Hi I'm bad at forums, sorry if this has already been posted. But my questions should be easy ones.
Okay so I've set up a new Ryzen 2700 build and used the motherboard's OC Genie 4 to give myself a basic overclock. I know it's a "dirty" overclock but I really don't care to do it manually, I just want a small stable bump.
I ran Prime95 for an hour to check temps and stability and while it ran fine, I have some questions/concerns.
Info:
Ryzen 2700 @ 3.65GHz
Max temp: 90.0 C
Avg temp: ~87 C
Core Voltage 1.304 when idle
Core Voltage 1.296 under load
Test Scenario: Running Stock heatsink sitting on the MoBo box in the open air.
I'm using almost 6-7 year old Arctic Silver 5 thermal compound
Questions:
Ryzen 2700
RX 570
16GB DDR4 Ram 2933
500 GB WD Blue NVME SSD
Okay so I've set up a new Ryzen 2700 build and used the motherboard's OC Genie 4 to give myself a basic overclock. I know it's a "dirty" overclock but I really don't care to do it manually, I just want a small stable bump.
I ran Prime95 for an hour to check temps and stability and while it ran fine, I have some questions/concerns.
Info:
Ryzen 2700 @ 3.65GHz
Max temp: 90.0 C
Avg temp: ~87 C
Core Voltage 1.304 when idle
Core Voltage 1.296 under load
Test Scenario: Running Stock heatsink sitting on the MoBo box in the open air.
I'm using almost 6-7 year old Arctic Silver 5 thermal compound
Questions:
- Are my temps okay? Good, bad, average? During my test, my CPU hit 90.0 C flat which gives me only a 5 C headroom before 95 C or AMD's listed max temps for the processor. I would like adequate headroom for a hot day when this thing goes inside a case.
- What's the deal with core voltage? Can someone explain it to me? I noticed it was lower when I applied the Motherboard's automatic OC (1.304v) and then CPU-Z reported it even lower during the stress when it fell to 1.296 V. Should't it be the same/go higher under load? Is this normal?
- I cheaped out on buying new thermal compound and used 6-7 year old Arctic Silver 5 I had in my closet (it's had the cap on all this time). Bad call or should it be fine? If my temps are bad is that likely the cause?
Ryzen 2700
RX 570
16GB DDR4 Ram 2933
500 GB WD Blue NVME SSD