ASROCK 960GC-GS FX and FX8320E

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   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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Phoenix21 Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Newbie Joined: 30 Jan 2016 Status: Offline Points: 3	Post Options Post Reply Quote Phoenix21 Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Topic: ASROCK 960GC-GS FX and FX8320E 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?

PetrolHead Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Groupie Joined: 07 Oct 2015 Status: Offline Points: 403	Post Options Post Reply Quote PetrolHead Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply 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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Xaltar Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Moderator Group Joined: 16 May 2015 Location: Europe Status: Online Points: 25028	Post Options Post Reply Quote Xaltar Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply 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.


wardog Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Moderator Group Joined: 15 Jul 2015 Status: Offline Points: 6447	Post Options Post Reply Quote wardog Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply 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