CPU/RAM Overclocking Help
CPU/RAM Overclocking Help
I'm just starting out with CPU and RAM overclocking and I'm facing some challenges in achieving stable speeds. With advice from the BuildaPC subreddit Discord, I managed to push my 1700 to 3.75GHz at 1.35v, but there were stability problems—temperatures stayed low in the 70s, then spiked and stopped around 85°C. (Tested with P95 for about 7-10 minutes)
On the other hand, my RAM worked fine when I increased it to 2800Mhz, though after a short time it caused a BSOD. I'm currently running Memtest86 and have seen only 7 errors in test 9 so far.
My RAM overclocking involved enabling XMP 2.0 and setting the speed to 2800 without adjusting other settings. Any suggestions would be really helpful, as I'm struggling to understand all these steps.
Take a grab from CPU-z CPU tab during a stress test, using xmp for 2800 is likely auto-overclocking the FSB as well (2800 is unattainable natively on the stock 200MHz bus speed). It's also probably running at 2666 timings; looser settings like 2933 would offer better stability.
Take a grab from CPU-z CPU tab during a stress test; using xmp for 2800 might auto-overclock the FSB (2800 is likely too high on the stock 200MHz bus). It's also likely running at 2666 timings, whereas looser 2933 timings would be more stable. Sorry, I'm not very familiar with the terms, but I'll run a P95 test and send a screenshot of CPU-Z. Thanks for the help.
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This is a screenshot early in the test, for some reason setting the ram speed to 2666 overwrites my Ryzen Master settings and making me reset my computer if I want to apply the 3.75GHz profile which in turn makes the ram speeds what is shown by task manager in the screenshot.
Take a grab from CPU-z CPU tab during a stress test; using xmp for 2800 might auto-overclock the FSB as well (2800 is likely too high for the stock 200MHz bus). It’s also likely running at 2666 timings, whereas looser 2933 timings would offer better stability. Any suggestions on how to resolve this?
You should really be handling this entirely within the BIOS, not relying on Ryzen Master.
You really need to be handling this entirely through the BIOS, not with Ryzen Master. How sure are you about using the BIOS? I'm willing to do anything at this stage, and the urgency is growing faster every minute.