If I replace FX-9590 with FX-8370 on Gigabyte GA 990FXA-UD3 revision 4 WILL IT WORK?

[Pliry]

This is my setup:
CPU: AMD FX-9590
MOTHERBOARD: Gigabyte GA-990FXA-UD3 revision 4
GPU: AMD Radeon R9 290 X Gaming
RAM: Kingston 16GB (2*8)1866 MHz HyperX Fury Black
COOLER: Noctua NH-D14
PSU: Corsair RM850
STORAGE: SSD 120 GB, INTEL 530 series
HDD Western Digital 1 TB Caviar Blue

Many people are complaining about the FX-9590 and unfortunately, I am no excepion. Obviously it's not compatible with GA-990FXA-UD3 or it is but to a certain point. It can work for a while but when the temperature rises everything blocks (the screen freezes) and my only option is to restart the PC (with the restart button). The problem is that GA-990FXA-UD3 can support up to 140 W CPU-s whereas FX-9590 is a 220 W CPU. I've explained the problem to the shop where I bought the CPU and they disabled the turbo option on my motherboard (so that the mobo doesn't send more power to the CPU because that's the reason why it freezes) and it did help but the problem unfortunately persists. For example: when the TURBO was ON the PC could be idle (no programs running let's just say that I just turned the PC on) and it would still freeze after a few minutes (especially during the summer when the air temperature is higher than during the winter), while with TURBO OFF the PC is working normally when idle. I tried playing several games after they turned turbo off and some could work, others can't [older games can run (WoW, LoL, Far cry 1, 2, Age of Empires and Worms world party to be exact) but newer games can run only for several minutes (5-45 minutes), depending on the game (Battlefield 4, Far cry 3, Total War: Rome II and Civilisation VI - the latter one can run for a long time I'd say but in the end also does freeze)].

I decided that I would change my CPU but than my friends told me why change the CPU since I paid it some 300 $ and that it would be a waste of money (as if it already isn't) and that I should change the motherboard. I've given some thoughts into it but my conclusion was: what if I buy some high end motherboard AND THE PROBLEM PERSISTS? What if I would need to buy a +1000W PSU and a water cooler??? I would consider a suicide XD

MY QUESTION IS: has anybody had a similar problem where they had this CPU and a motherboard that supports up to 140 W CPU's and then degraded to let's say FX-8370 or any other THAT ENDS UP WORKING PROPERLY or they bought ANOTHER motherboard that supports up to 220 W CPU and DID IT WORK PROPERLY?


Sorry for such a long text but I wanted to be thorough, I wanted to explain the best way possible so that readers understand everything without having any doubts about the problem.
Also sorry for any spelling or other writing mistakes.

I would appreciate ANY suggestions and comments!
Thanks

 

[Ecky]

Chances are good it will work properly with an FX-8370, but nothing is guaranteed - your issue could be somewhere else. However, bear in mind that in many cases, Intel's $60 Pentium G4560 is a better gaming CPU. It's very possible you could just put your system up on eBay, and build a faster, cooler, quieter system for for less money than you get for selling what you have used.

For example:

Pentium G4560 - $60 (if you can find one, stock is low)
Stock heatsink - Free
B250 motherboard - $65
16GB DDR4 - $90
Seasonic 430w PSU - $40
GTX 1060 6GB - $250
Samsung 850 EVO 250GB - $100
Case - $40

Total: $645

Total power draw ~180w full load, less than just your CPU alone, and probably considerably better than your FX system. Easiest would be to try an FX-8, but at this point it's such an old, slow and power hungry platform you're seeing a lot of people putting theirs up on eBay, for good reason.

 

[mjslakeridge]

I personally would not put any more money into an old platform. As suggested above, the 8370 "should" work, but if it were me I would under-clock the current cpu and use it while you save up for a new system.

 

[Pliry]

Chances are good it will work properly with an FX-8370, but nothing is guaranteed - your issue could be somewhere else. However, bear in mind that in many cases, Intel's $60 Pentium G4560 is a better gaming CPU. It's very possible you could just put your system up on eBay, and build a faster, cooler, quieter system for for less money than you get for selling what you have used.

For example:

Pentium G4560 - $60 (if you can find one, stock is low)
Stock heatsink - Free
B250 motherboard - $65
16GB DDR4 - $90
Seasonic 430w PSU - $40
GTX 1060 6GB - $250
Samsung 850 EVO 250GB - $100
Case - $40

Total: $645

Total power draw ~180w full load, less than just your CPU alone, and probably considerably better than your FX system. Easiest would be to try an FX-8, but at this point it's such an old, slow and power hungry platform you're seeing a lot of people putting theirs up on eBay, for good reason.

Yeah, I understand, but right now my finances are totally different than they were 3 years ago and I'll be trying to spend as less as I can for resolving this problem. I still want to have a great PC for playing on ultra settings or at least high but as I said I'm not going to buy a completely new PC, I just want to get rid of this CPU and get another one that will run without freezing or causing any other problems. Hopefully, after I do that (because most probably I am going to do that) I expect it to run nicely for another 3-5 years.

 

[jeffredo]

Can you underclock on your motherboard? Change the CPU multiplier to something lower and less demanding (like down to like 21.5/4300Ghz for instance)? Then the core voltage down to as low as it can go and be stable. If you can that would be a zero cost option.

 

[Pliry]

Chances are good it will work properly with an FX-8370, but nothing is guaranteed - your issue could be somewhere else. However, bear in mind that in many cases, Intel's $60 Pentium G4560 is a better gaming CPU. It's very possible you could just put your system up on eBay, and build a faster, cooler, quieter system for for less money than you get for selling what you have used.

For example:

Pentium G4560 - $60 (if you can find one, stock is low)
Stock heatsink - Free
B250 motherboard - $65
16GB DDR4 - $90
Seasonic 430w PSU - $40
GTX 1060 6GB - $250
Samsung 850 EVO 250GB - $100
Case - $40

Total: $645

Total power draw ~180w full load, less than just your CPU alone, and probably considerably better than your FX system. Easiest would be to try an FX-8, but at this point it's such an old, slow and power hungry platform you're seeing a lot of people putting theirs up on eBay, for good reason.

Yeah the thing is I want to spend as less as possible to solve this problem and I know buying a cca 200$ CPU isn't considered very cheap but it's waay more cheaper than buying a complete new setup...

 

[Pliry]

Can you underclock on your motherboard? Change the CPU multiplier to something lower and less demanding (like down to like 21.5/4300Ghz for instance)? Then the core voltage down to as low as it can go and be stable. If you can that would be a zero cost option.

That has already been done. It is a bit stable (when PC is idle it doesn't freeze. Before that also happened) but the problem still persists.

 

[madmatt30]

^ it's not been downclocked & undervolted enough then (or its not been done properly)9

You can easiltbget the 9590 down to 8320/8350/8370 levels where it should run absolutely fine.

 

[Pliry]

^ it's not been downclocked & undervolted enough then (or its not been done properly)9

You can easiltbget the 9590 down to 8320/8350/8370 levels where it should run absolutely fine.

Really?? I did not know that. The thing is I only need to get the voltage under 140 W and then it should work (is that even possible to do?) If it's possible how is it done? Can I do it myself or is it really complicated and I should leave it to a pro...?

 

[Pliry]

Hi guys...it's been a while...
So the problem got resolved the moment I put the FX 8350 into my rig.

I would like to thank you all for your comments and any sort of help.

To conclude: I changed my CPU because my motherboard wasn't powerful enough to "feed" the CPU with enough voltage. FX 9590 is a 220 W CPU and my motherboard supports up to 140 or 150 W (not sure about that, check it if you're going to buy it someday...)
FX 8350 is a 125 W CPU so now I don't have any problems AT ALL everything works just fine.

Thank You all

Pliry