https://forum.asrock.com/ Copyright (c) 2006-2013 Web Wiz Forums - All Rights Reserved. Fri, 19 Jun 2026 19:36:14 +0000 Sun, 31 Jan 2016 05:35:08 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Web Wiz Forums 12.04 360 https://forum.asrock.com/RSS_post_feed.asp?TID=1877 https://forum.asrock.com/forum_images/web_wiz_forums_black.png https://forum.asrock.com/ https://forum.asrock.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=1877&PID=9572&title=asrock-960gcgs-fx-and-fx8320e#9572 Author: wardog
Subject: 1877
Posted: 31 Jan 2016 at 5:35am

My opinion, for what it's worth is ASRock overshot the moon in declaring this board OK for 95W processors.

IMO, any board that has instruction on the use of a/any CPU on the board, ie: this board and 8320E, is a reach too far.


Edited by wardog - 31 Jan 2016 at 5:35am]]> Sun, 31 Jan 2016 05:35:08 +0000 https://forum.asrock.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=1877&PID=9572&title=asrock-960gcgs-fx-and-fx8320e#9572 https://forum.asrock.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=1877&PID=9559&title=asrock-960gcgs-fx-and-fx8320e#9559 Author: Xaltar
Subject: 1877
Posted: 31 Jan 2016 at 1:34am

In addition to what PetrolHead stated that CPU is only supported properly from BIOS version 1.40 and above. If it is not detected correctly it will default to 800mhz or whatever the board determines as "safe" for an unknown CPU.]]> Sun, 31 Jan 2016 01:34:14 +0000 https://forum.asrock.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=1877&PID=9559&title=asrock-960gcgs-fx-and-fx8320e#9559 https://forum.asrock.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=1877&PID=9555&title=asrock-960gcgs-fx-and-fx8320e#9555 Author: PetrolHead
Subject: 1877
Posted: 30 Jan 2016 at 11:39pm

You need to be more specific. What sort of clock speeds are you seeing and in which conditions? Just a quick check and some googling on the motherboard reveals a VRM section that is looking really weak. Apparently it only has 3 phases for the CPU and no heatsink, so I wouldn't expect it to be able to handle any FX CPU without issues. The motherboard would thus be my first guess, but more details on what you're seeing and how you're monitoring your computer would be good to have.
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Subject: 1877
Posted: 30 Jan 2016 at 11:09pm

A year ago I bought an ASrock 960GC-GS FX. Long story short, I upgraded today from an athlon 64 and 2GB of RAM to an FX 8320E and 8GB of ram. However, there is a HUGE problem. The CPU is downclocked. REALLY downclocked. It is not because of the temperature. Is the motherboard causing this?
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