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    [SOLVED] Asrock x370 taichi PCIe x8 instead of x16

    can't believe it, removal, clean with nail polish remover and gentle tissue has resolved my personal issue being locked at x8, now back to x16. Thanks for the idea
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    Question Ryzen 7 3700x 4.4Ghz all core OC safe?

    I'm sure the x370 will have been much the same. one thing I'd have changed is 'one-click' overclock options rather than making you work for it. I had that on an old z170 board
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    Question Ryzen 7 3700x 4.4Ghz all core OC safe?

    @zx128k I think some of the stuff you describe above e.g. giving PBO a mention refers to boost clocks of some cores whereas I'm focussing on all-core overclocking here to leverage the surviving advantage of x370 not having the PBO2/XFR2 of newer gen chipsets (if that even makes a huge...
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    Question Ryzen 7 3700x 4.4Ghz all core OC safe?

    sh!t forgot about throttle. Just checked though and throttle ceiling on these and the 2000 series is 85degrees so will have a play and get back to you
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    Question Ryzen 7 3700x 4.4Ghz all core OC safe?

    hey guys. I might have a decent chip as well; think I've achieved stability at 4.3ghz @1.375 with .05 offset. don't know if it's made a difference but I've disabled PBO given x370 is old XFR/PBO. I also set both LLC settings to '1' to prevent droop. I have a Corsair h80i v2 AIO cooler. Cinebench...