I'm having trouble because I require additional power.
I'm having trouble because I require additional power.
I purchased an AMD A10-5800k about four years ago using a Gigabyte ga-F2a88XM-3DH motherboard. I had 8GB of RAM at 1866 MHz, a 500W PSU with a NOX switch, and the CPU fan was the Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO.
Every time I attempted to overclock, it would fail. I tried AMD Overdrive, used Gigabyte App (EasyTune), followed the BIOS setup steps for my CPU and motherboard, etc.
Perhaps a short period worked, but my CPU defaulted to 3.8 GHz and I tried 4.1 or 4.0 without success.
Restarting caused issues—I didn’t recognize the HDD or SSD from when I bought it (three beeps, frozen monitor), so I had to reset the BIOS and go back to the default settings.
I’m confused about why it’s a K AMD model. When it worked for a couple of weeks, it would randomly fail to recognize the HDD again, so I returned to the default 3.8 GHz.
Recently, while building a new PC from scratch with an AMD board, I realized my old PSU had a 24-pin and a 4-pin connector for the motherboard. My motherboard required an 8-pin power adapter, but I connected a 4-pin PSU adapter to the 8-pin slot.
My PC ran smoothly for a few years—medium to low gaming, office tasks, etc.—but now I’m considering a new PSU because my current one only has a 4-pin connector and a 24-pin adapter.
I found a comment about a PSU that has a 4-pin connector but needs an 8-pin adapter for the motherboard. Could this be the reason I’ve struggled with stability over the years? Might I need a better CPU fan?
Thanks very much!
To achieve optimal stability and performance, the complete 8-pin connection is recommended.
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I bought an AMD A10-5800k around 4 years ago with Gigabyte ga-F2a88XM-3DH.
I had 8GB RAM with 1866 Mhz.
My PSU is 500W, a NOX SW.
I had the Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO as CPU Fan.
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Every time i tried to overlock my system, it failed. I tried with AMD Overdrive, with Gigabyte App (EasyTune), went to the BIOS following steps for my CPU, Mobo, etc.
Maybe the trick worked a couple days. My CPU is 3,8 by default and i tried 4,1 or 4,0.
Did not work.
Restart failures, don't recognize the HDD or the SSD (when i bought it), 3 beeps, freezed monitor, I needed to reset Bios and return to the fabric default, and son on.
I wonder always why, it's a K AMD. When it worked a couple weeks, randomly it did not recognize the HDD, so i was tired of that and return to the default 3,80Mhz.
And suddenly, yesterday i saw something: im building a new PC form scratch, AMD again, and i need a new PSU because my old has the 24 pin and a 4 pin connector for the Motherboard.
My motherboard needs a 8 pin power, but i bought an adaptor for the 4 pin of the PSU and connected to the 8 pin of the motherboard. My PC run smooth a couple years -mid-low gaming, office, etc.-.
And suddenly reviewing a PSU for the new motherboard (the new Mobo has 8 pin connector again and i want to connect it right), someone wrote: if you have a 4 pin PSU connected to the motherboard who needs 8 pin, you can't overclock because is not giving enough power (you missed 4 pin).
Is this the reason maybe all these years i couldnt overclock with stability? Is it maybe i need a better CPU Fan?
Thanks very much!!!
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When you try to overclock have you ever adjusted the vcore setting?