second Monitor, Laptop Screen NOT WORKING!

    My screen on my laptop is broken and I am trying to boot it on a secondary monitor. It is an Advent Modena M200 Laptop. Can anyone help me get a display shown on my monitor ?
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    Need with GPU and Motherboard HDMI

    Hello!, So the thing is: I just got a GTX 1070, and it came with one HDMI, 3 display ports and a DPI port, my display is kinda old, so I got a HDMI to VGA converter, and it works just fine. I want to connect my TV to the computer, and the TV is also kinda old too ( I know, I know xD) it only...
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    How to get past FAT32 limit for PS3 backup?

    I'm upgrading the stock 120gb hdd to a 500gb hdd, but if I can only use FAT32 and it has a 32gb limit, how can I backup all my data? Most upgrade guides just never mention this as if it doesn't exist.
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    Intel HD 530 Graphics + Acer XB270HU GSync Display Issues

    Guys, I can't seem to figure this out. I'm currently without a dedicated GPU, but my motherboard is equipped with a DisplayPort. When I plug my display into the motherboard, turn on the PC, I can see the enter bios options, I can see the Windows 10 logo/circle thing then the display goes to...
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    Gigabyte GTX 750 Ti and Win7 problem?

    Does this card works with windows 7? After migrating to win 7 from win 10, cannot find drivers that work for me. Had no problems on win 10, no hardware changes all same parts. Same MSI z170m motherboard, with newest bios. Tried latest driver version from nvidia and older ones, including...
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    Whats the difference?

    A really simple question, whats the difference between the Gaming version of a graphics card and a non gaming version? The gaming one should be a little more expensive but with this one's not the case. So i want to pickup a 1060 and i was wondering whats the difference between Asus GeForce GTX...
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    Should i plug my monitor into the mother board or the graphics card ?

    Whats up guys , sorry but i have a pretty dumb question , this is the first time for me buying a gaming pc and i dont know should i plug in my vga port into the mother board or use the adapter included in the graphics card box and plug it into the graphics card , sorry again for this dumb...
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    Is it a good PC build?

    It's a medium budget PC. Ignore casing. Intel® Core i5-6600K Skylake Processor Gigabyte GA-B150M-D3H (rev. 1.0) Intel Socket 1151 GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 960 GV-N960WF2OC-4GD Corsair Vengeance® LPX 4GB (2x4GB) Seagate Hybrid Drive Cooler Master Seidon 240M Thermaltake TR2 600W Gold
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    Can't connect to internet.

    All of my adapters are giving me a red X and not connecting to the WI-FI despite the connections showing up. http://imgur.com/f5tSZyR.jpg The only adapter I use is the 2nd one and it's enabled but still won't connect.
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    AMD A10 7850k

    Hello, im going to buy the AMD A10 7850k CPU very soon, but i have my r7 260x graphics card in my pc aswell, earlier i searched for some benchmarks and i came across a topic called dual graphics. I read something about it not working, does it mean that i cant put the CPU in my pc with my GPU...
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    Thermal paste question.

    So today I bought a new heat sink for my CPU, and the heat sink came with thermal paste on, should I still reapply thermal paste on my CPU regardless of the paste that's on the new heat sink?
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    Need help piroritizing upgrade

    Long time lurker, first time posting. Thanks everyone I have benefited a lot. I need help piroritizing an upgrade: 1) My System: I haven't built a computer since Windows 95. Last year on the Cyber Monday, I took a plunge and built one: Intel 4690 (non-K) MSI H97 PC Mate EVGA GTX 960 4Gb...