So I’ve been having nothing but issues since upgrading to ryzen a week or so ago; my newest issue is that for some reason it doesn’t volt down now and it’s stuck at 1.4 volts when previously it would idle down to 0.9 not only am I worried about cpu degradation this also causes my temps at idle to be 60 degrees rather than the high 30/ low 40s. Anyone have any help it idea what’s causing this? Thanks in advance guys
What are your system specs? motherboard, cooler, gpu, case and fans in particular...but psu too
You need to be sure to set up windows right by installing the chipset drivers. get them from AMD's support web site to get the latest. once installed run the Ryzen balanced power plan, don't make changes.
in BIOS you should set following to enabled: cool'n'quiet, global c states, processor cppc and cppc preferred cores.
also, if you're running motherboard utilities or icue it's usually best to set up whatever they set up then uninstall them as they frequently run needlessly in the background and cause the processor to heat up
now...if everything is set up correctly ryzen 3000 boosts from idle with spikes in temperature and voltage each time. that's perfectly normal. the voltage spikes can be to as high as 1.5v so don't be surprised, it's safe and by design.
temps at idle might be 40-50C with spikes up to 65-70C with stock cooling. better cooling can lower temps into 30's but spikes up to 65C will still occurr as it's the nature of 7nm process tech. Also with stock cooling temps upwards of 90-95C is not uncommon on extremely heavy stress type processing workloads. getting better cooling definitely helps as the wraithe stealth cooler should be considered as the most basic for bare functionality. Even a Hyper212-type cooler will keep stress temps in the mid 70's, which is ideal for Ryzen 3000 max temps as it keeps the processor from pulling clocks to much under load.