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[Kaptain]

Having all sorts of problems with a budget upgrade on a friends machine. If you are using an AMD 970 Chipset motherboard can you please post specs here. (long shot)

CPU:
Board:
Bios:
Ram:
GPU:
Driver Version:
Power Supply:
OS Drive Type:
Operating system:

Thank you a million times over.

Edited by Kaptain, 15 October 2015 - 12:26 PM.

[Goose]

Here-tell, this is the only 970 with a full eight phases to it's VRM

[Amsro]

What was the computer set up like before the upgrades? And what was changed?

[Kaptain]

System was a core2 quad q6700 with 4gb ddr2 800mhz on an asus board...

This, is my Nightmare: http://mwomercs.com/...ing-frustrated/

Edited by Kaptain, 15 October 2015 - 01:24 PM.

[Mark Brandhauber]

Chip: AMD 9590fx
Board: Asus sabertooth 990fx
Bios. Whatever the factory provided
Ram: Kingston hyper X 2x 8 gb @ 1866mhz
Gpu: Asus styrix 970
Psu: gold rated corsair 750w
OS drive: Kingston hyper X fury. 240gb
OS: Windows 10 pro

No issues with this machine since I built it.

derp sorry my machine does not apply

Edited by Mark Brandhauber, 18 October 2015 - 03:15 PM.

[MFZ]

Mark Brandhauber, on 17 October 2015 - 02:57 AM, said:

Chip: AMD 9590fx
Board: Asus sabertooth z97 rev 2.0

An AMD CPU on a Intel board?
I do not think so.

[Kaptain]

Goose, on 15 October 2015 - 12:43 PM, said:

Here-tell, this is the only 970 with a full eight phases to it's VRM

Do you have any experience with this board? This is the one I have and apparently it does not have any way to lock the pcie at 100mhz... Considering the FX responds well to base clock overclocking or a combo of base clock and multiplier this is a huge downside in my mind.

[Goose]

None.

I would put forth you are not pursuing a worthy goal: Just let it float …

[Kaptain]

Goose, on 18 October 2015 - 03:26 PM, said:

None.

I would put forth you are not pursuing a worthy goal: Just let it float …

What?

[Thorqemada]

Have a Gigabyte 990XA-UD3 with 990X/950 NB/SB so i do not qualify (runs great since late 2011).

Did you do a Bios Update?
Did you do the right Bios Settings?
Did you do a clean install of Windows?
The PSU should be ~1/3 bigger than needed for increased lifetime and stability from a known Quality Brand (i do use Enermax 625W).

Edited by Thorqemada, 20 October 2015 - 10:52 AM.