schoondoggy 900 Posted December 3, 2014 Share Posted December 3, 2014 I cant remember the last time I used AMD for a build, here we go! 1 Link to post Share on other sites
ikon 439 Posted December 4, 2014 Share Posted December 4, 2014 I can remember, but it was more than a decade ago. Link to post Share on other sites
Joe_Miner 254 Posted December 4, 2014 Share Posted December 4, 2014 Nice. What case are you putting it in? Link to post Share on other sites
schoondoggy 900 Posted December 4, 2014 Author Share Posted December 4, 2014 I think I will use the Thermaltake Core V21 that I had at the Meet-up: http://www.thermaltakeusa.com/Chassis/Desktop_/Core/C_00002559/Core_V21/design.htm Link to post Share on other sites
HellDiverUK 99 Posted December 4, 2014 Share Posted December 4, 2014 (edited) I'm surprised you're bothering putting in a R7-250X - surely it's not much better than the APU? It is only a renamed HD7770... Last AMD I built was a FX8350 on an Asus Sabertooth 990FX. Ran very well, but boy did it run HOT. I would definitely build another, but I'd be using an AIO water cooler - the Corsair H100i probably. I think I got 4.5GHz on air cooling, but you could have cooked bacon on the thing. I did build an AM1 machine, but it was terrible. Could never get it stable. Edited December 4, 2014 by HellDiverUK 1 Link to post Share on other sites
schoondoggy 900 Posted December 4, 2014 Author Share Posted December 4, 2014 I run two of these monitors: http://www8.hp.com/h20195/v2/GetDocument.aspx?docname=c04111144 The APU and the R7-250X will run Crossfire. I am not really a gamer, just looking to drive two high resolution monitors. AMD has worked out the power issues and the APU's run much cooler. Link to post Share on other sites
Drashna Jaelre 159 Posted December 8, 2014 Share Posted December 8, 2014 I'm surprised you're bothering putting in a R7-250X - surely it's not much better than the APU? It is only a renamed HD7770... Last AMD I built was a FX8350 on an Asus Sabertooth 990FX. Ran very well, but boy did it run HOT. I would definitely build another, but I'd be using an AIO water cooler - the Corsair H100i probably. I think I got 4.5GHz on air cooling, but you could have cooked bacon on the thing. I did build an AM1 machine, but it was terrible. Could never get it stable. Absolutely agree with replacing the stock heatsink. It's absolutely not enough. I had a AMD FX-8120 (that I replaced a while back), got a noctua C14 (I think) and it cooled the CPU by a good 20-30C .... Either way, it eventually fried (which is the way of AMD CPUs).... literally. There is a scorch mark on the CPU tin (the top of it), and on the surface of the noctua heatsink!!! And I have a couple of A4's. They "okay" for low level tasks, but I'd go intel celeron next time. partially for mentioned stability issues... Link to post Share on other sites
HellDiverUK 99 Posted December 8, 2014 Share Posted December 8, 2014 I was using one of these, and it still ran too hot: http://www.arctic.ac/eu_en/freezer-7-pro-rev-2.html The retail heat sink never came out of the box, was a pathetic little piece of aluminium with a buzzy 60mm fan on it. Link to post Share on other sites
ikon 439 Posted December 8, 2014 Share Posted December 8, 2014 I have 1 of these on my i5 test machine: man, does it cool! http://www.arctic.ac/worldwide_en/freezer-xtreme-rev-2.html Link to post Share on other sites
Drashna Jaelre 159 Posted December 9, 2014 Share Posted December 9, 2014 I'm a big "fan" of Noctua heatsinks and fans. I use then whenever possible. Very quiet and good about moving air. Link to post Share on other sites
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