Will Overclocking This CPU Void The Warranty Even If It Says 3.7 GHz Turbo In The Title

[SCtheLegend17]

So I am planning on building a new budget build with the ryzen 2200g APU and I plan on lightly overclocking the Gpu, ram, and maybe the cpu, but I still want to keep my warranty in case something goes wrong. So will overclocking any of these parts void the warranty for them? Also, can anyone recommend a good motherboard for this cpu thats under 105 CAD. Thanks

 

[CountMike]

No, they don't have a way to prove that OC caused a failure. Just have it cool enough and don't go crazy with OC. Fast RAM is your best bet for APU performance. Dual channel memory with 3200MHz would be your best bet.

 

[drea.drechsler]

So I am planning on building a new budget build with the ryzen 2200g APU and I plan on lightly overclocking the Gpu, ram, and maybe the cpu, but I still want to keep my warranty in case something goes wrong. So will overclocking any of these parts void the warranty for them? Also, can anyone recommend a good motherboard for this cpu thats under 105 CAD. Thanks

I find it difficult to believe AMD would void warranty simply for overclocking a Ryzen APU. Not when AMD provides a utility (RyzenMaster) for that express purpose. That said, be sure to read the disclaimer it puts up when you start the utility. And, of course, it shouldn't need saying but AMD will not guarantee any processor to operate beyond it's rated specifications so overclocking itself isn't assured.

When I go to the AMD web site on warranty coverage for CPU's it appears to me the only things that will provide objective criteria for voiding warranty are obvious physical damage, i.e., bent/broken/missing pins, chipped corners of substrate. The most important one is obviously burnt processor from overheating. This could happen when operated without heat sink or when overclocked AND overvolted to catastrophic levels. So don't go crazy and I think you'll be safe.

I also have noted that when I've gone too far with my attempts all that happens is my processor locks up and everything cools off until it's rebooted. Whether by design or accident the processor seems to be self-protecting by going unstable and locking up before sustaining catastrophic damage.

The real problem, however, is far more insidious: it's a very gradual degradation that can occur when operated at high frequency, temperature and voltage over long duration of time. It's not really going to be noticed until your once stable system starts locking up or behaving strangely. It may take 10 years for this, maybe 1 if you're really toasting it with a heavy over-volt too, but if you return the processor to operating at stock frequencies it generally returns to TRUE normal operation. So even if it has less margin than before it's still not a warranty issue since it operates properly at stock settings... which is where it'd be if you'd never overclocked in the first place..

The good thing is most people don't do sustained operation at that highly stressed level of performance, not even when gaming. Note-able exceptions are those into distributed computing, bit miners and long-run rendering or similar highly optimized processes running on a 24/7 basis.

 

[SCtheLegend17]

So I am planning on building a new budget build with the ryzen 2200g APU and I plan on lightly overclocking the Gpu, ram, and maybe the cpu, but I still want to keep my warranty in case something goes wrong. So will overclocking any of these parts void the warranty for them? Also, can anyone recommend a good motherboard for this cpu thats under 105 CAD. Thanks

I find it difficult to believe AMD would void warranty simply for overclocking a Ryzen APU. Not when AMD provides a utility (RyzenMaster) for that express purpose. That said, be sure to read the disclaimer it puts up when you start the utility. And, of course, it shouldn't need saying but AMD will not guarantee any processor to operate beyond it's rated specifications so overclocking itself isn't assured.

When I go to the AMD web site on warranty coverage for CPU's it appears to me the only things that will provide objective criteria for voiding warranty are obvious physical damage, i.e., bent/broken/missing pins, chipped corners of substrate. The most important one is obviously burnt processor from overheating. This could happen when operated without heat sink or when overclocked AND overvolted to catastrophic levels. So don't go crazy and I think you'll be safe.

I also have noted that when I've gone too far with my attempts all that happens is my processor locks up and everything cools off until it's rebooted. Whether by design or accident the processor seems to be self-protecting by going unstable and locking up before sustaining catastrophic damage.

The real problem, however, is far more insidious: it's a very gradual degradation that can occur when operated at high frequency, temperature and voltage over long duration of time. It's not really going to be noticed until your once stable system starts locking up or behaving strangely. It may take 10 years for this, maybe 1 if you're really toasting it with a heavy over-volt too, but if you return the processor to operating at stock frequencies it generally returns to TRUE normal operation. So even if it has less margin than before it's still not a warranty issue since it operates properly at stock settings... which is where it'd be if you'd never overclocked in the first place..

The good thing is most people don't do sustained operation at that highly stressed level of performance, not even when gaming. Note-able exceptions are those into distributed computing, bit miners and long-run rendering or similar highly optimized processes running on a 24/7 basis.

Thank you so much for the detailed answer, but I just have one more question (sorry if this seems like a lot). Will my warranty be voided if I overclock the ram.
This is the ram I'm thinking of buying.
https://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820232609


Thanks a lot anyways.

 

[CountMike]

No, that could be detected even less.

 

[SCtheLegend17]

No, that could be detected even less.

Thanks a lot. I really appreciate the help.

 

[drea.drechsler]

Thank you so much for the detailed answer, but I just have one more question (sorry if this seems like a lot). Will my warranty be voided if I overclock the ram.
This is the ram I'm thinking of buying.
https://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820232609


Thanks a lot anyways.

DDR4 RAM is SOLD with an 'overclocked' specification on the package since the DDR4 specification stops somewhere like 2133. Or maybe 2400, i don't remember precisely, but someone can correct it if they want. Ryzen 1000 series processors are only spec'd to support up to DDR4-2600. So when you buy a DDR4 kit with a '3400' rating on the package it is, technically, over-clocked to Ryzen and DDR4 specifications.

It's my understanding that all a DIMM mfr. does is sort through the same RAM chips they put in their DDR4-2600 kit for especially tolerant ones then run them at relaxed timings and maybe boost the voltage (from 1.2 volts to 1.3, 1.35 or so), load all that into XMP2 then 'spec' them for DDR4-3400.

They did the over-clocking for you! So how can they say you overclocked?

BTW: I wouldn't expect you to get that memory beyond 2600. G.Skill absolutely would have culled any of that RAM to go into their hot-selling higher speed kits so you have to expect all that's left for 2400 and 2133 kits are going to be sketchy chips. And then again they could be golden silicon, so to speak, that you can relax timings, boost voltage, and get it to 3200. Who can tell? that's the fun of overclocking!

 

[SCtheLegend17]

Thank you so much for the detailed answer, but I just have one more question (sorry if this seems like a lot). Will my warranty be voided if I overclock the ram.
This is the ram I'm thinking of buying.
https://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820232609


Thanks a lot anyways.

DDR4 RAM is SOLD with an 'overclocked' specification on the package since the DDR4 specification stops somewhere like 2133. Or maybe 2400, i don't remember precisely, but someone can correct it if they want. Ryzen 1000 series processors are only spec'd to support up to DDR4-2600. So when you buy a DDR4 kit with a '3400' rating on the package it is, technically, over-clocked to Ryzen and DDR4 specifications.

It's my understanding that all a DIMM mfr. does is sort through the same RAM chips they put in their DDR4-2600 kit for especially tolerant ones then run them at relaxed timings and maybe boost the voltage (from 1.2 volts to 1.3, 1.35 or so), load all that into XMP2 then 'spec' them for DDR4-3400.

They did the over-clocking for you! So how can they say you overclocked?

BTW: I wouldn't expect you to get that memory beyond 2600. G.Skill absolutely would have culled any of that RAM to go into their hot-selling higher speed kits so you have to expect all that's left for 2400 and 2133 kits are going to be sketchy chips. And then again they could be golden silicon, so to speak, that you can relax timings, boost voltage, and get it to 3200. Who can tell? that's the fun of overclocking!

Sorry for replying quite a bit late, but thanks so much again. You guys pretty much answered all of my questions