FX-9590 with 990FX Killer MB and Thermaltake NiC C5 Cooler and EVGA 500 PS

[Geeky_1]

I picked up an FX-9590 with 990 FX Killer motherboard, Thermaltake NiC C5 CPU Cooler, EVGA 500 power supply, and XFX Radeon HD 7870 GPU. Is this setup safe? Research reveals that the MB does not support a 220W CPU and even most liquid coolers were not powerful enough to handle the FX-9590 when it first came out. I'm not a gamer and don't plan on overclocking and be using this for web and mobile development (compiling and Android emulations). I'm planning on replacing my 9 year old system (Q6600) with this in an Antec P182 case with 3 120mm fans.

 

[daveybrat]

I picked up an FX-9590 with 990 FX Killer motherboard, Thermaltake NiC C5 CPU Cooler, EVGA 500 power supply, and XFX Radeon HD 7870 GPU. Is this setup safe? Research reveals that the MB does not support a 220W CPU and even most liquid coolers were not powerful enough to handle the FX-9590 when it first came out. I'm not a gamer and don't plan on overclocking and be using this for web and mobile development (compiling and Android emulations). I'm planning on replacing my 9 year old system (Q6600) with this in an Antec P182 case with 3 120mm fans.

Nope, that motherboard won't support an FX-9590. Also, you'll need a bigger power supply as well and probably better cooling. I think you're better off abandoning that cpu and just pickup something else.

 

[Torn Mind]

Don't know why the hell you went for an FX-9590 when the 700 MHz of clockspeed over the FX-8350 will still not have it match even a Ryzen 5 1600 and the FX-9590's gargantuan power consumption will create incompatibilities like this. .

 

[dave_the_nerd]

Don't know why the hell you went for an FX-9590 when the 700 MHz of clockspeed over the FX-8350 will still not have it match even a Ryzen 5 1600 and the FX-9590's gargantuan power consumption will create incompatibilities like this. .

This.

 

[Geeky_1]

I didn't choose the setup - it was given to me. I was surprised with the motherboard, fan, and power supply they choose, but it does power up and run. I had been planning on upgrading my 9 year old system with a current i7 (and matching MB/RAM + SSD), but if this setup is safe to run as is (also came with 32 GB DDR3), I would not have to spend several hundred dollars to upgrade for a few more years (but probably just add an SSD).

 

[daveybrat]

I didn't choose the setup - it was given to me. I was surprised with the motherboard, fan, and power supply they choose, but it does power up and run. I had been planning on upgrading my 9 year old system with a current i7 (and matching MB/RAM + SSD), but if this setup is safe to run as is (also came with 32 GB DDR3), I would not have to spend several hundred dollars to upgrade for a few more years (but probably just add an SSD).

Well that changes things knowing that you got all that for free! I'd keep that setup and buy this to put in the board instead:

https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819113415&ignorebbr=1

Then sell that FX-9590 on Ebay or something. An FX-8350 with 32GB of ram will definitely be better than your old Q6600 for just a little investment. Then you can wait it out for Zen+ or Zen 2 cpu's.