This Used Gaming PC Is a 5GHz Fire Hazard (Pt. 1)

I recently picked up a second hand AMD FX 9590 prebuilt gaming PC online with the intention to sell the internal components individually, after testing out the performance of course. However, I couldn't help notice that a couple of the components weren't up to the job of keeping the notoriously power hungry 220W power supply under control.
Today I want to discuss what I found inside this used machine and talk about the upgrades that could be made in order to get this system working safely.
Thanks for watching :)

[@RandomGaminginHD]

OK so I gave the 850 generic psu a go in a ryzen 2400g pc and it shut down after an hour. Not sure what to make of that but I'm glad I didn't use it here. Also, turns out the 550ti from this machine doesn't work :(

[@iaandrei]

Oof

[@Caphalem]

Star of the show is still the 9590. It's legendary in that it's rather silly. Like in a "HULK SMASH" sort of way.

[@GDAntonyEnescu123]

B1g oof

[@octavioredoni5506]

FFFFFFFF F FFFF F F

[@thedungeondelver]

Dammit...that's a shame about the 550ti. I wonder if it got damaged by the over-rated CPU causing power flux on the motherboard? Maybe give it an oven treatment?

[@Damaniel3]

My guess is that the previous owner cannibalized the power supply and GPU to put in his next build, and tossed in a cheap PSU and GPU just to sell it.

[@dycedargselderbrother5353]

Yeah realistically who'd buy something like a 9590 which was never cheap and pair it with an at least two year old, $150 MSRP low-end video card? The 550 Ti was actually probably closer to $50-$75 street value by the time the 9590 was released. The 700 series was out by then, at least the high-end parts, and the still-last-gen GTX 650 cost slightly over $100 when it was new.

[@MyILoveMinecraft]

@@dycedargselderbrother5353 well.. When I build my pc in 2013 I initially had a 4770k in it and started up with a single GTX 770. Later down the line I threw in a second one for sli as they became cheaper.. That was my trick back then. But well I gave one of them away and left just one in there as I sold it. With a different power supply to since I kept the be quiet one for my new build

[@xkiroxX]

For sure test the 9590. Very curious to see the most powerful fx processor In action

[@d.oconnor4047]

Yeah stick with the CPU

[@hattrickster33]

Legend has it that many gamers who got a 9590 no longer had to pay for heating, even in Canada.

[@cmdrleto]

Love my 9590, still in use.

[@johnislow]

I agree

[@skaltura]

For that reason i just acquired top of the line Sabertooth 990 mobo and a FX9590, waiting to decide what cooling and case i'm going to build it into :D

[@brodieriggs7963]

6:17 You almost had me with "But first a word from our sponsor"

[@TxM_ToMi]

"but first a word from our sponsore" almost spat my water on the keyboard and all other of my precious things

[@talon1706]

I'd bet his Sponsors are happy. :)

[@DrSalvador555]

I was expecting a poor explosion effect to fill the screen.

[@gashetauwu1932]

Imagine, the FX 9590 plus the gtx 480 with no liquid cooling and a bad PSU in a low performance motherboard... "The bomb has been planted"

[@Cai_VR]

Stick with 9590 so we have something new on the channel!

[@Crispe1Official]

Definitely agreed. Stick with the 9590 and watch your next electric bill be £959.00 haha.

[@travisrhea7950]

You could turn down the frequency of the cpu

[@raven4k998]

@@Crispe1Official your so wrong it will be 9590.00 for his electric bill hehe

[@Eremon1]

Agreed! Keep the CPU and swap the board for something that can handle a 220w hungry pig. I want to see that thing sweat!

[@cashonhotspot2707]

Yeah stick with the CPU

[@mrhappy5789]

I used a 9590 on a MSI krait 970 mb. It popped the caps lol

[@fxckrio]

well atleast it didnt do this kzbin.info/www/bejne/bqu3q6OPn7Zlg68

[@Rainbow__cookie]

@@fxckrio rip that motherboard i think its no save not worth fixing lol

[@melvinhans1844]

Well if you would have done research it says they are not compatible

[@mrhappy5789]

@@melvinhans1844 you wanna catch these Hans

[@everythinggamingnow]

i had an fx 8350 on a £30 motherboard (literally the cheapest i could find) and had no idea why my fps would spike down every few minutes. Didn't help that i used a aio cooler so wasnt getting the passive air over the VRM's. The only way i could cool it was to literally fit a fan directly on the back of the motherboard behind the VRM'S and never had the fps spikes again. That poor motherboard kept on going for years though.

[@3mimin3]

This was a multitasking-wonder. You could game and cook an egg at the same time.

[@ramibos6549]

Got me there mate haha

[@dogboy0912]

Heard people say they used their FX systems as legitimate space heaters back in the day.

[@MegaLittlesoldier]

@@dogboy0912 it worked for me

[@etaxalo]

That comment genuinely laugh! On a side note by brother made an "efficient" gaming pc and space heater out of a processor like that

[@sohamshesh]

Gtx 480?

[@TheRealNightShot]

Its incredible how AMD evolved in such a short amount of time

[@lagginswag]

FX was rushed and sorta patched together to compete with sandy bridge at the time. They could have refined phenom one more time on 32nm up to 8 cores, and probably got better reception.

[@Khloya69]

The NiGhTsHoT AMD hasn’t evolved at all lol

[@TheRealNightShot]

@@Khloya69 Yes it did. Google how Ryzen reached Intel's top line. Its amazing. Low prices and awesome performance. Intel on the other hand still is a little bit better on gaming performance, but you know, prices. With that said, I'm not an AMD fanboy. I'm a tech fanboy.

[@Khloya69]

The NiGhTsHoT ryzen still loses to intel lol stfu

[@Khloya69]

Jonny B nobody cares about price to performance

[@lashyndragon]

Nah, leave it as is. Throw in a GTX 480 and use it to keep your house warm this winter.

[@thedungeondelver]

Pick up a PCI-based single board socket 478 computer and throw a P4 on there, he'll single handedly accelerate global warming.

[@inoeps]

Or r9 290x

[@ijshockey2565]

@@inoeps r9 295x2

[@user-bm9gw2mg3g]

@@ijshockey2565 gtx 690

[@TheRailroad99]

Hell yes. Board supports quadSLI. Time for the Gigawatt Machine. 9590+4x480

[@MarkTheMorose]

Tree: "Get that PSU away from me - I'm made of wood."

[@joelerjoeler]

my man it'll be fine. If you are that worried place a fan over the VRM heatsinks to ensure they stay cool. The worst that will happen is the CPU will throttle because the VRMs are too hot. If you are SUPER worried try undervolting/underclocking.

[@Z4uberwuerfel]

^this

[@dm00121]

Pretty much this. The budget motherboard I had for my FX-8300 that I overclocked to 5GHz was certainly not designed for that, but with a cheap 60mm fan on the VRM heatsink it worked happily for years.

[@davidunterwieser7325]

The AMD 220W cpus actually were capable of making your vrams burn. www.cnews.cz/paleni-carodejnic-aneb-co-udela-220wattovy-amd-fx-9590-v-desce-bez-podpory/

[@lonniemurray4742]

@@davidunterwieser7325 it wont on this board. This is the one exception when it comes to 970 boards. It has an 8 phase (7+1) vrm instead of the 4 or 6 phase ones that the other 970 boards came with, and they're the same models that are used on the sabertooth 990fx r3.0 just a few less

[@jakegarrett8109]

Lonnie Murray yep, and even my 4 phase mATX ($40 new in 2015) allows for similar high clocks. I had mine at 300w on the CPU (increase from the wall hitting Cinebench button) with a 120mm AIO, and it lasted for years doing some 24+ hour fluid simulations pegging it 100% and ran fine with $3 in VRM cooling mods. My board only allows up to 1.7Vcore, so it wasn’t able to fry when the CPU was sub-zero when I really wanted to push it (kinda disappointed...). Still does fine, it just won’t allow high enough voltage for liquid nitrogen or even my phase cooler (which I’ve used for testing long term effects of -60c over nearly a years span, nothing bad happened, not such story for GPUs though... the BGA solder on GPUs cracks from the cold thermal cycles...) It would VRM throttle around 180-220w CPU power (granted, I only had 1 case fan, and that was my 120mm AIO fab exhausting), but after adding 2x 40mm cheap fans and some hearsinks on the chokes it has no issues really pushing the power well beyond 300w for 24/7 full load (my case was quite frankly terrible... so that’s even more impressive!)

[@halistinejenkins5289]

the 9590 is just a binned 8000 series cpu. it should be a great undervolted/underclocked fx cpu (if there is such a thing...not). i had several of those "aura" boards and pushed them hard. they can take it. just keep it within reason.

[@bruhmoment59183]

This pc may contribute to global warming

[@huh-64]

😂😂😂😂

[@willn8664]

But but global warming doesn't exist............

[@ZeryArtzTM]

@@willn8664 true

[@dmitryklevchuk6436]

You see... Global warming is like copyright... it's not a thing.

[@kooballs]

@@dmitryklevchuk6436 Unless UMG comes and ruins your career!

[@maximumpain4579]

The FX 9590 is the most "AMDest" product ever! It's so hot and memeable I actually need one!

[@hipster2283]

It only uses as much power as a 9900k though

[@luckinme.]

stick with the 9590 PLS!! :D just for the lolz ;)

[@raven4k998]

Luckinme o.O yeah or overclock it to 5.4 ghz for the shits and giggles factor's

[@kooballs]

@Bitter Clinger with a 2m long stick

[@Verpal]

Make it 20m

[@strahinjatopalovic2540]

Yes

[@budgetking2591]

@@kooballs LOL

[@DCFTW68]

I tried cooling my old 8320 with a low end water cooler and the coolant literally evaporated.

[@weavercs4014]

Dark Rock 4 is all you need to cool anything

[@hgffmikimmon5293]

@@weavercs4014 screw that get a dh15 noctua cooler and your set for a few years

[@DeadNoob451]

@@hgffmikimmon5293 yeah noctuas are nice. Although even the smaller ones should be fine for non-oc builds.

[@LilCowz1]

Shut up

[@hgffmikimmon5293]

@@DeadNoob451 true

[@Carnyzzle]

Every FX-9590 desktop should include a fire extinguisher.

[@kitty6375]

*2 fire extinguishers in SLI configuration

[@CitroenGames]

@@kitty6375 or more for extra safety

[@d4nyll]

KittenOnPC *CrossFire

[@itsFisch]

@@d4nyll *CrossExtinguisher you mean.

[@jared1932]

FX= Fire Xtinguisher

[@selohcin]

4:30 "You stay over there; I'm not taking any chances." HAHAHAHA!

[@onomichio3739]

Puts it next to a tree

[@LilCowz1]

Shut up

[@AliShuktu]

What was that?

[@LiamNajor]

@@AliShuktu the antec 850w

[@AliShuktu]

@@LiamNajor Oh. Ok. I thought antech were ok'ish PSUs, i've used them before...

[@himmelsrand7527]

Hans get the Flammenwerfer

[@NelsonPimenta93]

More like: Hans get the AMD FX 9590.

[@himmelsrand7527]

Nelson Pimenta 😂👌

[@dmitryklevchuk6436]

Damn, that Fegelein keeps heating my fx 9590 up. STOP IT YOU FOOL!!! Fegelein! Fegelein! Fegelein!

[@mammutbrot9230]

@@dmitryklevchuk6436 what is a "Fegelein"?

[@dmitryklevchuk6436]

@@mammutbrot9230 Fegelein is a coward that always tried to fuck something up. He is the real reason why Führer shot himself. Legends say his evil spirit is still messing shit up in Deuchland today.

[@joenodden]

5:19 I see someone really wants to show off that they do a lot of bird watching.

[@MrVybson]

As soon as I saw the title, I knew it was gonna be an FX 9590, lol

[@tehdave192]

same man, same

[@DualShockTree]

Who wouldn't haha

[@selohcin]

Don't worry about the 9590. An overclocked FX-8350 or FX-8320 overclocked to 4.7 GHz would draw just as much power. Go ahead and use it! It'll be fine, if a little loud.

[@nimmy404]

"But first, words from our sponsor" that scared me for a little

[@RandarTheBarbarian]

Well sir, I have started blown an FX board and in my experience it's actually pretty difficult. The Asrock Fatal1ty board I once had blew while I was trying to hit 5.1 on an 8350 and upon post mortem I found that the only reason it died was because the VRM thermal pad wasn't properly applied and thus didn't reach two mosfets on the end, I ran at 4.9 and 4.75 ish for some time before that without realizing there was an issue.

[@TheBoredEditor]

There's a typo in the description. "notoriously power hungry 220W power supply"

[@TheDoorsHK21]

I run two FX 9590s, one in a Gigabyte 990FXA-UD5 and another in an RoG Crosshair V Formula-Z. Both boards work flawlessly with my 9590s, even with minor overclocks to 5.1GHz.

[@patrickbateman3944]

Are you cooling them with liquid nitrogen?

[@TheDoorsHK21]

@@patrickbateman3944 😏😏😏

[@Sithhy]

You should definitely upgrade the mobo to see what the 9590 can do

[@MeDicen_Rocha]

You are the same Sithhy from the Beamng Forum?

[@Sithhy]

@@MeDicen_Rocha Yes, I'm the same Sithhy as on the BeamNG forum

[@MLGXBOXPRO]

Asus 99FX for sure.

[@TheXlen]

That board is fine for this CPU

[@zushikatetomotoshift1575]

@@TheXlen No it's not. One there are two options it will be either throttled and not full performance or mobo will have a fast death.

[@Dryphu]

We need to see the massive stack of the computers you have bought

[@m.streicher8286]

I see title, "Only one cpu this can be" I happy.

[@jakegarrett8109]

Intel? They’ve been setting fire to even $1,700 boards, melting the sockets and burning scorch marks on the chips with even water cooling and nothing real extreme. I’m shocked the 600w 7980XE (mild overclock on water, around 4.6 GHz for 600w and then it goes crazy high) doesn’t set boards on fire (maybe it does but I haven’t heard of it being a major problem like the 28 core, meanwhile Threadripper 32 core is super efficient and doesn’t melt boards even on LN2). One of the last comments someone sent me was they fried a 10 phase VRM on a typical 5 GHz 9900k overclock... damn... I pull more power on FX and still my 4 phase budget board was fine... it’s getting kinda insane on power draw over on team blue! It’s putting FX to shame, lol!

[@m.streicher8286]

@@jakegarrett8109 ok I'm gonna lay this out real simple. There are only a few 5.0ghz CPUs, practically at least. 7600k 7700k 8086k 9900k 8700k 2600k 2500k Fx9590 And maybe a few other Intel x or overclocked fx CPUs. Now this channel typically has old parts, that rules out 8700k and a few others, cheap parts, rules out the XE or X products. So really all that's left is the 2500k, 2600k, and 9590, which one of those uses litteraly double the power as the others? So as I said, "only one cpu this can be" And stop comparing an 18 core to an "8 core"/other CPUs that aren't 18 core CPUs, you make the rest of anyone who defends amd look stupid.

[@jakegarrett8109]

M.Streicher I was comparing it to 32 core Threadripper (which still uses less power when overclocked to beyond 4 GHz), plus any 8 core burning 10 phase boards in normal clocks is scary. But you’re saying there are few 5 GHz chips Except basically every Intel gen since 2nd gen (3rd gen did 5Ghz, same with 4th gen, 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th, 9th, I mean, basically any k series since a while!), and with FX added, that means basically half the CPUs since like the last 7 years... that’s basically all except Ryzen... so how is that a few chips?

[@m.streicher8286]

@@jakegarrett8109 wow you figured out the fact voltage and frequency don't scale linearly, good job👍 Also you have an "enter" or "return" key, it helps to organise those word salads.

[@jakegarrett8109]

​@@m.streicher8286 Yeah, I have a nice Ryzen voltage-frequency expo graph up to 1.65v if you want it (as well as GPUs including power draw etc for binning chips), that's not rocket science. Speaking of which, as an aerospace engineer, I have to spend all day making sure I have 0 typos, otherwise it could cost my company thousands/millions, so when I get home and type a KZbin comment (the highest form of all literature), then I like to NOT care so much about punctuation or Sepelling (Ha! Take that 60 hour work weeks of grammer checckinnggg, Mwhahaaha! What a madman!) Maybe if you had a job where 1 typo made you and your boss do hours of work at the minimum to fix, and then presented in defects/errors meeting as none of our programs seem to have spellcheck, then maybe you'd be more slack in your free time. Maybe, or maybe you'd stay up all night, knowing that "hey, you know what? If I have a typo, its not going to make purchasing department buy the wrong million dollar part, or an extra 0 at the end buying an extra 900 bolts that are $50 each, ya... $50 a bolt is no joke... Think about it, 100 vs 1000 when you're focusing on everything else in the design really would suck... So after work, I say "screw grammer! with an E!" because it doesn't affect anyone. In fact, the purpose of a language is, get this, COMMUNICATION, and if you understood what I meant, then well.... That means I successfully communicated, and that's really all that language is for. Language was not invented to go "oh look, someone made a small typo, goodness, the rules never conflict in our perfect English... I mean, clearly English was not invented to be perfect, just look at all the conflicting rules!

[@PyroVulpes]

Definitely use the FX 9590! If not in this exact build, then maybe in another. Get it a proper motherboard, cooling, and a properly matched GPU and really see what the best AM3+ processor could do!

[@maho8204]

Stay stick with the 9590 and get a motherboard with 220w cpus support xD!

[@nikolakarovic5964]

970 Aura is just fine(nice phase design). Every older i7 can tdp 200w when Oc

[@TheRailroad99]

@@nikolakarovic5964 exactly my thought. Looks like a decent VRM. The only thing I wouldn't do is overclocking it. But the 9590 is already at it's limits, most of them did not OC at all as they are nothing but factory OCed 8350/8370s

[@joenodden]

If two of those components didn't work you should really go for a refund.

[@dat92kid]

Don't keep your PC close to the carpet,just in case it decides to ignite :D . Anyway,I'd love to see this 9590 go trough your set of benchmarks.

[@mannen659]

I upgraded my FX 8320 with GTX 1660S to R5 3600. I still kept my old FX PC because I loved it. Single-core games did not work so well, but with multi-thread, it still holds up with 2019 games. That old rustbucket grew up on me. :D

[@sebastiaanvalkenhoff9817]

Upgrade motherboard and try to overclock :DDDD

[@cracklingice]

If you stick with the board and then overclock the 8000 series to similar performance to the 9000 series, you've still got a 200w+ CPU.

[@jakegarrett8109]

Yeah, I’m not sure how he missed something so obvious... It really disappoints me and makes me really lose credit to anything he says now, as this is below novice levels (even my mother knows overclocking increasing power, and she is so tech unsavvy I had to watch her copy one cell at a time in Excell...)

[@cracklingice]

Well, it's entirely possible that he wasn't talking about pushing it to the same levels as the 9000 series. Maybe 4.3 or 4.4ghz. That'd probably put it in the 150-175W range. Alternatively you can also just underclock the 9000 series to reduce the power.

[@Tommy-xm7wb]

Keep everything the way it came and send it bro! Let's see what she can do.

[@Moshimulations]

Can it enter your home it would make your home on fire

[@ericandruszko7563]

TDP and Total power usage are 2 different values... so technically it's not a 220w cpu... just throwing that out there.

[@David-wh8zs]

I used to have a 9590 in my main system. It's not really uncommon to exceed 300W at the EPS connector

[@ericandruszko7563]

@@David-wh8zs I was talking about the difference in TPD vs TDP. TDP is about heat dissipation, TPD is power usage. 220w is the heat measurement of what the chip will output. Your actual power usage for that given component is going to likely be 1.5x that, or more, since the excess heat given off (denoted by TDP) is inefficiently used energy that needs to be dissipated.

[@David-wh8zs]

While TDP != Power usage, especially not at the EPS connector since you have to consider switching losses, most of the power consumed is converted into heat.

[@ericandruszko7563]

@@David-wh8zs Yes, that's what I was saying >.> TDP may be 220w, but that is all byproduct of the actual power used by the CPU. So the real power draw is higher than 220w. Any loss outside that CPU component isn't considered there, nor is it relevant.

[@David-wh8zs]

​@@ericandruszko7563 The additional power consumption caused by signaling really is minuscule, in the sub-200mw range, I would go as far as saying that the TDP is rarely exceeded as long as you are not stepping out of spec (That involves boost). What I was originally trying to say that the TDP of the 9590 was underestimated by a lot.

[@bestelitt2760]

I think you should try to upgrade the motherboard, the gpu and so on and stick with the 9590

[@PluslineNeko]

I work as a PC tech and I remember a customer buying (not from us) a machine with an FX-9590 or 9570 can't remember, with a €40 aftermarket air cooler and an AsRock 970 board. The computer wasn't working very well, so we updated the BIOS... and it had a message saying the processor wasn't supported and wouldn't boot past there. So we downgraded the BIOS, underclocked the CPU to FX-8370 levels (4 GHz) and the processor would pass all tests, including thermal. I think the VRMs couldn't keep with the 220W TDP of the CPU at stock speeds. This was in 2015 or so, so it was still an OK computer (but a terrible buy). I think the customer kept using the computer for at least a couple of years. Keep the motherboard, underclock the processor. Or don't, and see how toasty the VRMs are after a couple of hours in Prime95. I would be interested in that. :D

[@LORDHARRY101]

Yea for sure keep the CPU, a lot more interesting IMO, and maybe a larger cooler and overclock it

[@wifightit]

A 5Ghz, all-core overclocked FX-9370 is my daily driver. In the peak of summer, I (sometimes) crank it down to 4.8, and in the dead of winter, with mods, I can get it to 5.1, 5.25 just for desktop screenshots. H100i, presently only in a pull configuration. I even ran it without any case fans for a year. The plan was/is to replace it with Ryzen, when it dies, but it just doesn't seem to be capable of dying. Worth testing the 9590, for sure. Btw, I rock the Sabertooth FX 990 R2.0 board. edit: Presently running a 1050ti, as I lent my 7970 to a 9900K build that I did for a friend.

[@ApkHeaven]

Man do i love this old Cooler Master Case. Great Video.

[@vnani5812]

www.amazon.com/Antec-0-761345-15505-2-GX505-WINDOW-BLUE/dp/B00O3JGEBS isn't that antec case?

[@abelpaoli6836]

Did you ever get around to doing a part 2 to this video? Really enjoy your videos. I believe in using a pc until it can't be used anymore. I'm still using Core 2 Duo machines at home and the one with 4gb of ram can run AutoCAD Civil 3D without busting a sweat!

[@dragonhart6505]

the 970 Aura doesnt "officially" support the FX 9590...but there is actually very little risk of blowing up that motherboard with this CPU. it works just fine, ive repaired a system locally in the past year that used these components and the customer had no idea what was wrong, feeling either the PSU or motherboard had fried because of the same thing. PSU was 80+ Gold 750w and worked fine in another system, so that wasnt the issue. turns out they had a stupid memory configuration and a busted 1060, NOT as a result of the CPU/mobo choice. replaced the sticks with matching XMP 1866mhz DDR3 and installed his new GTX 1060 6gb and the thing fired up just fine. stable as all hell and quite the gaming beast. least i'd do is replace the PSU with a quality one and either drop that 4.7ghz overclock to something like 4.3ghz or just replace that cooler and some Kryonaut thermal paste wouldnt hurt. as long as that CPU stays cool, youll be golden. dont sell it either...im sure itll beat your current personal rig, that thing is a monster.

[@yotoprules9361]

exactly what I was thinking, even if it isn't good enough the VRM would just throttle anyway stopping it from overheating and destroying anything

[@dogboy0912]

Read the title. Heard FX processor mentioned in first 10 seconds. Oh it just keeps getting better and better

[@wretchedslippage3255]

Ive yet to come across a British person who ISNT a bird watcher.

[@hjackson.92]

The funny thing is, birds are watching him!

[@wrth]

I was going to write a comment, but first- a word from our sponsor.

[@jedakashoe]

The Standard book of British Birds- the one without the gannet.

[@xingyang3291]

'We might have a better chance of firing it up' got me :D

[@Defiant031636]

Upgrade motherboard/cpu cooling/power supply to test the 9590

[@Sn0wc4t]

Go for it. You'll be fine. :) I've been running the exact same CPU and motherboard combo (32GB RAM, Corsair 800w PSU, AMD RX580 GPU and an Antec 360mm AIO liquid cooler) for several years now. That little 120mm Cooler you've got in there won't keep up. I had the same and was overheating like crazy until I put the 360mm in. It (obviously) runs hot but has handled just about everything I've thrown at it, including VR. The only achilles heel I've found is CPU intensive video rendering for long periods. I've managed a maximum of about 90 minutes before the 9590 hit the magic 75c and powered down.

[@r2dlee953]

ok all jokes aside dont be a drama queen that cpu would be perfectly fine on that motherboard trust me

[@smeezekitty]

220W is only the worst case load wattage. Just booting to Windows would draw less than 125W. Plus the motherboard is probably designed to _overclock_ 125W CPUS which would push 200W anyway

[@SeriousGlitcher]

Agreed 🤣 dude acting like a nancy lmao and taking out the 550ti hahaha even with the 550 the most that systems gonna draw is 350 watts on a high end lmao 500 watt psu would be plenty for this and 600 watt psu is overkill

[@wyterabitt2149]

Apparently it was listed as compatible on the website at different times, even though it is not now for some reason. And it was a combination used by people without any issues that were not normal with the processor anyway.

[@youngsexyyt9581]

You made me happy at 6:19 but then got sad that you didn't have a sponsor 😔

[@webzterd]

I would have personally thought that the 220W going up in flames would have been viral worthy to see, the kid of things other channels talk about. Should have totally turned that on and fired up (pun intended) some intensive CPU tests.

[@MercerVerse]

Wtf I actually have this crappy case, I've literally never seen anyone else with this one, be it KZbinr or friend lmao

[@fuckoff5893]

Birdwatching. You are the most english gaming tech youtuber.

[@RealistikDash]

Replace the mobo I have never seen this CPU and I'm interested

[@AceThaDon]

RealistikDash facts

[@jedi9577]

For sure, there are lots of motherboards that will have serious problems with the FX 9590. This isn't one of them. It's got a 7+1 phase VRM with a decent size heatsink. Worst case it would need a bit of airflow for sustained heavy loads. Completely agree with swapping out that gutless wonder of a power supply though.

[@Banom7a]

test the 9590 with GTX 480 to make a nuclear powerhouse

[@roxaeusderecho9959]

I had that motherboard for 3 years with a fx 8350, served me well. That board is known to run hot though, had to set voltages cause the auto settings allowed it to go too high with no performance gains

[@ignasjump2268]

6:17 *L.T.T Has left the chat*

[@kevinpedersen5290]

One thing to keep in mind with cheap PSU's is that, cheap PSU's can BARELY ever supply the advertised wattage across the entire unit, where real brands like corsair, can support the advertised wattage on a single rail. This means that while the PSU might say 800 watts, the 12v rail may only support 300-400 watts, which really makes the PSU no more valuable than a good 400 watt PSU.

[@leeosborne5877]

An overheating AMD product there’s a thing lol

[@lonniemurray4742]

The 970 pro gaming/aura is a fantastic motherboard and can indeed handle a 9590, I'm using a 9370 (the other 220w cpu) at 4.9 ghz on mine and the VRM temps are solid 70-80c so it's no problem. I'm also using an h100i so no extra ventilation over the vrm. This board has was better VRMS than all of the other 970 boards

[@xxx6797]

YOU neet to but a 80+ Power supplie can you Make a vid were you Test cheap Power Supplies i want to See Some boom

[@86hrs33]

He doesn't want to die

[@Dragonslayer12202]

I'd like to see what the 550ti can do.

[@lagginswag]

Struggle with 720p 30fps

[@Ben-tj2sc]

i got an i5 2500k with gtx 550ti pc from cex for £110

[@bogdanstroe7967]

Not bad, that i5 2500k holds up preety well. And it cand be ,,combined" with a better gpu if u want to upgrade in the future

[@nicknick4917]

Thats a really good CPU even for todays games.

[@Bull3tphreak]

I have that GTX 550 ti! Did well back in the day, now it sits on my bookshelf as a antique 😌

[@andrewszombie]

"it blows up" really people?? Install circuit breakers in your house

[@jacobrzeszewski6527]

The FX 9xxx series is notorious for melting the power connectors of lesser motherboards, so It would be a good idea to at least upgrade to a supported motherboard.

[@DeViLzzz2006]

He plans to do that.

[@nikyclau3966]

Best UK tech channel keep the good work

[@almanzor7941]

I have my FX 8320E 4.5Ghz + Asus 970 Pro Gaming Aura. I can assure that board is very capable of a FX 9590, it have a 7+1 phase layout. My CPU is cooled by a Noctua NH-U14s. Testing the overclocking potential of my CPU, I saw it reaching 250W on Pryme95 and the VRM never had problems. In the end I configured for 4.5Ghz at 1.375V with Load Line Calibration at Extreme. Temperatures are very good. Is not the best CPU for today standarts, but is still capable of some good results on gaming, but for 60 fps of corse, I have a GTX 1060 6GB.

[@Dee-tc7lo]

The 9590 is literally a higher clocked 8370 that consumes more power and produces more heat. If you OC a 8350/8370 to 4.7 it would perform identically. Since excessive use in a 970 board could easily kill the VRM, especially if over clocked you'd need a 990 board. Those still sell for well over $100 used, upwards of $150 on occasion. Just put an 8350 in there and OC it, will be identical performance to a 9590.

[@leetylr]

Would like to see how this prosessor performs. Would like to see how it compares to my wonderfully reliable fx 8350. Really love your videos, good luck lee

[@slaxyy3307]

The 9590 saves me hundreds on my heating bill per year

[@wiedapp]

I recently bought a used FX-8370 to replace the Phenom II 1100T in my old rig. The seller offered a 9590, too. Point is: My rig has the priciest 990FX MoBo in it there was at the time, the Gigabyte GA-990FXA-UD7 (rev. 1.3). That is one of the few MoBo, you could pair with that 9590, If you wanted, because of the decent sized VRM array. Still: Even back then the stability was not a given, as I remember. You absolutely NEEDED a separate fan to blow on the VRM. For that reason, I think, Gigabyte did remove the official support ads of that processor at a later time. It still lists in the manual, though. But I know, that the "PC Games Hardware" magazine from Germany did run that config, saying that it is like living on the edge...more or less. But I didn't want to go under water for it, so I opted for the less powerful one. That processor is just one thing, as it was back then, too: Ridiculous. The reason I have that beefy board is, that it's predecessor was a 870 based one from AsRock (wich I still happen to have), that couldn't handle the 1100T - other than advertised. And I wanted a board that just works and I wouldn't have to care about the VRM. With that Gigabyte one I got what I wanted. Just need to repaste it to get it going, a new CMOS Battery is due for sure.

[@zacharykennedy4045]

honestly, i think you're being too paranoid with a lot of this stuff. I do a lot of risky stuff with the spare computer components i work with, and using a high wattage CPU on a motherboard that isn't rated for it isn't that bad. The motherboard wattage ratings are mostly determined by the heatsinks on the motherboard power delivery cicructs being able to dissipate the heat. i've been able to push full 91w i7's on OEM dell motherboards that were rated for 51w i3's. keep a fan on the motherboard and throw in a 650w psu, and everything should be fine.

[@wartem]

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[@TheToastPeople]

Just turn it on and run it as is, Fire is good content

[@pakaztai]

Do both pls. Upgrade the parts to suit the 9590 and place an 8000 series on the board. Thank you RGIHD. More power!

[@kjp-sy8uf]

Arctic PSU and the rest of the system are perfect for each other, sparks are flying!

[@James_B]

8:15 is someone rolling a joint in the background 😂😂😂

[@xxcr4ckzzxx840]

i know that Videos is 2 Month old now, but you can use that board and CPU combo no problem. The Board is rated for 125Watts because there werent higher usage CPUs at the release i think. TBH the VRMs are beefy enough with 8 big phases and cooling on it. If there is some air over them anything will be fine. The board is made for high OCs, so it can handle a Stock 9590 without problems.

[@middleclassthrash]

4:28 I was confused at first, but that earned a like!

[@Ronaldopopkings]

The previous owner must have used that cpu+mainboard combo for years. Should be safe to use man dont have to treat it like a time bomb :D

[@Andrew-ir7mf]

Motherboard should be fine tbh. When you consider say a 8320 heavily overclocked is essentially the same thing. I really think you will be fine, not to mention regardless of any negative perception of the AM3+ cpu's are really well built. I don't you will kill it at all tbh. So yeah I suggest you keep that board as that board is actually a really well built board. I would wager it's better built then some of the older 990fx boards that had some issues. You really will be fine especially with claiming it up and proper airflow. It's been awhile but when I looked into it one of the reasons why some of the better 970 boards will not lost support for the 9590 was part of the marketing of the 990fx benefits. Of course older cheaper 970 boards are not advisable and are not as good as the 990fx older boards. This Asus as I said earlier is a higher end 970 board. Just my suggestion based on AM3+combinations I have done and some I still own. I'm sure you will find it performs really well all things considered, good luck.

[@JDavies345]

The 9590 would most likely be a beast to try, I would suggest actually doing 4x comparison, get your 8000 series CPU and use a better more powerful motherboard for the 9590, use the CPUs on both motherboards and compare them on both boards and both on the other, with the same cooler BTW

[@aaron71]

She's obviously worked fine for years. Just go for it!

[@thedungeondelver]

That GTX 550ti is an OK card for games from its era. My kid has one in her system, does Diablo 3, Portal 1 & 2, Overwatch, and indie titles just fine.

[@MegaHayes]

Soon as I saw the title, straight away guessed what CPU you were referring too 😂

[@PileOfEmptyTapes]

The board would seem to be the least of your worries, maybe a bit of extra airflow for the VRMs might not hurt. Isn't anyone going to mention the daft cooling setup though? As it stands, the exhaust fan is sucking air through the radiator, probably this is the only way it fit easily and they didn't want to blow the hot air right back into the case for obvious reasons - however, Corsair recommended pushing air through the radiator, 'cause as you may know, axial fans totally _blow_ when it comes to sucking (they need an intake area as large and unobstructed as possible). Besides, the two fans on top are also blowing out while there is only one intake fan. So this is a negative pressure setup. Even more static pressure required from the radiator fan. Like I said, daft. At the very least, turn those two top fans around. If you can also swap the radiator and fan around, even better.

[@ZombieRonSwanson]

I run an FX-8350, so personally I would be interested in what the performance of the 9590 would be like

[@TheWooled]

the 9590 system i built for a friend was a nightmare to get working. Once it was it ran nice for 3 years. 3 years of neglecting the radiator in the AIO. System kept freezing. i upgraded his system to a ryzen 2600 and now i have the 9590 in my computer room and it runs just fine despite the abuse. I paired it with an rx 570 and i let my nieces play on it.

[@casty97]

*Camera points to the PC for a moment* [Nods. Nods] *Camera points to the other PSU WAY over at the tree* [Dies. Laughing]

[@CCLGamer]

The AIO is installed upside down. This could potentially over time as liquid disappears from the unit, cause air bubbles to be pumped to the CPU and cause noise in the pump, damage it and provide less cooling for CPU. The lifespan of the AIO could in a worst case scenario be reduced to only a few months.

[@SuperTrooperThorny]

Upgrade the motherboard for sure i dont want to wait to see how good that proseser performers