Question Help overclocking Ryzen 7 2700 cpu

[jlewis99]

So my PC specs:

AMD RYZEN 7 2700 CPU
Asus Prime X470 Motherboard
Radeon Rx570 graphics card
Corsair CX450M power supply (ATX)
4x4GB RAM (DDR4)
Corsair liquid cooler

Looking to overclock this but not too the point of risking a high temperature.

Any suggestions.

 

[13thmonkey]

Don't you need a 2700x to OC?

 

[jlewis99]

Don't you need a 2700x to OC?

Nope not as far as I know of.

 

[jlewis99]

Don't you need a 2700x to OC?

Nope not as far as I know of.

AMD Ryzen 7 2700 Review: The Non-X Factor

AMD's Ryzen 7 2700 sports the same eight-core, 16-thread architecture as the company's more expensive Ryzen 7 2700X. But this is one of those rare situations when we think it's worth paying extra for the higher-end model

www.tomshardware.com

 

[WildCard999]

Read the guides online (avoid copying settings from a YT video, every chip is different!).
https://www.tweaktown.com/guides/8703/ryzen-2000-series-overclocking-guide/index.html
The stock cooler is ok but you may want something better.

Don't you need a 2700x to OC?

Nope.

 

[13thmonkey]

https://www.hardocp.com/article/2018/06/01/amd_ryzen_7_2700_overclocking_review/

 

[WildCard999]

https://www.hardocp.com/article/2018/06/01/amd_ryzen_7_2700_overclocking_review/

They were able to get a stable 4.2ghz on that 2700 @ 1.4187V.

 

[13thmonkey]

They were able to get a stable 4.2ghz on that 2700 @ 1.4187V.

I thought you did need one, proved myself wrong once questioned.

 

[winncootMKD]

Download Prime95 and CoreTemp. Prime95 puts 100% load on your CPU and with CoreTemp you watch your CPU temp.
I would go to 4.2Ghz but defenetly not for 24/7 use, as the boost clock is also great. Bump the voltage in BIOS and the frequency and test with Prime95.
I would start with the higher voltage and going lower as testing, the time it crashes thats the sweet voltage spot. Good luck!

 

[jlewis99]

Download Prime95 and CoreTemp. Prime95 puts 100% load on your CPU and with CoreTemp you watch your CPU temp.
I would go to 4.2Ghz but defenetly not for 24/7 use, as the boost clock is also great. Bump the voltage in BIOS and the frequency and test with Prime95.
I would start with the higher voltage and going lower as testing, the time it crashes thats the sweet voltage spot. Good luck!

AMD Ryzen 7 2700 Review: The Non-X Factor

AMD's Ryzen 7 2700 sports the same eight-core, 16-thread architecture as the company's more expensive Ryzen 7 2700X. But this is one of those rare situations when we think it's worth paying extra for the higher-end model

www.tomshardware.com

Would a 4.0GHz and upwards require me to increase fan speed and therefore voltage to fans?

 

[winncootMKD]

Would a 4.0GHz and upwards require me to increase fan speed and therefore voltage to fans?

You can increase fan speed, if you want, but first do e temp test as I said above, see what temp it will reach on full load, leave it for 1,2 hours on Prime95.
My personal is not to go above 70,75 degrees celsius.
Auto Fan speed will try to lower it, but you can mannualy set it higher.
If full speed doesnt lower the temp, then get liquid cooling or just lower the Ghz and Voltage. But Ryzens cooling are great.

So in conclusion, you dont need to increase fan speed, but if it gets higher than 75, you may bump up fan speed or lower Ghz and Voltage.

 

[WildCard999]

Max temp for gaming/general use is 80C but under is preferable. Stress testing can go up to like 85C. Voltage shouldn't exceed 1.450V.

I wouldn't expect a high overclock from the stock cooler but I would start at 3.9ghz with stock voltage.

 

[jlewis99]

Max temp for gaming/general use is 80C but under is preferable. Stress testing can go up to like 85C. Voltage shouldn't exceed 1.450V.

I wouldn't expect a high overclock from the stock cooler but I would start at 3.9ghz with stock voltage.

I also use 4 x 4GB sticks of DDR4 memory, but they are in two pairs and aren’t both the same speed, does this effect any memory over locking I may want to do?

 

[WildCard999]

I also use 4 x 4GB sticks of DDR4 memory, but they are in two pairs and aren’t both the same speed, does this effect any memory over locking I may want to do?

List which models. Mixing and matching memory, especially if different speeds isn't a good idea because even if it boots up it may not be 100% stable.

 

[drivinfast247]

Overclocking a 2700 while you have a RX570 sucking power from a 450w PSU is probably not the best idea.

 

[jlewis99]

After looking at my ryzen 7 2700, it’s only clocking an average of 3.2GHz which it shouldn’t be, I should be getting near 4.0Ghz Turbo?

 

[jlewis99]

Also my cpu core volts are going from 1.4 to 0.3 randomly, I have not overclocked the pc at all. Any suggestions?

 

[jlewis99]

After looking at my ryzen 7 2700, it’s only clocking an average of 3.2GHz which it shouldn’t be, I should be getting near 4.0Ghz Turbo?

This is whilst using stress tests like aida64.