AMD FX 8350 Socket Temps

[Mizahri]

Hi, I've recently just installed the FX 8350 up from a FX 4130 and noticed that it would constantly throttle itself while playing games. However, using Core Temp, it was only showing 40's to 50's for the cores, which baffled me as to why it would be throttling itself. Then I downloaded HWiNFO and noticed during a prime 95 test, each time the cpu socket temp hit 61, it throttled itself. So my question is, how would I be able to keep these socket temps under control?

Edit: Forgot to mention that these are at stock 4.0 speeds.

My current setup:
Cooler: Cooler Master Seidon 120
CPU: FX 8350
MOBO: m5a97 le r2.0
GPU: Sapphire R9 280x
Thermal Compound: Noctua NT-H1

 

[theonerm2]

My FX 8120 does that too. For mine it has something to do with my motherboard and the only way to fix it is to turn turbo core on in AMD overdrive and then turn it back off. I have to do that every time I restart my computer.

 

[xxisubzeroixx]

More likely the north bridge vrm's getting hot and throttling, the CPU won't throttle at that temp.

That is not the greatest motherboard, there is no heatsink on the vrm's.

 

[Mizahri]

Unfortunately the turbo core work around isn't working for me.

It could be the VRMs getting too hot. I've been trying to figure out if it's the motherboard restricting it. Because if that's the case I am just going to return it and go intel rather than buying a new amd board for this.

 

[theonerm2]

More likely the north bridge vrm's getting hot and throttling, the CPU won't throttle at that temp.

That is not the greatest motherboard, there is no heatsink on the vrm's.

Unfortunately the turbo core work around isn't working for me.

It could be the VRMs getting too hot. I've been trying to figure out if it's the motherboard restricting it. Because if that's the case I am just going to return it and go intel rather than buying a new amd board for this.

You have a 4+2 phase VRM. Without a heatsink it's not a good match for an 8 core FX processor.

 

[Mizahri]

More likely the north bridge vrm's getting hot and throttling, the CPU won't throttle at that temp.

That is not the greatest motherboard, there is no heatsink on the vrm's.

Unfortunately the turbo core work around isn't working for me.

It could be the VRMs getting too hot. I've been trying to figure out if it's the motherboard restricting it. Because if that's the case I am just going to return it and go intel rather than buying a new amd board for this.

You have a 4+2 phase VRM. Without a heatsink it's not a good match for an 8 core FX processor.

Yeah, that's the conclusion I've come to. I'm just going to return it and go intel.

 

[TehCaucasianAsian]

More likely the north bridge vrm's getting hot and throttling, the CPU won't throttle at that temp.

That is not the greatest motherboard, there is no heatsink on the vrm's.

Unfortunately the turbo core work around isn't working for me.

It could be the VRMs getting too hot. I've been trying to figure out if it's the motherboard restricting it. Because if that's the case I am just going to return it and go intel rather than buying a new amd board for this.

You have a 4+2 phase VRM. Without a heatsink it's not a good match for an 8 core FX processor.

Yeah, that's the conclusion I've come to. I'm just going to return it and go intel.

Just get a Gigabyte GA-970A-UD3P. It's the same price or a little more than the mobo you have, has a 8+2 power phase which is MUCH better for octa-core FX chips, and can actually overclock as good as some 990FX motherboards. No need to switch brands because of a weak motherboard. If you do ever switch to Intel, though, most modern motherboards shouldn't have this issue. Just remember that AMD motherboards haven't gotten refreshed in multiple years, it really shows in some places.

 

[Mizahri]

Just get a Gigabyte GA-970A-UD3P. It's the same price or a little more than the mobo you have, has a 8+2 power phase which is MUCH better for octa-core FX chips, and can actually overclock as good as some 990FX motherboards. No need to switch brands because of a weak motherboard. If you do ever switch to Intel, though, most modern motherboards shouldn't have this issue. Just remember that AMD motherboards haven't gotten refreshed in multiple years, it really shows in some places.

Well, I already decided that whenever I had to upgrade my mobo that I would go intel instead of sticking with amd. I love amd's prices, but performance wise, intel has a little more of what I am looking for. I play a lot of older games and amd's single core performance isn't the greatest.

 

[TehCaucasianAsian]

Just get a Gigabyte GA-970A-UD3P. It's the same price or a little more than the mobo you have, has a 8+2 power phase which is MUCH better for octa-core FX chips, and can actually overclock as good as some 990FX motherboards. No need to switch brands because of a weak motherboard. If you do ever switch to Intel, though, most modern motherboards shouldn't have this issue. Just remember that AMD motherboards haven't gotten refreshed in multiple years, it really shows in some places.

Well, I already decided that whenever I had to upgrade my mobo that I would go intel instead of sticking with amd. I love amd's prices, but performance wise, intel has a little more of what I am looking for. I play a lot of older games and amd's single core performance isn't the greatest.

Despite the price premium of Intel, you'll be happy with either platform