Customizing a Ryzen 3600 manually
Customizing a Ryzen 3600 manually
Hello everyone. I put together my PC in January using a Ryzen 3600, B450 Tomahawk Max, 8x2 gb Corsair Vengeance 3200mhz memory, and an Asus RTX 2060. While assembling the system, I observed temperatures consistently rising into the high 50s to 60s during idle, and occasionally spiking into the high 70s (rarely reaching the 80s). The voltage stayed within the range of 1.3 to 1.35 whenever I was using Discord or Chrome. For cooling, I had a powerful Scythe Fuma rev. B running at full speed, which I didn’t mind due to the noise. Recently, I installed an AIO cooler—the new Masterliquid 240L V2—to hopefully improve performance. However, the results weren’t much better. I ended up disabling Core Performance Boost (CPB) in my BIOS, which reduced the voltage down to 1.0 and sometimes 0.9, along with lowering the CPU temperature to around 47°C idle and eliminating spikes. This also limited the CPU to a maximum of 3600mhz, prompting me to experiment with overclocking.
I didn’t want to push my CPU too hard just to maintain performance, so I started adjusting the overclocks. I configured an all-core OC to 3900mhz (the highest reported by CPU-Z) with an overclock setting of 1.25v. After testing with CPU-Z, the maximum temperature was about 74°C (it reached 85°C when both PBO and CPB were active). Idle temperatures stayed under 50°C, which is satisfactory.
The main concern remains whether this overclocking is safe. I’ve read about potential CPU wear from constant voltage changes, so I’m cautious. Any advice would be appreciated.
Remove the overclock adjustment, adjust settings in the BIOS to 'optimized defaults', save and exit, then restart the BIOS.
Restore your XMP profile, save and exit again.
Using the existing cooler, perform the benchmarks and log both frequency and temperature results.
Cinebench R20
Cpu-Z benchmark
Swap to the alternative cooler and repeat step 3.
I understand you're curious about overclocking a non-X CPU. Let me help clarify.
They seem similar to the non-k models for Intel and are non-overclockable.
Remove the overclock adjustment, adjust BIOS settings to 'optimized defaults', save and exit, then restart BIOS again.
Restore your XMP profile, save and exit.
Using the existing cooler, perform the specified benchmarks and note both frequency and temperature readings.
Cinebench R20
Cpu-Z benchmark
Switch to the alternative cooler and repeat step 3.
This really relies on the room temperature and the computer configuration.