Ok, hi. New user, long time reader. i've never needed to ask anything because of the awesome advice from the community, but I'm at wits end.
It's lengthy and there are many different topics, so I wasn't sure where to place the post.
I got an Oculus Rift for Christmas. My system at the time was getting really hot and tearing through 2400 mhz 16GB ram. Time for an upgrade:
Antec 850 W Extreme Gamer
Asus Strix B 450 F Gaming
Ryzen 7 2700X
Power Color Vega 56
G.Skill Trident Z (2sets 2x8GB)
Samsung Evo 1 TB
Crucial M_2 1TB
Cooler Master Liquid Ml240 AIO
First, the RAM has been nothing but trouble. I'm not used to OC but I wanted to justify spending $400 on something that was better than my 2400 so I set DOCP in Bios and Freq to 3200
Crash
Did the RAM game hidey who whoop dee do
Reinstall windows
Ok - contacted G.Skill
"Hey, you're an idiot for buying 2 separate kits and trying to run it at 3200, what were you thinking?"
Took a set - threw it in the wifes Ryzen 5 1600 asus prime Set DOCP - no issues.
Now I have just 16GB which Oculus munches down when I really wanted 32 at least running at 3000 because ryzen 7 runs well with blah blah ok
One set - dual channel - set DOCP
Back to Bios/Crash
Switch the seats - Boot
User Bench - "Your CPU sucks" There are like 50 PC's with the same stuff that's way better than yours - suck it punk.
AI Suite 5 WAY OP
Watched Youtube - its so easy they say! Followed directions - Start - Restart
8% Blue screen
Black screen PC running
Scared it was going to blow up
Gets back finally but now stuttering/jittering
AI SUITE - All temps RED AIO pump NA FANS NA
Restart and about to cry
Overclock 8%
Userbench - "Your CPU still sucks, but everything else is top notch!" Get it together man!
3D Mark - Time Spy 1/2 no issue CPU test - the system literally just shut off
Back to bios Optimized Settings Save/Exit
Reinstall windows
Please help - I honestly need a step by step on what to change in Bios because I'm really just not experienced enough to handle this. I'm really out of my depth here.
All I ever wanted was to play Beatsaber without my GPU going to 100+ and my CPU while my system freezes because 16GB @ 2400 can't handle Steam/Oculus running at the same time.
A couple of concerns I have had:
This is my first AIO cooler and I'm not totally comfortable with how it works. Watching the temps it will go from like 20 - to 38 and then back down to 20 and just constantly jump around. I literally hear nothing - no swishing or swirling, but the fans are running.
I found an option deep in the Q-fan control for AIO pump and it was defaulted as disabled - I enabled it and it gives me 3 options Auto, DC, and PWM. Why the hell does the board have an AIO header but then disabled when optimized? Then you can select temp and cycle limit so I set them very tightly but the cycle is all 100, so why even bother? If its running at 100% all the time then why even have to adjust temps? I got scared so I reseated/pasted with M4 but no change.
I've read so much and it's honestly all so confusing, there are so many contradicting things that I don't know what's true and what isnt. 5 way opt literally kills my system and actually I had a better score with the CPU stock than OC but the Internet says I need to OC it because the boost is only on one core and I need it on all cores? Temp should not be a problem with an AIO cooler but I think that's what is killing the 5 way, so maybe I have the aio set up wrong or its broken?
I have never OC'd a CPU or RAM - but have experience in GPU - but I don't really feel it's even necessary at this point with the VEGA - I mean I set it to turbo and with a Time Spy run temps max in the low 50's - I have been keeping an eye on it while in VR (which is a total PITA) and even more intense games like Arizona Sunshine maxed out at lik 48 C. I think the GPU is the only thing that was worth the price tag, and coming from a company I've never even heard of is pretty awesome.
I will adjust the fan curve though and max the power I suppose, but I got a little worried when I did and saw that it was pulling something like 300 watts running Google Earth VR.
Ram was totally my fault I guess since I didn't check the QVL but I've been building basic systems for 15 years or so and have never had an issue using sticks of the same speed. But apparantly it's a big issue with frequencies over 2xxx? Why even bother spending all that money if I can't even hit the speed it says it can do? I've looked and looked for 2 x 16 GB that could OC to 3000 but I can't seem to find a set that does this, but I am told not to use 4 dimm slots because they will conflict.
And honestly would RAM speed even affect my experience? People say yes because it's Ryzen. But in my head I'm thinking I could slap 32GB 4x 8GB = 2 sets because there are literally no 4 packs- in there of some cheap adata or kingston at 2400 and be golden.
It's lengthy and there are many different topics, so I wasn't sure where to place the post.
I got an Oculus Rift for Christmas. My system at the time was getting really hot and tearing through 2400 mhz 16GB ram. Time for an upgrade:
Antec 850 W Extreme Gamer
Asus Strix B 450 F Gaming
Ryzen 7 2700X
Power Color Vega 56
G.Skill Trident Z (2sets 2x8GB)
Samsung Evo 1 TB
Crucial M_2 1TB
Cooler Master Liquid Ml240 AIO
First, the RAM has been nothing but trouble. I'm not used to OC but I wanted to justify spending $400 on something that was better than my 2400 so I set DOCP in Bios and Freq to 3200
Crash
Did the RAM game hidey who whoop dee do
Reinstall windows
Ok - contacted G.Skill
"Hey, you're an idiot for buying 2 separate kits and trying to run it at 3200, what were you thinking?"
Took a set - threw it in the wifes Ryzen 5 1600 asus prime Set DOCP - no issues.
Now I have just 16GB which Oculus munches down when I really wanted 32 at least running at 3000 because ryzen 7 runs well with blah blah ok
One set - dual channel - set DOCP
Back to Bios/Crash
Switch the seats - Boot
User Bench - "Your CPU sucks" There are like 50 PC's with the same stuff that's way better than yours - suck it punk.
AI Suite 5 WAY OP
Watched Youtube - its so easy they say! Followed directions - Start - Restart
8% Blue screen
Black screen PC running
Scared it was going to blow up
Gets back finally but now stuttering/jittering
AI SUITE - All temps RED AIO pump NA FANS NA
Restart and about to cry
Overclock 8%
Userbench - "Your CPU still sucks, but everything else is top notch!" Get it together man!
3D Mark - Time Spy 1/2 no issue CPU test - the system literally just shut off
Back to bios Optimized Settings Save/Exit
Reinstall windows
Please help - I honestly need a step by step on what to change in Bios because I'm really just not experienced enough to handle this. I'm really out of my depth here.
All I ever wanted was to play Beatsaber without my GPU going to 100+ and my CPU while my system freezes because 16GB @ 2400 can't handle Steam/Oculus running at the same time.
A couple of concerns I have had:
This is my first AIO cooler and I'm not totally comfortable with how it works. Watching the temps it will go from like 20 - to 38 and then back down to 20 and just constantly jump around. I literally hear nothing - no swishing or swirling, but the fans are running.
I found an option deep in the Q-fan control for AIO pump and it was defaulted as disabled - I enabled it and it gives me 3 options Auto, DC, and PWM. Why the hell does the board have an AIO header but then disabled when optimized? Then you can select temp and cycle limit so I set them very tightly but the cycle is all 100, so why even bother? If its running at 100% all the time then why even have to adjust temps? I got scared so I reseated/pasted with M4 but no change.
I've read so much and it's honestly all so confusing, there are so many contradicting things that I don't know what's true and what isnt. 5 way opt literally kills my system and actually I had a better score with the CPU stock than OC but the Internet says I need to OC it because the boost is only on one core and I need it on all cores? Temp should not be a problem with an AIO cooler but I think that's what is killing the 5 way, so maybe I have the aio set up wrong or its broken?
I have never OC'd a CPU or RAM - but have experience in GPU - but I don't really feel it's even necessary at this point with the VEGA - I mean I set it to turbo and with a Time Spy run temps max in the low 50's - I have been keeping an eye on it while in VR (which is a total PITA) and even more intense games like Arizona Sunshine maxed out at lik 48 C. I think the GPU is the only thing that was worth the price tag, and coming from a company I've never even heard of is pretty awesome.
I will adjust the fan curve though and max the power I suppose, but I got a little worried when I did and saw that it was pulling something like 300 watts running Google Earth VR.
Ram was totally my fault I guess since I didn't check the QVL but I've been building basic systems for 15 years or so and have never had an issue using sticks of the same speed. But apparantly it's a big issue with frequencies over 2xxx? Why even bother spending all that money if I can't even hit the speed it says it can do? I've looked and looked for 2 x 16 GB that could OC to 3000 but I can't seem to find a set that does this, but I am told not to use 4 dimm slots because they will conflict.
And honestly would RAM speed even affect my experience? People say yes because it's Ryzen. But in my head I'm thinking I could slap 32GB 4x 8GB = 2 sets because there are literally no 4 packs- in there of some cheap adata or kingston at 2400 and be golden.
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