AMD FX-8320 Throttling on ASRock 970 Pro3 R2.0

[Marren123]

Useful Info:
> CPU: AMD FX-8320 3.50 GHz
> Graphics card: AMD Radeon HD 7800 Series
> Motherboard: ASRock 970 Pro3 R2.0
> Power Supply: Chieftec GPS 600AB
> RAM (16 GB): GoodRAM GR1600D364L11 | GeIL CL11-11-11 D3-1600
> Bios Version: 2.40

Hi, I have little problem. When I playing games, my processor throttle down from 3500 to 1400-1500 MHz, that's very annoying. Example I have 260 FPS and after some time it went to about 50 FPS.

On bios, I disable Spread Spectrum, AMD Turbo Core, AMD APM, Cool 'n' Quiet, Enhanced Halt State (C1E), Core C6 Mode, CPU Thermal Throttle.

CPU "Stress" Temperature about 60 °C
CPU "Normal" Temperature: 45 °C

 

[DonkeyOatie]

Yes. I was hoping that would come out. The ASRock board isn't a current model, I think, and except for a couple of MSIs, ASUS's and Gigabytes, there are no 970 boards that you should try to run or overclock a FX8xxx on.

 

[junkeymonkey]

giga has one that surprised me a 970 with 8 phase


http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128651

 

[DonkeyOatie]

The Gigabyte UD3P and the UD3 will do, and the MSI 970 Gaming.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128519
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813130790&cm_re=msi_970_gaming-_-13-130-790-_-Product

http://www.anandtech.com/show/8907/msi-970-gaming-motherboard-review-undercutting-am3-at-100

 

[junkeymonkey]

I started with a socket A and thunderbird rig and stayed with amd solid but AM3+ just flat let me down never satisfied even my buddy claimed he got better use out of his old 939 then am3+ and kept using it wile his am3+ collected dust until it quit [lighting] I kept clinging to my am2 590sli build till it popped I tried this and that spent on the am3+ till I seen I was just throwing good money after bad and jumped to intel - cant say it was a wrong move by any means


ai guess all you can do is get it as stable as you can and run it for what its worth ???

I feel for this guy

 

[madmatt30]

Not understanding where the talk about oc'ing is coming from ??

All I'm looking at is seeing if he can reduce voltage to drop vrm temps & gain some stability.
Its honestly unlikely it will help but its worth a punt.

Marren123 - that cpu-z tab is showing idle clocks & volts not any kind of load - need to see the cpu-z voltage under heavy load when the clocks are ramped to 3500mhz.

Bear with me on replies as I'm mobile based atcthe minute.

 

[junkeymonkey]

underclock overclock stock ? well that's all well and good ,but like how I seen it here you got something that's not working as expected and instead of enjoying it you constantly tinkering , wondering , what ever.. whats next spend extra or what should be unneeded cost for another cooler or bnoard or whatever then to see ,well that did not do much.. my buddy 2 boards 3 chips his son went 220w and I wount go into that deal

I want something to run not give me a run around [opinion]

any hope you get it right and good luck

sorry I was no better help

 

[Marren123]

@madmatt30
Screens when heavy load and normal MHz etc.
http://imgur.com/a/nKMus
(Overdrive and CPU-Z)

 

[Marren123]

My CPU temperature goes to 70c and throttle down, should I buy new cooling?

 

[DonkeyOatie]

I still think it is your motherboard. Additional cooling may help some, but there is only so much you can do.

 

[junkeymonkey]

buy intel and get something that works today not from 5 years ago trying to work today with todays needs


http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/all.html?refine=8320+hot

I'm sure there not all 4 phase board??

 

[DonkeyOatie]

At least it isn't an FX 9590. Overclocked 125W chips can get over 200W. The i7 5960K can use 25 amps and need to dissipate 400W!

 

[junkeymonkey]

way up top some where I asked what cooler he was running on the chip I guess no answer or am I missing that ???

with a stock cooler is barely if good enugh at stock what I like to call ''office '' use then there a fine line of how well you applied the paste [opinion] too little ? too much ? just right

then if it don't use the stock latch thing you got to look at how tight its on or too loose ?? it not like I never had to reset the cooler to make a adjustment

the fan speed or profile ?? is it ramping up to keep up with the heat produced ??

like they say in the foot notes a down force fan that blows down on the board and ''washes'' the heat off can be a plus [I like the low pro ones so the fan is blowing close on the chip]

heat rises but big tall coolers hang at a right angle off the chip/board ?? so how does the hear rise into the cooling fins or the fan blowing down on the board to help cooling ?? [go figure ] heat rises up not sideways ??

http://www.overclock.net/t/632591/cooler-master-hyper-212-plus-evo-club/2930

like you can see guys with water rigs can still have heat/throttling issues as well due to any of them facts