[SOLVED] Overclocking on b450m pro vdh max

[vvstorm2]

Can msi b450m pro vdh max safely handle overclocked ryzen 3600 and gigabyte rtx 2060?

 

[CountMike]

Can msi b450m pro vdh max safely handle overclocked ryzen 3600 and gigabyte rtx 2060?

Yes of course. It's one of best b450 MBs.

 

[drea.drechsler]

Can msi b450m pro vdh max safely handle overclocked ryzen 3600 and gigabyte rtx 2060?

Overclocking a GPU is largely immaterial to motherboards so that's going to be OK. Just make sure your case is well ventilated.

If you want one of the best B450m boards for overclocking then look for a B450m Mortar, Asus TUF B450m PRO (NOT the Plus), or Asrock B450m Steel Legend. The pro vdh is really only a middling, at best, B450m's for overclocking with a weaker VRM layout. Although, even if small and few fins it does have a heatsink so should handle a 3600 well enough. If careful about it, and forget about upgrades to an 8 core CPU for overclocking, or 12/16 core at all.

Being careful about overclocking a 3000 series CPU is very important since careless fixed overclocking will either hurt light-threaded performance or leave the CPU in a state that it degrades at a rapid rate. You have to manage a fixed clock that's at least equal to the boost clock (4.2Ghz for a 3600) or you'll only hurt performance for games. The best, and easiest, way to do it is with PBO and extra-good cooling.

 

[vvstorm2]

Overclocking a GPU is largely immaterial to motherboards so that's going to be OK. Just make sure your case is well ventilated.

If you want one of the best B450m boards for overclocking then look for a B450m Mortar, Asus TUF B450m PRO (NOT the Plus), or Asrock B450m Steel Legend. The pro vdh is really only a middling, at best, B450m's for overclocking with a weaker VRM layout. Although, even if small and few fins it does have a heatsink so should handle a 3600 well enough. If careful about it, and forget about upgrades to an 8 core CPU for overclocking, or 12/16 core at all.

Being careful about overclocking a 3000 series CPU is very important since careless fixed overclocking will either hurt light-threaded performance or leave the CPU in a state that it degrades at a rapid rate. You have to manage a fixed clock that's at least equal to the boost clock (4.2Ghz for a 3600) or you'll only hurt performance for games. The best, and easiest, way to do it is with PBO and extra-good cooling.

So you mean instead of overclocking beyond advertised speeds I should just set it to the advertised boost frequency?

 

[CountMike]

So you mean instead of overclocking beyond advertised speeds I should just set it to the advertised boost frequency?

3600 could easily work at 4.2GHz with about 1.3v. Since it isn't an X it will not boost as high automatically.

 

[drea.drechsler]

So you mean instead of overclocking beyond advertised speeds I should just set it to the advertised boost frequency?

That's right. Just set the multiplier to 4.2Ghz and then find the lowest voltage where it stays stable. The recommended starting voltage is 1.2V, but whatever you feel comfortable with. I personally wouldn't settle above 1.275V or so as the processor will degrade faster. All that means is if you run it hard like that (doing all-core renderings, distributed computing like BOINC and Folding or whatever) for extended period the processor can go unstable until you raise voltage or lower clock.

As far as 'what's stable': there's tons of info with people still saying Prime95 small FFT for a couple hours at least. That's excessive for modern processors: I'd say run Cinebench 23 multithread test for the one hour 'stability' test. That's real-world but heavy enough to truly stress both CPU, memory and cooling.

But if you rarely run it hard enough (and gaming isn't really hard) to get the AVERAGE temperature above 80C for extended periods you may not notice any degradation. As with any overclocking, really good cooling is a must.