[SOLVED] ASRock 960GM-GS3 FX with FX-8350?

[insertLenny]

Is the FX-8350 compatible with 960GM-GS3 FX? I saw it is 95W on the website but unsure whether that's related to thermal or not.

 

[Calvin7]

No, that motherboard support up to 95W Socket AM3+ processors. FX-8350 is 125W.

 

[DSzymborski]

It is not on the motherboard's compatibility list and even if it technically was, you still wouldn't want to pair them; budget AM3+ motherboards are notorious for throttling 125W FX CPUs at load, whether or not they officially support them. You really want either a 990FX or a beefier 970 motherboard with the better chipsets, though it's hard to actually recommend acquiring one given how ancient the technology is at this point.