[SOLVED] New to Ryzen and overclocking. Please advise.

[steedsofwar]

What is a safe voltage to run pegged 24/7? For my Ryzen 5 3600?

B550m Pro4 AsRock mobo.
Cryorig 280mm AIO.
Phanteks enthoo evolv (bad airflow case).
3600mhz Ballistix RAM 2x 16GB.
1080Ti Kraken mod with h80i.

I'm currently just using Ryzen Master to test clock speeds and voltages. I don't know how RM works and what all the options do. BIOS looks even more confusing. I confused my self with things like LLC and vcore and so many other technical terms my brain is hurting. So I kept it simple.

In RM, I set the 6 values under CCX0 and CCX1 to 4200 each. I'm assuming this is setting all cores to boost up to 4200 together? Peak core voltage is set to 1.125v.

Prime95 smallest FFT tested for just 1 hour, locked at 81C. RM showed 4.2Ghz set at 1.125v as set by me, throughout the test.
Cinebench gave a score of 3676 and 478 at lower temps of 64C.

Can someone look at the screenshot below and tell me if I'm doing it right, please?
What is a safe voltage to run pegged 24/7? Is 1.125v harmful?
And how do I get voltage to drop to 0.9v in idle? At stock settings, it idles at 0.9v for me. This is safer for the chip, no?

https://imgur.com/a/ItSrpwO

View: https://imgur.com/a/ItSrpwO

 

[Darkbreeze]

Sorry, but it is not permissible on these forums for users to select their own answers as the BA. It's considered gaming the system, so BA unselected. Glad you got your issue solved though. Seems highly unusual, but if it's fixed, it's fixed.

 

[steedsofwar]

Sorry, but it is not permissible on these forums for users to select their own answers as the BA. It's considered gaming the system, so BA unselected. Glad you got your issue solved though. Seems highly unusual, but if it's fixed, it's fixed.

Sure no problem. I can see how people could abuse that. Didn't occur to me. But I wanted for others to be able to see that it is solved and take the solution, since this information isn't available anywhere I looked.

Last note on the issue itself is that for ME it was Blizzard's Battlenet app... It could be some other rogue app or service for someone else. Close all and every app running in the background to isolate the rogue one by a process of elimination. Leave only RM to observe the drop in voltage. Ryzen Master IN ADVANCED VIEW, is the only software that will show you this data accurately. Everything else failed to do so, on my system.

Furthermore, everything on default settings in BIOS with just the CPU core clocks and voltages manually set to desired levels, is enough to:

1. Get the voltage to step down in idle state (assuming Ryzen balanced plan selected in Windows power options. CPU min state in default setting of 99% works fine. 5% is not required but will likely have the same result. ) This way, your CPU/system is more efficient and likely increases longevity of your CPU, by not forcing it to use a fixed voltage. My voltage drops to 0.3v in idle and instantly hits 1.125v in any light activity scenario before load, to open apps quicker or similar scenario. And then drops to low voltage.

2. The MOST IMPORTANT thing is that in doing so, I managed to a) prevent constant temp spiking b) eliminate insane noise levels c) lower high gaming temps for CPU and d) increase CPU performance (higher core clocks under prolonged load, ergo higher bench scores AND lower temps).

 

[Darkbreeze]

I agree, this is why I USUALLY recommend that users either don't install (At all) or at least temporarily remove, any kind of bundled motherboard software or utilities offered by their motherboard manufacturer, any unproven or known buggy overlay or monitoring software such as CAM, various mods and plug ins, etc. Better yet, when facing a problem that there seems to be no solution for, doing a clean install of Windows is usually the best place to start, to see if the problems are present on a bare, clean installation.

It didn't seem to be something that was obviously relevant on your problem though, which is why I didn't recommend it. Obviously, doing so is a good idea if you hit a roadblock no matter what the problem is, as long it isn't a failure to POST.

 

[steedsofwar]

Final update, I forgot to include is that I carried out the Realbench stress test for 8 hours with no errors and Prime95 blend test survived 10 hours, using my manual settings. Better thermals, silent operation, 4.2ghz on all cores during prime stress (wouldn't pass 3.9ghz under stock settings and heat through the roof), higher Cinebench scores, and more.

Battlenet isn't the only software that does this. Recently looked into getting a couple of high end Corsair RGB QL fans and realised that their iCue software is also a resource hog too. Uninstalled that and installed Corsair's old link software, for the same job and this is much lighter on the system. Happy days.

 

[Darkbreeze]

That's good news man. Glad you got it all sorted out.

 

[steedsofwar]

That's good news man. Glad you got it all sorted out.

Thanks for the tips and guides, mate.