Here are some good default settings for your new computer, so you can just leave it alone to start working properly.
Here are some good default settings for your new computer, so you can just leave it alone to start working properly.
Hi there. It looks like I have a brand new question for every piece of stuff? I've got an MSI x470 Gaming Plus Max Pure Rock Slim with a Ryzen 5 3600 chip, paired with the green Corsair CX750M hard drive. Yes, I read all those scary stories but it has been okay so far! On top of that, I have some Crucial P1 M.2 drives that hold 8GB of RAM running in pairs. These things make me want to play around a lot with settings since my second build (which was the most recent one), because I don't really need to overclock it all the way to the max speed right now. Here are two questions I'm hoping you can help answer:
1) When I first swapped my A320 board onto this X470 motherboard, Ryzen Master showed me CPU idle temperatures around 60C. That was 10 to 15 degrees higher than before it worked okay. Now after a few days and no changes, it settles down to about 45 degrees when idle. Is that just because the thermal paste is settling?
2) I have no complaints with any part of the system. Everything works fine from the very first boot. What I really want to do is tweak some automatic settings in the BIOS or Ryzen Master to boost performance and cool things down more without changing much. Since I mentioned it, I don't care about getting speeds below Mod Edit limits. I haven't tried messing with CPU core voltage offset yet because I can lower -0.0875V before I see any big drop in speed, and that seems to... maybe... cut the temperature down by about 5 degrees. Anyone else have some simple tweaks or cool and quiet options? I know what I'm doing but feel free to treat me like a beginner! I want all suggestions. Thanks a lot. P.S. Sorry if "set and forget" sounded weird 😊
Hey guys, since you're using a Ryzen chip, how hot does it get when you use it? Your temperature depends on your case fans blowing air around it, the room's natural heat, good-quality fans, and if you put the cooler in just right. RYZEN works great on its own without extra help. You might see spikes in power or heat, but they are short-term only and won't hurt your CPU at all. Ryzen is very different from Intel because of how it boosts power compared to other chips. The best way to keep temps steady is to set an "all core" option to something like 4.0 or even 4.1 if the chip doesn't support higher numbers. That means you give up a tiny bit on single-core boost, but all cores help make up for it. For example, in a test called Cinebench R20, I see that result. I have my 2700X with an all-core setting of 4.25GHz and the voltage is 1.41V when not using it. When it's off, temps are between 26C and 36C, and they never go over 60C while playing games or doing other workloads. This happens with a nice 360mm AIO cooler here in Germany during autumn. There is also an online discussion thread that might help you out there. But just to repeat: those idle temps around 45C are normal and won't shorten the life of your computer. Thread - Ryzen 3000 Temperature Discussion Hey everyone, I want to know what temps you get on your third-gen Ryzen chip. Specifically about how hot it gets when not working and how it gets when doing workloads. It seems like many people just don't know what normal temperatures are for these chips, so I'm starting this thread so we can share that information... forums. Cheers
Thanks for your reply! Would the initial drop from 60 to 45 idle after a couple of hours of first use be down to thermal paste? Or something else? With the -0.0875v offset, I'm getting about 77° peak temp when doing batch video conversion. Without the undervolt it was more like 82/83. I'm in the UK so cold most of the time! There's a 120mm intake fan and 1x 140mm exhaust at the top of the case and a Bequiet pure rock slim on the cpu. It's quite an old case, coolermaster sileo 500. I'm pretty happy with it all really but just wanted to do some basic novice tweaks of easily set things in the BIOS to shave off a few degrees under load. Thank you for the all core suggestion, does that mean they constantly run at that speed?
They drop down to 2.2 ghz when idle thanks to my 2700x, but the spikes are not as big so the temps stay steady. This means your CPU can actually cool down properly. With your aircooling on a Ryzen, the case is always the main problem. I think having just one fan in an ATX box isn't enough; you need more intake to keep things cold. A cheaper mesh option like a Cooler Master TD500 would make a big difference instead of tweaking BIOS settings. Honestly, your cooling setup feels a bit underpowered because your temps are still okay right now. Here is a link to the case and its review without any fancy RGB lights.
Here is the best "set and forget" guide for your Ryzen CPU, but only if your BIOS is actually updated first. The most important step right now is installing AMD's chipset drivers; make sure they include the Ryzen Balanced power plan and just use that setting without touching it anymore. Next, turn these things on in your BIOS: enable cool n quiet mode, advanced c-states, processor CPPC, and CPPC Preferred Cores. Also, keep the CPU clock set to AUTO and the Vcore set to AUTO. That's all you need for now.
If you want to get even stronger or riskier, go ahead and turn PBO on in BIOS by setting it to MANUAL mode. Set PPT to 300, TDC to 230, and EDC to 230. Then try a bit more: make sure PBO Scalar is set to 5x (or 10x if you really want to go that far). You can also experiment with undervolting, but do it only using offset adjustment! Make very small changes at a time and test something like CB20 to check if performance goes up or if things get unstable.