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post #11 of 15

11/12/12 at 2:25pm

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Quote:

Originally Posted by xd_1771

Socket colour... black or white?

White socket.

Quote:

Originally Posted by pc-illiterate

not on that board i wouldnt. it is either 125 or 145 watt support. an overclocked 8core pulls almost 200 watt. no i wouldnt trust it to run anything more than a 6 core at most. i would still be scared to oc the snot out of it and that is a must do for both bulldozer and piledriver.

But I thought that 8350FX has a 125W TDP.

Sorry for not posting for a while guys. Busy with life.

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post #12 of 15

11/12/12 at 3:05pm

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Yeah...no.

You're not going to be able to take an FX at all with that white-socket AM3 board.

CPU	Motherboard	Graphics	RAM
AMD Phenom II x6 1055T [4GHz, 300x13.5, 1.42V]	Gigabyte GA-990XA-UD3 AM3+ [NB 3ghz 1.35v]	MSI GeForce GTX 560 Ti Twin Frozr II 1GB	8GB [4x2GB] G.Skill ECO DDR3 [1600 6-8-6-20-24-1T]
Hard Drive	Hard Drive	Hard Drive	Cooling
80GB Intel X25M SSD	WD 1TB Caviar Black (WD1001FALS)	WD 1TB Caviar Black (WD1002FAEX)	Noctua NH-D14
Cooling	OS	Monitor	Power
Scythe GT-15 Gentle Typhoon 1500RPM fans (2x, o...	Windows 8 Pro 64-bit	ASUS PA238QR 23.6" 1920x1080 IPS LED monitor [x2]	Corsair HX520 Modular PSU [520W]
Case	Audio	Audio
Antec P182 SE	ASUS Xonar DG 5.1 Headphone Amp	Audio Technica ATH-d40fs
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CPU	Motherboard	Graphics	RAM
ARM Cortex A9 dual core [1.2Ghz]	TI OMAP 4430	PowerVR SGX 540	1GB low power DDR2
Hard Drive	Hard Drive	OS	Monitor
16GB on board storage	32GB Class 10 MicroSDHC card	Android 4.0.4 "Ice Cream Sandwich" (LiquidSmoot...	4.3" 960x540 TFT capacitive multi-touch screen
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Hard Drive	Hard Drive	Hard Drive	Cooling
80GB Intel X25M SSD	WD 1TB Caviar Black (WD1001FALS)	WD 1TB Caviar Black (WD1002FAEX)	Noctua NH-D14
Cooling	OS	Monitor	Power
Scythe GT-15 Gentle Typhoon 1500RPM fans (2x, o...	Windows 8 Pro 64-bit	ASUS PA238QR 23.6" 1920x1080 IPS LED monitor [x2]	Corsair HX520 Modular PSU [520W]
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11/12/12 at 4:40pm

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Are you guys using LLC on your boards is it safe?

post #14 of 15

11/12/12 at 5:00pm

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Quote:

Originally Posted by xd_1771

Yeah...no.
You're not going to be able to take an FX at all with that white-socket AM3 board.

Oh for real? Damn. The gigabyte site says that my board supports FX cpus tho.

CPU	Motherboard	Graphics	RAM
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Hard Drive	Optical Drive	OS	Monitor
Hitachi 7200RPM	Asus crappy drive	Windows 7 Ultimate	1600x900 LG Backlit LED
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Hitachi 7200RPM	Asus crappy drive	Windows 7 Ultimate	1600x900 LG Backlit LED
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11/13/12 at 12:04am

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^ But I think the page you were looking that you posted earlier is for the black-socket rev 3.1 board.

CPU	Motherboard	Graphics	RAM
AMD Phenom II x6 1055T [4GHz, 300x13.5, 1.42V]	Gigabyte GA-990XA-UD3 AM3+ [NB 3ghz 1.35v]	MSI GeForce GTX 560 Ti Twin Frozr II 1GB	8GB [4x2GB] G.Skill ECO DDR3 [1600 6-8-6-20-24-1T]
Hard Drive	Hard Drive	Hard Drive	Cooling
80GB Intel X25M SSD	WD 1TB Caviar Black (WD1001FALS)	WD 1TB Caviar Black (WD1002FAEX)	Noctua NH-D14
Cooling	OS	Monitor	Power
Scythe GT-15 Gentle Typhoon 1500RPM fans (2x, o...	Windows 8 Pro 64-bit	ASUS PA238QR 23.6" 1920x1080 IPS LED monitor [x2]	Corsair HX520 Modular PSU [520W]
Case	Audio	Audio
Antec P182 SE	ASUS Xonar DG 5.1 Headphone Amp	Audio Technica ATH-d40fs
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CPU	Motherboard	Graphics	RAM
ARM Cortex A9 dual core [1.2Ghz]	TI OMAP 4430	PowerVR SGX 540	1GB low power DDR2
Hard Drive	Hard Drive	OS	Monitor
16GB on board storage	32GB Class 10 MicroSDHC card	Android 4.0.4 "Ice Cream Sandwich" (LiquidSmoot...	4.3" 960x540 TFT capacitive multi-touch screen
Keyboard	Power	Case
Swiftkey 3	Battery	Motorola DROID BIONIC
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CPU	Motherboard	Graphics	RAM
AMD Phenom II x6 1055T [4GHz, 300x13.5, 1.42V]	Gigabyte GA-990XA-UD3 AM3+ [NB 3ghz 1.35v]	MSI GeForce GTX 560 Ti Twin Frozr II 1GB	8GB [4x2GB] G.Skill ECO DDR3 [1600 6-8-6-20-24-1T]
Hard Drive	Hard Drive	Hard Drive	Cooling
80GB Intel X25M SSD	WD 1TB Caviar Black (WD1001FALS)	WD 1TB Caviar Black (WD1002FAEX)	Noctua NH-D14
Cooling	OS	Monitor	Power
Scythe GT-15 Gentle Typhoon 1500RPM fans (2x, o...	Windows 8 Pro 64-bit	ASUS PA238QR 23.6" 1920x1080 IPS LED monitor [x2]	Corsair HX520 Modular PSU [520W]
Case	Audio	Audio
Antec P182 SE	ASUS Xonar DG 5.1 Headphone Amp	Audio Technica ATH-d40fs
View all

CPU	Motherboard	Graphics	RAM
ARM Cortex A9 dual core [1.2Ghz]	TI OMAP 4430	PowerVR SGX 540	1GB low power DDR2
Hard Drive	Hard Drive	OS	Monitor
16GB on board storage	32GB Class 10 MicroSDHC card	Android 4.0.4 "Ice Cream Sandwich" (LiquidSmoot...	4.3" 960x540 TFT capacitive multi-touch screen
Keyboard	Power	Case
Swiftkey 3	Battery	Motorola DROID BIONIC
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