[SOLVED] Fx 8320 CPU base speed

[favarato]

Just installed an amd fx 8320 3.5ghz and when playing games or at desktop, the speed is always around 2.89ghz. Is that normal?

Base speed: 2.90ghz
Socket 1
Core 4
Logical processors 8

 

[SamirD]

This is why I don't like power saving--when it goes wrong it just robs performance.

Check to see that your windows settings are for maximum power usage and no power savings and see if that helps.

 

[favarato]

This is why I don't like power saving--when it goes wrong it just robs performance.

Check to see that your windows settings are for maximum power usage and no power savings and see if that helps.

It was better performance instead of best performance, here is benchmark: https://browser.geekbench.com/v5/cpu/5560768

 

[SamirD]

If that benchmark was after you set it to best, it's still not running as fast as the 3.5ghz benchmarks:
https://browser.geekbench.com/v5/cpu/search?utf8=✓&q=fx-8320

 

[madmatt30]

That board doesn't officially support the 8320, it supports piledriver up to the 6300 (which your 8320 is) and the slightly more efficient vishera 8 cores (8320e and 8370e).

I think that clock speed is down to the board having a hard locked 95w tdp limit, the 8320 is a 125w cpu.

While it'll run because am3+ chips are all essentially the same spec with different core counts and base speeds it won't run properly as you've found.

There is also way too much stress on the vrm setup with that cpu!
Be prepared for it to throttle even more when under heavy load.