Just ordered my first build! opinions?

[sivagray]

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/FbX84D

What do you guys think? No crazy gaming I'm ol' school Counter Strike and I'm a happy camper...will be using to edit videos mostly and writing up papers lol

Thanks,

 

[Dark Lord of Tech]

The board is a poor match for a hot CPU , it has a poor power and thermal design.

The warning about cooling the CPU and VRM is on the site at the bottom.
* For cooling the CPU and its surrounding components, please install a CPU cooler with a top-down blowing design.

The power supply isn't the greatest.

 

[sivagray]

Is that a fact?....somebody complained about this mobo CPU combo before somewhere?

I think your a buzz kill

 

[Dark Lord of Tech]

* For cooling the CPU and its surrounding components, please install a CPU cooler with a top-down blowing design.

For the FX 8320 AND 8350 AND 8150 IT'S ON THE SITE.
http://www.asrock.com/mb/AMD/990FX%20Extreme3/?cat=CPU

 

[sivagray]

So what's going to happen to my computer melt ? Seriously...what's going to happen?

What changes do I need to make?

 

[Dark Lord of Tech]

It has the warning on the site , I wouldn't run a FX8320 or 8350 on that board it won't be stable.

That's up to you , just showing you the info.

 

[jaraldo]

What Blackbird says is correct, it's not the best match for your cpu.

Though I can say I have seen far worse mobos paired with those CPUs. The good news is at stock I don't believe you are in any real danger, especially since you have an aftermarket CPU cooler.
https://spreadsheets.google.com/spreadsheet/pub?key=0AgN1D79Joo7tdE9xMUFlMEVWeFhuckJEVF9aMmtpUFE&gid=2
It only has a phase count of 4+1 when you should have 6+2 or 8+2.

If you could return it and get another one without much hassle, that would be good. If you can't, then just don't overclock with it.

 

[sivagray]

I appreciate you're info honestly, I kind of did a bigger version of this guys build and I thought that was a good place to start since he's pretty well known in this stuff. What mobo would you suggest to replace the one I have? What do you mean by unstable? What issues could I come across?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eiml6FxkWHo

 

[Dark Lord of Tech]

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-970A-UD3P ATX AM3+ Motherboard ($69.99 @ Newegg)
Total: $69.99
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available


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PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

Motherboard: Asus M5A99X EVO R2.0 ATX AM3+ Motherboard ($99.99 @ NCIX US)
Total: $99.99
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

 

[jaraldo]

Well, it could fry forsure, but it might start throttling during gaming causing blue screens, reboots etc.

Both those motherboards are the ones I love to recommend. If you have the $ for asus, get it, as it's a new chipset and has a few more features.
If not, the Gigabyte one is by far the best budget 970 chipset for it's price and can handle the 8320 no sweat.

The Asrock 990FX Extreme4 would be good to, but I imagine it would be over $110 or else it'd have been linked to 😛

 

[sivagray]

ha! I was originally going to get the ga 970 but it was sold out everywhere...just my luck...i ordered my parts form new egg so I'll do an exchange !

 

[jaraldo]

Nice nice, glad it worked out 😉