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Questions about GIGABYTE products => Motherboards with AMD processors => Topic started by: zuberkhan12 on October 29, 2014, 12:02:49 pm

Title: HELP.. in upgrading AMD processor
Post by: zuberkhan12 on October 29, 2014, 12:02:49 pm

Hello there,
               i am Zuber khan from India  and i am using gigabyte GA-MA790FX-DQ6 motherboard and AMD Phenom 9550 Quad-Core - CPU from last 6 year and yet this motherboard works perfectly fine.

Now my question is i am planing to upgrading my processor to amd fx 8350 for gaming . so does my motherboard support this processor ?

THANK YOU

Title: Re: HELP.. in upgrading AMD processor
Post by: dmdilks on October 29, 2014, 03:49:06 pm

No your board doesn't support that CPU. http://www.gigabyte.com/support-downloads/cpu-support-popup.aspx?pid=2690

Title: Re: HELP.. in upgrading AMD processor
Post by: Vezina on October 29, 2014, 10:50:26 pm

You need a new motherboard for that to work.
Don t go cheap for it ,as a 8 core FX CPU-s is in the need of a proper motherboard with a proper CPU power delivery stage.

Title: Re: HELP.. in upgrading AMD processor
Post by: JGB123 on November 04, 2014, 03:23:50 am

OP, if you do decide to get a new motherboard which supports an FX-8350, please read this thoroughly first:

About VRMs & Mosfets / Motherboard Safety with 125W+ TDP processors
http://www.overclock.net/t/943109/about-vrms-mosfets-motherboard-safety-with-125w-tdp-processors