How well would an AMD-FX 8350 run with a CM Hyper 212 Evo?

vanglex

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First off, let's start with my build. Currently I have:

CPU: AMD-FX 4350 @4.2GHz w/ stock cooler
MB: MSI 760gma-p34(fx)
GPU: Nvidia GTX EVGA 960 SuperSC 2gb
RAM: 8GB G.Skill Ripjaws X Series DDR3-1600MHz
PSU: Thermaltake Toughpower 750W 80+ Gold
HDD: WD Green 1TB
Case: CM HAF 932 Advanced (w/ stock fans it comes with including a 120mm fan at the bottom)

What I'm planning to do as of now is to upgrade to an AMD-FX 8350 along with a CM Hyper 212 Evo. Reasons as to why I'm upgrading to an 8350 over something like Ryzen is because I'm on a small budget and the 8350 combined with the 212 Evo fits that budget, rather than having to go through a new mobo and $300+ CPU's, and to end the bottleneck between my CPU and GPU. I don't plan on overclocking since I haven't studied the profession of overclocking nor do I have the right MB for it. But I have done research and have seen that even the 212 Evo barely keeps the 8350 on its feet. So I would like to know if I get an Evo 212 cooler, will my case help reduce the temps even more? Or would I have to save up and get a different CPU cooler?

And another thing which isn't listed in the topic, my mb doesn't fit correctly into my case. The best way to put this is if I plan to get any aftermarket cooler, the two bottom screws are blocked off on the backplate side due to the fact that the case's cutout is not large enough for the backplate to fit in properly. If this is the case, should I just trim the square so that my MB fits and I have access to the 2 bottom screws for upgrading to an aftermarket cpu cooler?

Thanks to everyone who answers in advance!

Forgot to mention but I plan on doing video editing, photoshopping, and gaming on this build, as it was made for when I first built it. So knowing the temps and how well the temps would be for those subjects would be nice.
 
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I don't know where you got the notion that the 212 EVO will just barely handle the FX-8350. I have the 212 EVO on my FX-8350, and it is OC'ed to 4.7/5.0 GHz. Temps are fine. My EVO has push-pull fans instead of a single fan, but w/o OC'ing you won't need the 2nd fan. Besides that, the stock cooler that comes with the 8350 will keep the CPU cool by itself if you don't OC.

Your board fits that case fine. The fact that the cutout doesn't line up perfectly with the retention bracket mounting holes isn't an issue. You'll want to install the new cooler with the board removed from the case anyway. It's much easier that way.
No, while your mobo states that it supports 125w cpus and lists the FX-8350 as a supported CPU, this is misinformation that sadly is given on many lower end motherboards.

While the CPU will run and you'll get it working "ok" in windows and such, having the mobo only 3+1 Power Phases your FX-8350 will constantly throttle down due to lack of power giving you a performance even worse than your current FX-4350. You need a mobo with at least 8 power phases to run correctly an FX-8xxx cpu, and more to overclock it if that's something you'd like to do as well.

 
I don't know where you got the notion that the 212 EVO will just barely handle the FX-8350. I have the 212 EVO on my FX-8350, and it is OC'ed to 4.7/5.0 GHz. Temps are fine. My EVO has push-pull fans instead of a single fan, but w/o OC'ing you won't need the 2nd fan. Besides that, the stock cooler that comes with the 8350 will keep the CPU cool by itself if you don't OC.

Your board fits that case fine. The fact that the cutout doesn't line up perfectly with the retention bracket mounting holes isn't an issue. You'll want to install the new cooler with the board removed from the case anyway. It's much easier that way.
 
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Oh I see, I actually never looked into that. Now that I read this, I did some research and see that it is very much a bad idea. But I'm quite ignorant so I'm probably going to get the 8350 anyways rather than wait on upgrading to better parts. I've seen that some people have lasted with 8xxx on the same board so I'm gonna take the risk as well. It's great that you told me this though, so I'll make sure to take it into consideration in the future. Thanks!

 


It was just according to the research that I've done. But I guess I may have looked into the wrong parts so it's great to hear it from someone who owns the build personally. So thanks for the input! As for the motherboard, I didn't think about the idea of just installing the cooler w/ the MB outside of the case, so thanks for telling me that as well!
 


This helps a lot! I had worries about how the 8350 would perform on my board but I guess I shouldn't worry too much, just stay weary of my VRM cooling I guess. Thanks again for all the help!