asrock 970 pro3 r2.0 caught flame

ASRock Expert wrote: He don't need a 750W PSU, just a decent one that works fine. Hi's Be-Quiet is a nice PSU that will go well on his setup. (I prefer CWM based PSU's and Enermax PSU. My 8 years old Corsair CWM has seen stuff)

The recommended minimum for AMD's Radeon R9 270 is between 450W-500W, depending on the source (AMD could take notes from NVidia, as this was just one more piece of information that wasn't available on AMD's site). The good news is that the TDP shouldn't be far off the truth on average (at least on a reference card):

http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/nvidia-geforce-gtx-980-970-maxwell,3941-13.html

I'll admit that 750W would be overkill for his current system. I'll also admit that just talking about the wattage is not the whole truth, as the more important factor (AFAIK) is what sort of current the +12V rail can put out. It's just that if you get a good PSU with a bit more wattage than you need, you'll less likely have to worry about sufficient current. Also, the PSU will not be as strained, so it will probably run a bit cooler and the parts will probably last longer.

I checked a review on that specific Be Quiet! PSU and if the numbers check out, it may actually be ok. Ripple values are good, and the total power output of the +12V rail is 30A, which should fine.

http://us.hardware.info/reviews/4643/2/be-quiet-pure-power-l8-400w300w-review-good-for-budget-pcs-specifications

So, I was a bit hasty in condemning the PSU on wattage alone. The tier 3 classification still makes me a bit sceptical, though, but then again it's just a guideline.

What he needs is a decent VRM based board. He does not have a top-down blowing CPU cooler, so the VRM will fry some time in the future. My suggestion is following: Fatal1ty 970 Performance Great price/performance board 970 Extreme3 R2.0 Best buy board with the 970 based chip-set. Or some 990FX based board will all go great with his setup.

This is indeed one option. Unless there's a specific need for an mATX motherboard, I would agree that getting something bigger and more robust would make sense.

wardog wrote: IMO the 990fx boards are the way to go with an 8-core FX. < id="kpm_plugin" ="application/x-KPMPlugin">

Despite what ASRock claims to support 8-core FX's in anything less than a 990FX board.

Really ASRock?

Nahpets84 wrote: Thanks for the reply's, I see to it to fix it by either another cpu cooler with top cooler or just buy a new computer in total (want a top notch combo to be able to play the high end games better)

You can do both, unless you need to sell your current parts to get a top notch combo. ;) Personally I would probably wait a while before buying a top notch combo. I'm assuming that would mean an Intel Skylake rig, and I think it may be wise to see if those that have switched to Skylake already run into any sort of issues. Also, if you're lucky, prices might come down a bit while you wait.