Question 1

Will i have to worry about the northbridge getting too warm? I see reviews about it getting too warm for comfort but i want to buy a board with confidence on it being okay, I will have a fx-6300 running at normal clock speed. do i need to worry?

Accepted Answer

There are way more factors not being considered to simply answer this question solely referring to the motherboard. For starters the size of the case and number of built in fans and the openness all are factors, as well as the other things you have on the mo-board such as cpu (does it have a quality heatsink?), Graphics card (fans?) RAM? and so on. So instead I'll tell you my set up and how it works out for me.

I have an AMD FX(tm)-6200 Six-Core Proccesor 3.80 GHz  with a stock heatsink. 16GB RAM with heat spread cases, a 2GB Sapphire Graphics card with 2 twin fans, my case has three built in fans with 4 air flow exits and it's a large.

All of that combined I've had no problems with heat. It's all about the total build and not the individual parts as those will change the final product.

I hope this helps.

If you are still like "So will it work?" It works for me.

Question 2

Would this Mobo support an Intel i7?

Accepted Answer

No it would not, this motherboard uses an AMD socket. Look up the model of the CPU you want to use, find out what the socket type is (Which is a LGA series) and then find a motherboard that has that socket.

Question 3

Does this board support windows 10?

Accepted Answer

An official answer can only come from the manufacturer.

In my experience, Windows 10 presents no problems running on this motherboard

Question 4

I am thinking of buying this mobo and some ram to go with it . I was curious if the ram I chose is compatible. Any thoughts? This is the ram I am thinking of

Team Vulcan 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 2133 (PC3 17000) Desktop Memory Model TLAD38G2133HC10QDC01

Accepted Answer

DDR3-1866 is the maximum "officially" supported speed for this motherboard. Be advised, according to BIOSTAR, that if you are using RAM rated in excess of DDR3-1600, you will be limited to one DIMM per channel. (Two DIMMs total.)

I suppose you could manually underclock your DDR3-2133 memory to avoid any incompatibilities.

I can tell you that a 4 X 4Gb arrangement of DDR3-1600 has not been a problem for me, thus far. (FX 6300)

There *is* sufficient range to the memory voltage setting to accommodate the 1.65V requirement of your choice of RAM. Of course, if you manually run such memory at a slower speed, you might find the normal 1.5V value will work just fine.

Question 5

I'm tryin to find out if this board needs two sets of mem. to run CORRECTLY?....I mean if it IS a double,(i'e not run a single in years) then I can't see the single stick's being offered so can ya please give me the heads up on this...will I be able to get my best performance using only one stick of Memory,in a single mem. slot?

Accepted Answer

All modern processors use at least dual channel memory controllers some I7's have quad channel support. This mean with dual support the processor can read and write to 2 memory cards at one time at full speed. So if you use one out will work but you will only get half the speed you would if you had two. If you will be working with big files (gaming, photo or video editing/converting) or lots of programs at 1 time you will notice the difference. DDR3 IS really cheap so I'd suggest getting a set. Also once your ram fills your computer will start writing over flow to your hard drive as page files. Making out super slow. If it's money and you can't afford two huge ram slips 1 will hold you over till you can afford a second one. If that's not the case of buy a se. Of 4gig(8 total) or 8gig(16gig total) with lowest cas rating 7 or 8 for best performance.

Question 6

Will this board boot without a flash update when using an 8320/8350?

Accepted Answer

Yes it will. I just built a new system with this board and the 8320 fx processor and it booted up without any problems. I also put this board with the 6300 fx and again no problems. After all the drivers are downloaded after the first startup, you will probably need to restart your system (I had to) but then you can go into the bios and adjust the settings to your liking. Biostar's site will tell you that if your system is working properly without bios updates, leave it alone. I havent updated either board and theyre both working flawlessly. This a great combo (board with the 8320) and is perfect for big time gaming and extreme multitasking. Any more questions just let me know. Good luck to you.

Question 7

Hi. Is there a configuration of RAM to max out the 64GB? I can't find more than 32GB.

Accepted Answer

This motherboard will take up to 4 sticks of ddr3 ram.  We are using Crucial brand memory and they have listed on their website that they sell a 16gb stick of ddr3.  The cost is fairly high so this is probably more than you want to pay to max out your memory.  You will probably want to wait until the 16gb stick price drops.

Question 8

can it run dual video cards??

Accepted Answer

yes it can i have two Amd radeon hd gigbyte 7850 2 GB cards in crossfire though note depending on case size might not i am  using a Roswell black hawk mid and it fits fine   i cant put a 3rd due to my gpus have double pci slots one exhaust and other video components  well other then case size no probs

Question 9

Does this board have onboard video support?

Accepted Answer

No, it does not. I'd like to add that I've been using this board 24/7 since Aug. without a hiccup.It's a great board.

Question 10

does the AMD FX-8350 work with this motherboard?

Accepted Answer

Should.  Only the Black edition FX-93xx series will not work since the board does not support 220W CPUs

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