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6/20/12 at 4:23pm

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Ok i just bought an AMD FX-8150 with the liquid cooler but i have a msi 890gxm-g65 motherboard and was wondering this motherboard supports 140w cpus but it only has a 4+1 phase power on the cpu can i get any overclock with cpu without an issue i was hoping around 4 to 4.2ghz or am i gonna need to sell my current board and try to get something else.

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AMD FX-8150	Gigabyte 990FXA_UD5	ASUS GTX690 4GB	Crucial Ballistix Elite
Hard Drive	Hard Drive	Hard Drive	Optical Drive
OCZ 60gb Solid 3 SSD	2TB Western Digital	500GB Western Digital	ASUS DVDRW+
Cooling	OS	Monitor	Keyboard
AMD Liquid Cooler	Windows 8 PRO	Acer GD235HZ 3D	Coolermaster Storm Trigger Mx Cherry Brown
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OCZ 60gb Solid 3 SSD	2TB Western Digital	500GB Western Digital	ASUS DVDRW+
Cooling	OS	Monitor	Keyboard
AMD Liquid Cooler	Windows 8 PRO	Acer GD235HZ 3D	Coolermaster Storm Trigger Mx Cherry Brown
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6/20/12 at 4:30pm

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You should be able to get the overclock you want. 4+1 isnt great but it wouldnt require much voltage from that cpu to get to 4.2ghz. I read reviews on newegg and saw others overclocked for years at speeds around what you are talking about. clock it up !

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6/20/12 at 4:31pm

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what board are you talking about?

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Windows 7 PRO 32 bit	Dell ST2320LF 23-Inch Widescreen Flat Panel LCD...	GIGABYTE GK-K6800	OCZ OCZ850GXSSLI GameXStream 850W
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ENERMAX FULMO Advance ECA892AG-BL	GIGABYTE GM-M6800 Noble	Sony SRS-DB500 2.1 Portable Speakers
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Windows 7 PRO 32 bit	Dell ST2320LF 23-Inch Widescreen Flat Panel LCD...	GIGABYTE GK-K6800	OCZ OCZ850GXSSLI GameXStream 850W
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6/20/12 at 4:39pm

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what's your power supply?
with a decent psu you should be able to get at least 4ghz with your motherboard.

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Scythe Rasetsu w/ Scythe Ultra Kaze	Benq GL2030 20"	Antec NSK4482
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Scythe Rasetsu w/ Scythe Ultra Kaze	Benq GL2030 20"	Antec NSK4482
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6/20/12 at 4:40pm

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http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813130269
its the MSI 890GXM-G65 ok i just wanted to make sure before i really went for it

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OCZ 60gb Solid 3 SSD	2TB Western Digital	500GB Western Digital	ASUS DVDRW+
Cooling	OS	Monitor	Keyboard
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OCZ 60gb Solid 3 SSD	2TB Western Digital	500GB Western Digital	ASUS DVDRW+
Cooling	OS	Monitor	Keyboard
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6/20/12 at 4:42pm

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it has a pc power and cooling silencer mk 3 500watt and i have a msi hd7850 twin frozr iii 2gb

CPU	Motherboard	Graphics	RAM
AMD FX-8150	Gigabyte 990FXA_UD5	ASUS GTX690 4GB	Crucial Ballistix Elite
Hard Drive	Hard Drive	Hard Drive	Optical Drive
OCZ 60gb Solid 3 SSD	2TB Western Digital	500GB Western Digital	ASUS DVDRW+
Cooling	OS	Monitor	Keyboard
AMD Liquid Cooler	Windows 8 PRO	Acer GD235HZ 3D	Coolermaster Storm Trigger Mx Cherry Brown
Power	Case	Mouse
OCZ Z Series Gold 850w Modular	Coolermaster Storm Trooper	Logitech G700
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AMD FX-8150	Gigabyte 990FXA_UD5	ASUS GTX690 4GB	Crucial Ballistix Elite
Hard Drive	Hard Drive	Hard Drive	Optical Drive
OCZ 60gb Solid 3 SSD	2TB Western Digital	500GB Western Digital	ASUS DVDRW+
Cooling	OS	Monitor	Keyboard
AMD Liquid Cooler	Windows 8 PRO	Acer GD235HZ 3D	Coolermaster Storm Trigger Mx Cherry Brown
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6/20/12 at 4:43pm

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With the explosive increase in power consumption of a Bulldozer when overclocked, I'd be very careful. Keep checking those VRM temperatures!

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6/20/12 at 4:47pm

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so with my hd7850 and the cpu at stock settings what kind of performance should i be looking at i might just wait to oc until i get my 990fx mb and a bigger psu

CPU	Motherboard	Graphics	RAM
AMD FX-8150	Gigabyte 990FXA_UD5	ASUS GTX690 4GB	Crucial Ballistix Elite
Hard Drive	Hard Drive	Hard Drive	Optical Drive
OCZ 60gb Solid 3 SSD	2TB Western Digital	500GB Western Digital	ASUS DVDRW+
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AMD FX-8150	Gigabyte 990FXA_UD5	ASUS GTX690 4GB	Crucial Ballistix Elite
Hard Drive	Hard Drive	Hard Drive	Optical Drive
OCZ 60gb Solid 3 SSD	2TB Western Digital	500GB Western Digital	ASUS DVDRW+
Cooling	OS	Monitor	Keyboard
AMD Liquid Cooler	Windows 8 PRO	Acer GD235HZ 3D	Coolermaster Storm Trigger Mx Cherry Brown
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6/20/12 at 4:47pm

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my cpu wont be in until tomorrow

CPU	Motherboard	Graphics	RAM
AMD FX-8150	Gigabyte 990FXA_UD5	ASUS GTX690 4GB	Crucial Ballistix Elite
Hard Drive	Hard Drive	Hard Drive	Optical Drive
OCZ 60gb Solid 3 SSD	2TB Western Digital	500GB Western Digital	ASUS DVDRW+
Cooling	OS	Monitor	Keyboard
AMD Liquid Cooler	Windows 8 PRO	Acer GD235HZ 3D	Coolermaster Storm Trigger Mx Cherry Brown
Power	Case	Mouse
OCZ Z Series Gold 850w Modular	Coolermaster Storm Trooper	Logitech G700
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AMD FX-8150	Gigabyte 990FXA_UD5	ASUS GTX690 4GB	Crucial Ballistix Elite
Hard Drive	Hard Drive	Hard Drive	Optical Drive
OCZ 60gb Solid 3 SSD	2TB Western Digital	500GB Western Digital	ASUS DVDRW+
Cooling	OS	Monitor	Keyboard
AMD Liquid Cooler	Windows 8 PRO	Acer GD235HZ 3D	Coolermaster Storm Trigger Mx Cherry Brown
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6/20/12 at 5:11pm

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Quote:

Originally Posted by crust_cheese

With the explosive increase in power consumption of a Bulldozer when overclocked, I'd be very careful. Keep checking those VRM temperatures!

The FX chip only really start to consume major power when it is over 4.5ghz.

CPU	Motherboard	Graphics	RAM
FX-8320 4.9ghz	ASRock 990FX Extreme4 (BYE BYE Dead sabertooth)	SAPPHIRE Radeon HD 7950 3GB	Crucial Ballistix 2x4gb DDR3 1866
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2 SAMSUNG 830 256gb	SAMSUNG EcoGreen F4 2TB	LITE-ON Black Blu-ray/DVD Burner Combo	CORSAIR H100 with 2 AP-29
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Windows 7 Pro SP1 x64	27" LG (1920x1080)	Antec HCG-900	Antec P280
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FX-8320 4.9ghz	ASRock 990FX Extreme4 (BYE BYE Dead sabertooth)	SAPPHIRE Radeon HD 7950 3GB	Crucial Ballistix 2x4gb DDR3 1866
Hard Drive	Hard Drive	Optical Drive	Cooling
2 SAMSUNG 830 256gb	SAMSUNG EcoGreen F4 2TB	LITE-ON Black Blu-ray/DVD Burner Combo	CORSAIR H100 with 2 AP-29
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