Upgrading to 4.4GHz

martinhersey

martinhersey

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Okay. I bought a 4.4GHz AMD processor on eBAY cheap! Now I find I can't just install it on my old motherboard that I am running a 4.2 GHz processor on. I will have to start all over again with a new motherboard and all the other consequent nonsense you have to have to run a computer with. Money! I don't have it!
 
Jiniix

Jiniix

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Did you buy an FX-9370 (220W) for a board that barely supports 125W CPUs?
These chips were, for a while, only sold together with high end motherboards and liquid cooling.
 
Laquer Head

Laquer Head

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why would you pay anything to 'upgrade' from 4.2 ---> 4.4?? I don't see how that makes any relevant change whatsoever.
 
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Calin

Calin

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Laquer Head said:
why would you pay anything to 'upgrade' from 4.2 ---> 4.4?? I don't see how that makes any relevant change whatsoever.
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Well like Jiniix said, he probably got the 9370 which is a pretty big upgrade from his FX 4350. That's probably the case since his 760G board doesn't support it.
 
beers

beers

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If you were only concerned about the clock speed you could have bumped the 4350 up to 4.4 GHz with a multiplier overclock.

Frequency isn't everything, as per others the 9370 will destroy your current motherboard as it only has a 4+1 VRM setup.
 
martinhersey

martinhersey

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beers said:
If you were only concerned about the clock speed you could have bumped the 4350 up to 4.4 GHz with a multiplier overclock.

Frequency isn't everything, as per others the 9370 will destroy your current motherboard as it only has a 4+1 VRM setup.
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I don't know how to overclock.
 
Calin

Calin

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martinhersey said:
I don't know how to overclock.
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Ok then, just know that no matter what CPU you have going from 4.2 to 4.4 Ghz is a very minor improvement. If you want to upgrade, then look at benchmarks not at clockspeed. For your board, the best CPU I'd get is the FX 8300 because it's a 95w chip. But I wouldn't buy a FX chip in April of 2017 though.
 
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