Finally got my newest gaming system all built.
Found out that sleep mode causes BSOD and so I disabled sleep mode. Other than that it runs fine and FAST
I decided to run CPUZ to see what the voltages were reporting etc and while running CPUZ I saw my core voltage swing from .937 Volts to 1.425 Volts with voltages in between these values changing about once every few seconds.
I decided to save the information to text file and look at the raw data collected from CPUZ and thats when it caught my eye that this is normal and not a power supply or VRM issue.
I figured I'd share this here in case anyone else doesnt know that this is normal for different power states based on an AMD Cool'n Quiet config like I am running to underclock and undervoltage the CPU when processing demands are lower.
Processor 1 ID = 0
Number of cores 8 (max 8 )
Number of threads 8 (max 8 )
Name AMD FX-8350
Codename Vishera
Specification AMD FX(tm)-8350 Eight-Core Processor
Package Socket AM3+ (942)
CPUID F.2.0
Extended CPUID 15.2
Core Stepping OR-C0
Technology 32 nm
TDP Limit 125 Watts
Core Speed 1399.4 MHz
Multiplier x Bus Speed 7.0 x 199.9 MHz
Rated Bus speed 2199.1 MHz
Stock frequency 4000 MHz
Instructions sets MMX (+), SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, SSE4A, x86-64, AMD-V, AES, AVX, XOP, FMA3, FMA4
L1 Data cache 8 x 16 KBytes, 4-way set associative, 64-byte line size
L1 Instruction cache 4 x 64 KBytes, 2-way set associative, 64-byte line size
L2 cache 4 x 2048 KBytes, 16-way set associative, 64-byte line size
L3 cache 8 MBytes, 64-way set associative, 64-byte line size
FID/VID Control yes
Min FID 7.0x
# of P-States 7
P-State FID 0x1A - VID 0x0A - IDD 13 (21.00x - 1.425 V)
P-State FID 0x19 - VID 0x0B - IDD 13 (20.50x - 1.412 V)
P-State FID 0x18 - VID 0x0D - IDD 12 (20.00x - 1.387 V)
P-State FID 0x12 - VID 0x15 - IDD 10 (17.00x - 1.287 V)
P-State FID 0xC - VID 0x1D - IDD 8 (14.00x - 1.188 V)
P-State FID 0x5 - VID 0x27 - IDD 5 (10.50x - 1.063 V)
P-State FID 0x10C - VID 0x31 - IDD 4 (7.00x - 0.937 V)
PStateReg 0x80000186-0x0000141A
PStateReg 0x80000186-0x00001619
PStateReg 0x80000177-0x00001A18
PStateReg 0x8000015F-0x00002A12
PStateReg 0x8000014B-0x00003A0C
PStateReg 0x80000136-0x00004E05
PStateReg 0x80000124-0x0000624C
PStateReg 0x00000000-0x00000000
Package Type 0x1
Model 00
String 1 0x0
String 2 0x0
Page 0x0
Base TDP 6 Watts
Boosted P-States 2
Max non-turbo ratio 20.00x
Max turbo ratio 21.00x
TSC 4000.1 MHz
MPERF 4000.2 MHz
The final end result for my hardware with this build which was a tight budget was the following:
Gigabyte AM3+ Motherboard 78LMT-USB3 125Watt TDP $58.99
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128565&cm_re=gigabyte_78lmt-usb3-_-13-128-565-_-ProductAMD FX-8350 CPU ( 8-core ) 4.0Ghz 125Watt TDP $139.99
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819113284&cm_re=amd_8_core-_-19-113-284-_-ProductCrucial Ballistix Sport DDR3 1600 8GB $54.00
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=9SIA0ZX2C40289&cm_re=crucial_ballistix_sport_8gb-_-20-148-540-_-ProductEVGA Geforce GTX 260 Core 216 ( $40 used )
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814130370Corsair F40 SATA II SSD 40GB $29.99 ( Windows 7 only on this drive )
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820233130&cm_re=corsair_F40-_-20-233-130-_-ProductSeagate ST3120215ACE IDE ATA100 HDD 120GB ( $9.99 refurb ) ( Games and Data on this drive ) - Slave ( Note: I only paid $9.99 for drive at newegg and it only had 5 hours on it according to smart data. So its not one of those 30k hour refurbed drives from a datacenter etc )
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822148691LG GDR-H30N DVD-ROM IDE ATA100 - Master $14.99
http://www.geeks.com/details.asp?InvtId=BLK-GDR-H30N-DO-RCorsair CX600 Power Supply $29.99 after $20 rebate
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817139028&cm_re=cx600-_-17-139-028-_-ProductWindows 7 Home Premium 64-bit $99.99
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16832416806&cm_re=windows_7_64-bit-_-32-416-806-_-ProductMid Tower ATX Case similar to this one $14.99, but cant find exact model. I ended up yanking a Pentium E5400 2.7Ghz in an ASUS ATX board out of this to repurpose it for the new build since the Pentium E5400 was just about never used. Saved the motherboard in case my wifes Core 2 Duo ever dies to do a board swap.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811208058&cm_re=mid_tower_case-_-11-208-058-_-ProductAll comes to $492.92