970A-G43 (MS-7693) + amd fx8350

[nikospetra86]

whats the best/bigger ram i could use...i have 8gb andits becoming slower by time...thanks in advance.

 

[Darkbreeze]

Main Memory

• Supports four unbuffered DIMM of 1.5 Volt DDR3 1066/1333/1600/1866/2133* (OC) DRAM, 32GB Max
• Supoorts Dual-Channel mode


Also, some or all of your issues may be due to the fact that your CPU is NOT supported on that motherboard at ALL.

https://asset.msi.com/file/test_report/TR19_2743.pdf


That board has poor VRMs configuration for runnin an 8 core FX 125w CPU, and is likely overheating or throttling the VRMs. I'd highly recommend a higher quality motherboard. Adding memory is only going to make that situation worse.


Tier Two: Good quality. These MoBos are NOT FIT to be paired with FX 8, with OCing in mind. And if a Motherboard is not good enough for OCing a particular CPU, is always good to NOT get that MoBo for that CPU. But besides that, they’re fine for FX 6 or lower. Quality is decent, a couple MoBos have some issues, so be careful and look around for labels.

Not SLI capable:

970 Extreme3
M5A97 LE R2.0
970 Pro3 (R2.0 as well, this MoBo is good for OCing FX 6)
970A-G43 (See NOTE1 below)
GA-970A-DS3P
GA-970A-DS3
GA-970A-D3 (See NOTE2 below)
GA-970A-D3P

SLI capable:

970A-G46 (See NOTE3 below)
970 EXTREME4 (See NOTE3 below)


NOTE1: G43 is known to NOT OC FX 6 well, due to no heatsinks on VRM and known overheating issues. Avoiding this board is HIGHLY recommended.


NOTE2: D3 (r1.0/1.1/1.2) do NOT have heatsinks on VRM so they should be avoided for OCing FX 6. R1.3 and 1.4 are heatsinked so they’re fine for OCing FX 6.


NOTE3: G46 and EXTREME4 are known to have overheated VRMs with 125W CPUs, so do not expect good performance with FX8 or high OC with FX6 on these boards. 970 GAMING is a much better option in this regard.