FX9590 battlefield 4 beta cpu test

[ShintaiDK]

$176.30 shipped. And I can attest that even though not officially supported, the $171.49 MSI 990FXA-GD80 will run the FX9xxx CPUs'

I'm not trying to argue that they are cheap or a good buy, but certainly not $250.

Not officially supported? So what about officially supported?

 

[crashtech]

MSI 990FXA-GD80 supports the 9590. It's a beefy board with what looks like a bazillion power phases...

 

[AtenRa]

Cheapest ASUS/Gigabyte motherboards that officially support FX9370 and 9590 can be found for just $129,99 AR in newegg. They also have tons of features like 4x USB3, 7 or 8x SATA6, Quad CF and SLI, Support for registered ram etc.

ASUS M5A99FX Pro R2.0

Gigabyte GA-990FXA-UD3

Also, the FX9370 with WaterCooling kit at $279,99 is an exceptional buy. You can OC to 4.8-5GHz (Turbo off) easily with this WC Kit. Or you could lower the Vcore by turning Turbo off and OC to 4.6GHz and have way lower power consumption.

 

[SlowSpyder]

Just for a comparison of costs, what would be a typical motherboard purchased with an i5 4670k? Newegg has those for $239.99.

 

[ShintaiDK]

ASUS M5A99FX Pro R2.0

Gigabyte GA-990FXA-UD3

http://www.asus.com/Motherboards/M5A99FX_PRO_R20/#specifications

140W for the Asus

http://www.gigabyte.com/support-downloads/cpu-support-popup.aspx?pid=4397

No 220W CPUs listed for Gigabyte.

 

[ShintaiDK]

Just for a comparison of costs, what would be a typical motherboard purchased with an i5 4670k? Newegg has those for $239.99.

They also have them for sub 100$ if we talk Z87.

The question is, how many boards and at what cost does actually officially support the 220W CPUs.

 

[SlowSpyder]

Not officially supported? So what about officially supported?

The $176.30 shipped ASRock 990FX Extreme9 officially supports the FX 9xxx CPU's.

 

[ShintaiDK]

The $176.30 shipped ASRock 990FX Extreme9 officially supports the FX 9xxx CPU's.

Thanks. Thats the only board?

So something like 420$ at Newegg for the cheapest solution after all the price cuts, that is beaten by stock Haswell. No wonder they dont sell. And thats not including the TCO.

 

[sandorski]

If they could cut the TDP in half it would be a nice start.

 

[SlowSpyder]

Thanks.

So something like 420$ at Newegg for the cheapest solution after all the price cuts, that is beaten by stock Haswell. No wonder they dont sell. And thats not including the TCO.

I wasn't trying to say that the FX9xxx CPU's are a better buy than Intel's i5's (though I do think they compete with them better than most give the FX CPU's credit for). I was just pointing out that you don't need a $250 motherboard to run an FX 9xxx series CPU. That $176 motherboard isn't cheap, but it does come with quite a nice list of features (even if the platform is dated).

*edit - That is the only board I see on Newegg that officially states that it supports the FX9xxx CPU's.

 

[AtenRa]

http://www.asus.com/Motherboards/M5A99FX_PRO_R20/#specifications

140W for the Asus

http://www.gigabyte.com/support-downloads/cpu-support-popup.aspx?pid=4397

No 220W CPUs listed for Gigabyte.

ASUS M5A99FX Pro R2.0 supports FX9370 and FX9590 with BIOS 1903
http://www.asus.com/Motherboards/M5A99FX_PRO_R20/#support

Gigabyte GA-990FXA-UD3 (rev. 4.0) supports FX9370 and FX9590 with BIOS F1
http://www.gigabyte.com/support-downloads/cpu-support-popup.aspx?pid=4672

 

[AtenRa]

I was just pointing out that you don't need a $250 motherboard to run an FX 9xxx series CPU.

The two motherboards above from ASUS and Gigabyte officially support the FX9xxx series and they are not expensive, currently at $129,99 AR in Newegg.

*edit - That is the only board I see on Newegg that officially states that it supports the FX9xxx CPU's.

Both ASUS and Gigabyte have 3 boards each that officially support FX9xxx series.

ASUS M5A99FX_PRO_R20, ASUS Sabertooth R2.0 and ASUS CrossHair V Formula Z.

Gigabyte GA-990FXA-UD3 (rev. 4.0), GA-990FXA-UD5 (rev. 3.0) and GA-990FXA-UD7 (rev. 3.0)

 

[SlowSpyder]

ASUS M5A99FX Pro R2.0 supports FX9370 and FX9590 with BIOS 1903
http://www.asus.com/Motherboards/M5A99FX_PRO_R20/#support

Gigabyte GA-990FXA-UD3 (rev. 4.0) supports FX9370 and FX9590 with BIOS F1
http://www.gigabyte.com/support-downloads/cpu-support-popup.aspx?pid=4672

I stand corrected! That isn't a bad deal at all, a $130 mother board plus a $230 FX9370 isn't bad bang for the buck.

 

[SPBHM]

$230 with or without the watercooler?

cheapest Haswell 4c with HT (1230V3) is $250 (with the intel aircooler included) on newegg, 3.3-3.7GHz 8t haswell should make an interesting comparison, but the big advantage is the 80W TDP, which mean compatibility with lower quality motherboards and low end air coolers.


but am3+ MBs that can handle 8350 OC should be able to handle the 9xxx FXs