Greetings fellow PC enthusiasts. I finally decided to buy this masterpiece after a long pause-time in my PC upgrading carreer.
The new components arrived yesterday. Crosshair V Formula-Z / FX-8350 / Corsair Vengeance LP 16GB 1866mhz RAM
The current build is : MSI 990FXA-GD80 / Phenom II 1100T BE @4.0ghz / NOCTUA NH-D14 / Corsair Vengeance LP 8GB 1600mhz RAM / Sapphire 7970 DUAL-X OC / Samsung 840 PRO 256gb / Corsair HX 650 PSU in a pretty well airflow'd Coolermaster Stryker house.
I basically bought the board because the MSI board does not have LLC, which is essential for the Top FX processors, and the BIOS support is like, non existent anymore. And i really wanted to upgrade to an FX processor since 2013.
So i decided that until AMD releases a new chipset/socket for dedicated CPU's not for APU's, i will buy the best AM3+ mobo and a top(ish) FX processor. I fear a little because of the FX 9370's heat generation, and i did not want to go water now, and wanted to keep the NH-D14
I read about some issues, and want to see clearly, what to except, and what to look out for when i am putting my new rig together. First and foremost, I saw the 8-pin connector for the CPU besides the regular 4-pin one, should i put any 8-pin plug into it from my PSU or should i watch out for voltage differences?
Second, is there any recommended BIOS for a 8350? I saw some posts about the 2002 BIOS, and people were generally happy with it, some people with positive feedback, had 93XX series processors in them, so i guess that BIOS is solid ( or should be 🙂
Third, i saw that some chipset and sata drivers can cause BSOD's, anything on that?
Sorry for the long and kinda noobish post. I am not an expert, but know a few things 🙂 Many thanks in advance!