Ram Cpu Motherboard GPU compatability

Oct 22, 2018
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Will this work or it will exlpode?
2X HyperX Fury Blue 8GB DDR3-1866MHz (HX318C10F/8)
MSI 970A-G43 RETAIL
Amd fx8350
Palit GeForce GTX1060 6GB Dual (NE51060015J9D)
...i know it will probably bottleneck but will it work?
 
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That motherboard does not have good enough VRMs for use with 8 core FX processors, AND to make it worse, it also has no heatsinks on the VRMs. If you pair that processor with that motherboard you WILL have nothing but problems with heat and throttling.

You need a better board for that CPU. Any of these would be suitable. Keep in mind, these boards are getting pretty hard to come by, in fact, most any worthwhile AM3+ board is going to be either hard to find or expensive. If you haven't purchased any of this yet you'd be a lot better off buying an entirely new configuration with Ryzen parts. It really wouldn't be much more than that system WITH a good board would run.

(Be sure to check when looking for a motherboard that any of the...
That motherboard does not have good enough VRMs for use with 8 core FX processors, AND to make it worse, it also has no heatsinks on the VRMs. If you pair that processor with that motherboard you WILL have nothing but problems with heat and throttling.

You need a better board for that CPU. Any of these would be suitable. Keep in mind, these boards are getting pretty hard to come by, in fact, most any worthwhile AM3+ board is going to be either hard to find or expensive. If you haven't purchased any of this yet you'd be a lot better off buying an entirely new configuration with Ryzen parts. It really wouldn't be much more than that system WITH a good board would run.

(Be sure to check when looking for a motherboard that any of the models shown below are either 990fx, 990 or 970 chipsets. A Z170 Extreme6 for example, is not going to work with your FX processor, so, in this example, you want to look for the 990/990fx Extreme6.)

GA-990FXA-UD7
Extreme6
Extreme9
Fatal1ty 990FX Professional
Crosshair V Formula-Z
Sabertooth 990FX R2.0
GA-99FXA-UD5
MSI GD80V2
M5A99FX PRO R2.0
GA-99FXA-UD3
MSI GD65V2
990FX Killer
Extreme4
M5A99X EVO (R2.0 as well)
GA-990XA-UD3
990XA-GD55
GA-970A-UD3P
M5A97 or EVO or PRO (R.2 as well)
GA-970A-UD3
970 GAMING
970A SLI Krait (USB 3.1 supported)
 
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