Hello all. I am new to posting but have been a frequent visitor to the site for a while, especially ever since starting to build my new computer.
Well, in line with me being a rather neurotic person, I have found something out this morning about my newly built rig that has me quite a bit concerned. My motherboard is a MSI 760gm-p33 and my processor is a 125w AMD Phenom II x4 955. The computer seems to have been running quite well since my friend and I finished building it a month ago. It has handled daily gaming sessions with only a couple instances of slowdown.
This morning I found out that my MOBO doesn't actually support the 125W version of my processor. It is listed as supporting the 95W version. My questions are these: Am I going to burn out my processor or MOBO? Are there any effects right now because of this issue? ie, is my processor not actually going as fast as it should or could because of my error? I don't really have the option of replacing the MOBO right now because money is kind of an issue at this time. Would you suggest replacing the MOBO when I can or is the fact that it's working now evidence that it will be fine? I am not overclocking or anything like that because I figured that should be left to people who actually know what they are doing.
I really appreciate any insight you all can give to me about this. This is a great site and it seems to have great and knowledgeable people.
Well, in line with me being a rather neurotic person, I have found something out this morning about my newly built rig that has me quite a bit concerned. My motherboard is a MSI 760gm-p33 and my processor is a 125w AMD Phenom II x4 955. The computer seems to have been running quite well since my friend and I finished building it a month ago. It has handled daily gaming sessions with only a couple instances of slowdown.
This morning I found out that my MOBO doesn't actually support the 125W version of my processor. It is listed as supporting the 95W version. My questions are these: Am I going to burn out my processor or MOBO? Are there any effects right now because of this issue? ie, is my processor not actually going as fast as it should or could because of my error? I don't really have the option of replacing the MOBO right now because money is kind of an issue at this time. Would you suggest replacing the MOBO when I can or is the fact that it's working now evidence that it will be fine? I am not overclocking or anything like that because I figured that should be left to people who actually know what they are doing.
I really appreciate any insight you all can give to me about this. This is a great site and it seems to have great and knowledgeable people.