FX 9370

[forbin55]

I'm currently running a Gigabyte 990fxa UD3 (rev 1.1)mobo. I'm wondering if I can run an FX 9370 with this mobo at all or if i HAVE to upgrade to a newer model?

[AgentFXA]

Looks to me only rev 4 boards are compatible!

[JGB123]

Max. 125 Watt processors:

GIGABYTE - Motherboard - Socket AM3+ - GA-990XA-UD3 (rev. 1.x)
http://www.gigabyte.us/products/product-page.aspx?pid=3901#

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For native 220 Watt FX-9370 and FX-9590 support there is currently only one option:

GIGABYTE - Motherboard - Socket AM3+ - GA-990FXA-UD3 (rev. 4.0)
http://www.gigabyte.us/products/product-page.aspx?pid=4672#

BTW:

Intel i7-4790K vs AMD FX-9590 vs FX-8350 - YouTube
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BDVcpAhegWs

Related:

"Either due to thermal issues, VRM overheating, or some other issue, the FX-8370 CPUs were actually faster than the FX-9590 with the HPC Challenge and the important HPL performance."

"The system power consumption with the FX-9590 peaked at 439 Watts, compared to 204~281 Watts with the FX-8370 CPUs."

4 September 2014
[Phoronix] More Linux Benchmarks Of The AMD FX-8370E / FX-8370 / FX-9590
http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=article&item=amd_fx_8370linux&num=1