[SOLVED] I dont want voltage to go past 1.25 V. Which option do I select? | R5 3600

[Abhisek_3]

Hi, my Ryzen 5 stock cooler is really bad and it can not handle ryzen's auto overclocking as the max temp reaches upto 93 degrees. I went to MSI BIOS setttings and changed the CPU RATIO to 3.6 which is the base clock of this new ryzen CPU. Now as I stumbled upon the CPU Core Voltage settings, I saw three options during setting the the core voltage ---- "OFFSET MODE", "OVERRIDE MODE" and "AMD OVERCLOCKING" mode. Currently I set it to Override mode and it locks my core voltage to 1.25V . Is this bad? Should I choose another option? Thank you for reading this long post. (Cinebench r15 score -1375-1413)

 

[CountMike]

Hi, my Ryzen 5 stock cooler is really bad and it can not handle ryzen's auto overclocking as the max temp reaches upto 93 degrees. I went to MSI BIOS setttings and changed the CPU RATIO to 3.6 which is the base clock of this new ryzen CPU. Now as I stumbled upon the CPU Core Voltage settings, I saw three options during setting the the core voltage ---- "OFFSET MODE", "OVERRIDE MODE" and "AMD OVERCLOCKING" mode. Currently I set it to Override mode and it locks my core voltage to 1.25V . Is this bad? Should I choose another option? Thank you for reading this long post. (Cinebench r15 score -1375-1413)

No, why would it be bad ? Is everything running right and low temperatures ?

 

[Abhisek_3]

No, why would it be bad ? Is everything running right and low temperatures ?

Let me tell you what happened. I bought a B450M MSI motherboard, a Ryzen 5 3600 CPU and a couple of ADADA XPG 3200 MHz 8 GB RAM sticks . After booting and a Battlefield 1 multiplayer match, CPU highs were at 93 degree Celsius!! I found out that AMD's Precision Boost Overdrive is causing the Processor to hit 4100 MHz with voltage at 1.450V. That I wanted to stop as 93 is not good for a CPU with 95 TDP. Now, after I went into the MSI BIOS settings, I set the CPU RATIO to 37.00 and core voltage to 1.25V. The problem is that whenever I set the core voltage, it asks which mode I do want to select! (As I said in the previous message). I have currently set it to override mode and it is locked at 1.25V whether it's idle or on full load. That is why I'm scared and need your help!!! Tell me what are these modes and is a constant 3.7 GHz at 1.25 V locked going to lower my CPU's quality in the future? Now the temps are 80-83 at max load and Cinebench r15 score is around 1450. Thank you!!

 

[CountMike]

Let me tell you what happened. I bought a B450M MSI motherboard, a Ryzen 5 3600 CPU and a couple of ADADA XPG 3200 MHz 8 GB RAM sticks . After booting and a Battlefield 1 multiplayer match, CPU highs were at 93 degree Celsius!! I found out that AMD's Precision Boost Overdrive is causing the Processor to hit 4100 MHz with voltage at 1.450V. That I wanted to stop as 93 is not good for a CPU with 95 TDP. Now, after I went into the MSI BIOS settings, I set the CPU RATIO to 37.00 and core voltage to 1.25V. The problem is that whenever I set the core voltage, it asks which mode I do want to select! (As I said in the previous message). I have currently set it to override mode and it is locked at 1.25V whether it's idle or on full load. That is why I'm scared and need your help!!! Tell me what are these modes and is a constant 3.7 GHz at 1.25 V locked going to lower my CPU's quality in the future? Now the temps are 80-83 at max load and Cinebench r15 score is around 1450. Thank you!!

Unfortunatelly that MB doesn't have a straight voltage setting mode where you can set some voltage as you desired at which it would stay or be able to adjust up by some degree using LLC (Load Line Calibration).
"OFFSET MODE" is when you can set + or - voltage to auto generated voltage. (usually 0.01 to 0.1V)
Let's say that BIOS allocates 1.2v and you set Offset to 0.1v, it would keep CPU at 1.1v until up to 1.2v is needed.
"OVERRIDE MODE" as you could see. is just setting voltage as BIOS "thinks" is needed as minimum for your base clock.
I don't know what "AMD OVERCLOCKING" mode is exactly but I guess it would push even higher voltages.
1.25v is not going to degrade your CPU at all as AMD says that up to 1.525v is safe for first and second gen Ryzen providing you can keep temperature in check.