[SOLVED] Overclocking R5 2600 on the Asus Prime X470-Pro

[theycallmechris]

I was wondering if anyone has any tips or instructions for overclocking an R5 2600 on the ASUS Prime X470-Pro motherboard.

I've looked through the BIOS tab where the manual says that I can go and overclock it but can't figure out how to go about it.

Every video I watch on youtube from channels like JayzTwoCents and LinusTechTips always mention going in and adjusting the "multiplier ratio" (in a generic sense and not specifically for this board) but I can't for the life of me figure out where that is in my BIOS and the manual doesn't offer any insight into it.

The BIOS does let me adjust a series of voltages but I haven't touched those, and apart from setting custom fans speeds for my case fans and cooler fan and using ASUS' "AI Tweaker" (which admittedly did net a few extra FPS in WoW) everything is mostly stock in the system.

All help is appreciated.

 

[feelinfroggy777]

Go to the bios and select AI Tweaker. The CPU Core Ratio is the mulitpler ratio. I would start with 40. Type in 40 and press enter, you may have to toggle to manual, but I dont have it in front of me. This will give you a clockspeed of 4ghz on all cores.

The VDDCR is the core voltage. ASUS just makes it complicated for the naming. I would set it to 1.25 and see if it can boot with the CPU ratio at 40. It may not and if it does not, dont panic, go back in and bump it up to 1.26. Move it up in .01 volts till you get it to boot.

When it boots, run a Cinbench r15 bench. I would also watch my temps through AMD Ryzen Master and run a bench. If the system crashes during the bench, up the voltage .01. For me I like to keep average load temps below 80C for a daily driver. So if your average temps go above 80C during the bench, then you will need to drop the voltage, drop the frequency, or get a better cooler.

I dont like going above 1.35 on my voltage and my average load temps above 80C (spikes above 80C are fine). Some people will crank the voltage up to 1.45 and above, but I am a little more conservative.

 

[theycallmechris]

Thanks for step by step, it helped me figure it all out.

Went back in when I got home and tried it out again and things worked smoothly. I saw I had access to something called "TPU" which had 2 settings that weren't there last night (maybe I got access to them after going through the EZ Tuning Wizard?) and was able to bump my core ratio to 40.00 without touching the voltage and leaving it on Auto (which is about 1.337). Overall I'm quite happy with that for now.

HWMonitor is showing I'm running at 4.00 ghz and both it and MSI afterburner are showing my temperature only rose 3 degrees (now 39c) in World of Warcraft, with it idling at about the same temperature while just surfing the web (28-30c).

The help was greatly appreciated.

 

[feelinfroggy777]

Yeah, it is not a mythical science. You can leave it on auto voltage, but I bet that you can lower the voltage below 1.33 and still be stable. With that being said, sounds like your temps are good, so it is probably not really even worth it.