Hi all, my name is John. I just built my first Rig and I am totally into learning about overclocking. I'm 65 and almost retired and I can see this becoming a labor of love well into my retirement years (along with photography and gaming!!!). First, let me start with my build:
CPU - AMD Ryzen 9 5900x
Mobo - Asus Tuf Gaming x-570 Pro wifi
CPU Cooling - Corsair 115i -RGB platinum (280 mm) - mounted on front as a push intake
RAM - Corsair Vengeance RGB rt 32gb (2 16gb) ddr4 3600mhz C16
Memory - 1) Samsung 980 PRO PCIe 4.0 NVMe® SSD 1TB
2) Samsung 860 EVO 1TB SATA 3 SSD
3) Crutial MX300 2.5 in 500 GB SATA 3 SSD
4) Toshiba external SSD 2 TB USB 3.0
Case - Lian Li Lancool ii Mesh RGB
Graphics - EVGA GeForce GTX 1060 (awaiting prices to drop and availability of the Radeon 6800 xt)
PSU - Enermax Revolution D.F 850W
Monitor - BenQ ex3202r 144 Hz 2k
Case Cooling - 4 Corsair 120mm LL RGB PWM Dual Light Loop fans (2 intakes on bottom, 1 top back, 1 upper back of case) plus the two front 140 mm aio cooler Corsair ML RGB fans
Yes, I made it look pretty but that was important to me!!!
So, I have been reading through the CPU overclocking guide and tutorial for beginners and had some questions. First off I ran Memtest86 for 4 full passes with no errors (at default settings (3200 MHz after clearing CMOS on Asus Mobo)). Now I am ready to start changing clock frequency and voltage.
Question 1 - It says to start at base frequency and increase in small increments. Then it goes on and says to start at base frequency (which is 3.7 Ghz for the 5900x) and increase to the Max-Turbo frequency for a single core (4.8 Ghz for the 5900x) at stock voltage (I couldn't find what that was but I can follow the guide and determine what to set it at). Also, I could not find a setting in the BIOS for "per core" for the CPU Core Ratio. Anyhow, isn't a jump from 3.7 to 4.8 a big jump and not a small incremetal one as initially recommended???
Question 2 - First off, my temperatures jump all over the place which I understand is pretty normal for the AMD CPU's but what I am a little concerned about is my average CCD1 temp is almost 5.5 degrees hotter than the CCD2 after 1 hour of idle use. The cores 6-10 are between 31 and 32 avg (degees C) but Core 11 is up near 39. Cores 0-5 are at 37-40 avg. again at idle. I still see a difference when the system is being stressed although the difference tightens up to about 3 degrees between the CPU CCD1 vs 2 (Tdie) average with 1 again being higher. I also notice the power levels are about 1.5 W greater in Cores 0-5 (CDD1) than 6-11 (CDD2) suring the stability test. I used the stock paste which was preapplied on the Corsair AIO. Is this normal or do I have a cooling problem here??
Thanks for any help and being patient with my ignorance!!
CPU - AMD Ryzen 9 5900x
Mobo - Asus Tuf Gaming x-570 Pro wifi
CPU Cooling - Corsair 115i -RGB platinum (280 mm) - mounted on front as a push intake
RAM - Corsair Vengeance RGB rt 32gb (2 16gb) ddr4 3600mhz C16
Memory - 1) Samsung 980 PRO PCIe 4.0 NVMe® SSD 1TB
2) Samsung 860 EVO 1TB SATA 3 SSD
3) Crutial MX300 2.5 in 500 GB SATA 3 SSD
4) Toshiba external SSD 2 TB USB 3.0
Case - Lian Li Lancool ii Mesh RGB
Graphics - EVGA GeForce GTX 1060 (awaiting prices to drop and availability of the Radeon 6800 xt)
PSU - Enermax Revolution D.F 850W
Monitor - BenQ ex3202r 144 Hz 2k
Case Cooling - 4 Corsair 120mm LL RGB PWM Dual Light Loop fans (2 intakes on bottom, 1 top back, 1 upper back of case) plus the two front 140 mm aio cooler Corsair ML RGB fans
Yes, I made it look pretty but that was important to me!!!
So, I have been reading through the CPU overclocking guide and tutorial for beginners and had some questions. First off I ran Memtest86 for 4 full passes with no errors (at default settings (3200 MHz after clearing CMOS on Asus Mobo)). Now I am ready to start changing clock frequency and voltage.
Question 1 - It says to start at base frequency and increase in small increments. Then it goes on and says to start at base frequency (which is 3.7 Ghz for the 5900x) and increase to the Max-Turbo frequency for a single core (4.8 Ghz for the 5900x) at stock voltage (I couldn't find what that was but I can follow the guide and determine what to set it at). Also, I could not find a setting in the BIOS for "per core" for the CPU Core Ratio. Anyhow, isn't a jump from 3.7 to 4.8 a big jump and not a small incremetal one as initially recommended???
Question 2 - First off, my temperatures jump all over the place which I understand is pretty normal for the AMD CPU's but what I am a little concerned about is my average CCD1 temp is almost 5.5 degrees hotter than the CCD2 after 1 hour of idle use. The cores 6-10 are between 31 and 32 avg (degees C) but Core 11 is up near 39. Cores 0-5 are at 37-40 avg. again at idle. I still see a difference when the system is being stressed although the difference tightens up to about 3 degrees between the CPU CCD1 vs 2 (Tdie) average with 1 again being higher. I also notice the power levels are about 1.5 W greater in Cores 0-5 (CDD1) than 6-11 (CDD2) suring the stability test. I used the stock paste which was preapplied on the Corsair AIO. Is this normal or do I have a cooling problem here??
Thanks for any help and being patient with my ignorance!!