Good pc but still low fps.

[Mircea_7]

Hello.

Few months ago I updated my PC from a AMD radeon hd 7900 gpu and an AMD FX-4400 cpu to a sapphire nitro + oc rx480 8gb gpu and an AMD FX-9370 cpu so now i have some problems, my cpu is getting to hot and it causes fps drops even with a corsair h60 liquid cooling, same problem, and i set the alimentation power to cpu to 85% it seems ok, but in games i have low fps, and some problems with the render in games, for example in gta 5 i have some little dots next to some objects like grass, in far cry 4 the trees rander so slow and here i have the same problem with the dots, and low fps, now i have no idea what exactley is not ok, the rest of the parts are pretty old.

Specs:

GPU: Sapphire nitro + oc rx480 8gb
CPU:AMD FX-9370 eight core 4.4ghz
RAM: 8gb Hyperx 2200 mhz
OS: Windows 10 pro (x64)
Motherboard: ASRock 970 extreme 3
HDD: western digital blue 1TB
SSD: AMD radeon 120 gb

P.S I have all the drives up to date even the bios.

Thanks, and sorry for my english.

 

[koreanoverlord]

The 9370 is an 8350 with an OC. It is extremely hot and power inefficient. I would downclock the CPU and voltage to default 8350 levels and see if that solves the problem.

Also, do not restrict the CPU to 85%.

 

[Mircea_7]

The 9370 is an 8350 with an OC. It is extremely hot and power inefficient. I would downclock the CPU and voltage to default 8350 levels and see if that solves the problem.

Also, do not restrict the CPU to 85%.

And how do i do that, i am noob.

 

[sizzling]

You CPU is not on the list of supported CPU's for that motherboard. The FX9xxx series need a ridiculous 220w and very few motherboards support them. You will be overheating your motherboard VRM's and causing thermal throttling.

 

[Mircea_7]

You CPU is not on the list of supported CPU's for that motherboard. The FX9xxx series need a ridiculous 220w and very few motherboards support them. You will be overheating your motherboard VRM's and causing thermal throttling.

And if i upgrade to MSI 970 gaming motherboard will be fine?

 

[4745454b]

Honestly you are making massive mistakes with this build. You spent money on the 9370, and the water cooler. Now you want to buy a new motherboard as well? You could have moved over to an Intel build and actually upgraded by now. Do you still have the 4400 (?) CPU? Just put it back in and sell/return the 9370. You are just throwing money away trying to do what you are doing. If you are going to buy a new CPU and motherboard you should be buying an Intel setup. Stay with what you had until after Ryzen shows up and we have a clearer picture of where CPU prices are moving to. Then buy what you need/want.

 

[sizzling]

No the MSI 970 gaming does not support CPU's over 200w. You need a high end 990 board to stand a chance of running this CPU properly but you H60 cooler will struggle if you manage to get this CPU at full speed.

 

[koreanoverlord]

Couldn't he just downclock and undervolt it? OP look up any CPU overclocking guide. Follow it, except set the vCore to 1.35V and the CPU frequency to 4GHz.

 

[Mircea_7]

Honestly you are making massive mistakes with this build. You spent money on the 9370, and the water cooler. Now you want to buy a new motherboard as well? You could have moved over to an Intel build and actually upgraded by now. Do you still have the 4400 (?) CPU? Just put it back in and sell/return the 9370. You are just throwing money away trying to do what you are doing. If you are going to buy a new CPU and motherboard you should be buying an Intel setup. Stay with what you had until after Ryzen shows up and we have a clearer picture of where CPU prices are moving to. Then buy what you need/want.

This is what i will do, i will buy the i5 6600k.

 

[4745454b]

That's not even close to what I suggested. But it's your money.

 

[Mircea_7]

That's not even close to what I suggested. But it's your money.

Then what? I will sell the 9370 for intel but what intel ?

 

[Phaaze88]

That's not even close to what I suggested. But it's your money.

Then what? I will sell the 9370 for intel but what intel ?

They're saying to return the new items and stick with what you already had for a little while longer.