FX 8370 experiences significant voltage and gHz fluctuations during overclocking.
FX 8370 experiences significant voltage and gHz fluctuations during overclocking.
Sorry it's been a while since I've been online. What I'm saying is providing more voltage to the CPU and enabling LLC will lead to higher temperatures on the VRM's. I'm using my Gigabyte 990fxa-ud3 overclocked with LLC on normal settings, but the extra voltage from my overclocked CPU still causes my temps to increase. To address this, since I'm using water cooling, I added an extra 120mm fan to direct airflow over the VRM's. For monitoring your VRM temperatures, you could use tools like hwinfo and if it's your VRM's, consider adding a fan to cool them down. Thanks for the advice. It's fine if it wasn't for a while. I realized a few days ago that my motherboard lacks sufficient VRMs and even doesn't have a VRM cooler, which limits my overclocking options. I'm planning to upgrade soon to a motherboard with enough VRMs, DDR4 support, and an i7 7700k.
It seems like a great option. My main suggestion is to wait until RyZen is released and gets reviewed before buying anything big. If it comes out later, Intel Excellent will still be available, but there should be some price competition between the two eventually.
Just saw Ryzen and it looks like a better pick. I’m planning to go with Ryzen 1700 or 1700x since the Ryzen 1800x is too expensive considering the RAM and paste included. Thanks for the tip.