what motherboard should i get to overclock FX-8320

[hiyall]

to start off with, i dont want to hear about better CPUs. i know there are better CPUs but for now lets just stick with what im doing now. in the future i will eventually shell out 500+ dollars and go intel.

ok, so, i got the mother board ASUS M5A97 LE R2.0 AM3+ AMD 970. i hear that this works fine for some when they overclock their 8320 on it while others, who probably never done so, say it is no good.

would it be fine? i could just slap some heat sinks onto the VRMs.

what else would you recommend? i hear Gigabyte - GA-970A-UD3P ATX AM3+ Motherboard is good

budget is around 80 dollar or less

thanks for reading

[hiyall]

Originally posted by Dr.Shadowds 🐉:

Originally posted by hiyall:

what kind of budget build would you guys do then? only using a new CPU and motherboard. i already have a 1060 6GB. i dont feel the need to upgrade the GPU right now

You only need to replace three 3 things really, unless you have a really old PSU, or it's showing signs that it's giving out, which then it would be 4 things. You mainly need to replace the CPU, Motherboard, and RAM, that's about it, unless the CPU doesn't come with a cooler, than you want a cooler, you can't reuse your old cooler, because they're not meant to fit on anything other than they were made to fit for.

my PSU is corsair cx600

Originally posted by MossyRathalos:

Originally posted by hiyall:

what kind of budget build would you guys do then? only using a new CPU and motherboard. i already have a 1060 6GB. i dont feel the need to upgrade the GPU right now

You can't do much with $80.

I'd wait for Intel's B360 boards to release so that you can get an i3-8100 (or the next-gen Pentium Golds when they launch), or wait for AMD's next line of Ryzen 3's.

next CPU i get will be i7 or higher with considerarion of ryzen

[upcoast]

Keep what you have OC it a bit because your mobo isn't the best you may get 4ghz out of it

Wait for Zen 2 7nm / ice lake to play out, how much DDR3 ram have you got?

Tbh, with a GTX1060 6GB and an FX8xxx clocked up to 4ghz there's really no game that's unplayable at 1080p high+ settings. Yes intel will net you more FPS but the FX8320 4GHZ will still get you playable FPS.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_jiXkrRoD4w

Don't get suckered into new budget cpus ^ just stay where you are until you can get a cpu that matters like the Zen 2 7nm 6 core or the Intel Ice Lake line up.

[Astro_80 (WASH YOUR HANDS!)]

Save your money and upgrade to a newer platform

[Los.Injurus.Bob.Blunderton]

Overclocking on an m5a97 LE or 2.0 revision LE will fry the VRM's off the board.
It's a 4+1 or 3+1 VRM setup and the VRM's on the LE have no heatsinks on them.
You'll burn them off the board or at the very least have serious instability or throttling.
My m5a97 non-LE (heatsinked VRM amongst a few other minor differences), couldn't even take an FX 6300 cpu over 4.2 without giving blue screens back 3+ years ago when I used it.
Using a non-OEM cooler that blows sideways instead of a down-draft OEM style cooler, will exacerbate this VRM issue with heat as it doesn't blow air out of the heatsink onto the vrm's like the stock cooler does (as does any other cooler with the fan parellel to the motherboard).
8320E cpu is lower wattage, than 8320 (non-E), so you'd get further with it then regular 8320 or 8350 cpu. Please keep in mind you shouldn't try to go over 4ghz with it or you'll ruin the motherboard. Slow is better than broken.

LE is generally a cost-reduced or bulk system builder version (Essentially) of the motherboard. It's cheap, but still has all the chipset features (mostly) of the other 970 chipset boards. The heatsinks are less spectacular, there may be a spots without them, and a cheaper audio codec/chip may be substituted. It's still going to work just fine for a web surfing or email box though. We're still running some Athlon II dual cores and core 2 duo 6xxx series Conroe CPU's in the house here for Windows 10 surfing, videos, and email.

Don't OC beyond 4ghz or you'll eventually cook the board and possibly the CPU or even cause a fire. You can get heatsinks for the VRM you stick on but they may fall off and land on the video card top-side and short things out.

Use your current solution at the speed it can run, until you can afford a new Ryzen 1400, 1500, or 1600 CPU. An intel i5 8xxx series is also an option but may cost more as do intel motherboards. You will also have to buy ddr4 memory for either platform, and possibly a new copy of Windows as changing the motherboard invalidates OEM Windows licenses as-per the EULA of Windows.
Atleast you can still use your computer (unless you blow it up and let out the magic smoke...don't do that).

[rotNdude]

Overclocking is about trying it and finding out if things run stable. Just try it with your existing motherboard and see if the results are successful or not.

[HypersleepyNaputunia]

I did similar upgrade from fx 8120 to ryzen 1700. Everything feels smoother. On unigine heaven benchmarks about 2.5x increase

[Ralf]

ASRock Fatality 990FX, 990FX Extreme4
Asus Sabertooth 990FX, ROG Crosshair V Formula

[Dr.Shadowds 🐉]

Originally posted by Ralf:

ASRock Fatality 990FX, 990FX Extreme4
Asus Sabertooth 990FX, ROG Crosshair V Formula

You should buy those for OP.

[.Griffin.]

Originally posted by Omega:

Originally posted by hiyall:

they might be older but still run pretty darn good. not comparable to the newer generation, but they still serve a reasonable performance

These FX CPUs still do OK, but will go obsolite within 1-2 years.

These Bulldozer and Piledriver CPUs are some of the worst CPUs over made.

http://cpu.userbenchmark.com/Compare/Intel-Pentium-G4560-vs-AMD-FX-9590/3892vs1812
This "8 core", 4.7GHz, 220W FX 9590 performs about the same as the 2 core, 3.5GHz, 54W Pentium G4560. The pentium costs $77 and the FX costs $126. And the FX also needs a beefy 990fx mobo.

Now that my little flame is done,
It's best not to spend any money on this outdated platform.

I certainly agree with what you're getting at here but, in real world gaming and not synthetic benchmarks the FX series is better than a G4560. The G4560 causes stuttering isssues in almost every modern game due to only having 2 cores. Iv'e used both these CPU's with my GTX 1070, and i'd use an FX 8350 over a G4560 anyday for gaming. FX also doesn't need a beefy 990fx motherboard, I had my 8350 running @ 4.2 GHz on a Biostar ta970. Not a very big overclock but still better than stock. I agree that you shouldnt spend anymoney on the oudated platform though.

[Ghost]

Originally posted by hiyall:

to start off with, i dont want to hear about better CPUs. i know there are better CPUs but for now lets just stick with what im doing now. in the future i will eventually shell out 500+ dollars and go intel.

ok, so, i got the mother board ASUS M5A97 LE R2.0 AM3+ AMD 970. i hear that this works fine for some when they overclock their 8320 on it while others, who probably never done so, say it is no good.

would it be fine? i could just slap some heat sinks onto the VRMs.

what else would you recommend? i hear Gigabyte - GA-970A-UD3P ATX AM3+ Motherboard is good

budget is around 80 dollar or less

thanks for reading

Whatever you do don't get a ryzen cpu.
I have one and it's deffective out of the box.
replacement?
Same ♥♥♥♥.
I'm about to get a fx 8350 to replace my ryzen

[HypersleepyNaputunia]

asus sabertooth 990fx

[Dr.Shadowds 🐉]

Originally posted by DeepGhosts:

Originally posted by hiyall:

to start off with, i dont want to hear about better CPUs. i know there are better CPUs but for now lets just stick with what im doing now. in the future i will eventually shell out 500+ dollars and go intel.

ok, so, i got the mother board ASUS M5A97 LE R2.0 AM3+ AMD 970. i hear that this works fine for some when they overclock their 8320 on it while others, who probably never done so, say it is no good.

would it be fine? i could just slap some heat sinks onto the VRMs.

what else would you recommend? i hear Gigabyte - GA-970A-UD3P ATX AM3+ Motherboard is good

budget is around 80 dollar or less

thanks for reading

Whatever you do don't get a ryzen cpu.
I have one and it's deffective out of the box.
replacement?
Same ♥♥♥♥.
I'm about to get a fx 8350 to replace my ryzen

Great joke. 10/10

Any product can be deffective out of the box, that's why all retailers have a return policy incase the manufacturer shipped a deffective products, it can happen to GPU's, Motherboards, RAM's, TV's, Monitores, Keyboards, etc, etc, etc... Also The FX 8350 are good as low end modern CPU's, such as Intel i3 6th gen by Intel, Pentium 4560, or higher 7th gen by intel because they added HT to them, AMD Ryzen R3 1200/1300X, and those are the same price that's going for the FX 8350, or less than the FX 8350. If OP wants a real upgrade, Ryzen 5/7 1600/1700, or Intel 8th gen i3/i5/i7as they will give much more performance, and has access to a real upgarde path, if starting from Ryzen, or Intel low end CPU's.

Originally posted by CS:NO:

asus sabertooth 990fx

Unless you plan on buying that for him, I don't see how he going to get it for around $80 he asking for.