Manual OC for Ryzen 7 3700X
Manual OC for Ryzen 7 3700X
Hello
I just installed my new Ryzen CPU paired with MSI x470 Gaming Plus Max, using overdrive CPU voltage at 1.25V and SOC voltage set to Auto for a ratio of 4.4GHz. It runs smoothly, tested with Prime95 (65-70°C) and C20 (score 5300+, 75-80°C). In games it maintains around 60°C and in idle around 40-50°C. I'm using Artic Freezer 34 DUO.
My question is: should I revert to auto settings with an offset voltage of 0.75 and PBO disabled (preferably 2.0 for better stability), as this gives me lower temperatures, or should I stick with the current configuration and adjust other BIOS settings?
MY mobo: msi x470 Gaming Plus Max
Thanks in Advance
If it's truly prime 95 stable at all core 4.4Ghz there's very...
If it's truly prime 95 stable at all core 4.4Ghz there's very little reason to take a 3700X back to 'stock'. Even temps look good enough as it's not getting into the 90C range.
Operating with a fixed VCore is usually something to be wary of with 7nm chips but 1.25V is low enough it's probably not going to be an issue. If it does degrade with time you'll be faced with a choice: increase voltage (and therefore temperatures) to keep it stable or drop it back to stock.
One good reason to go back to stock now (before it degrades) is it might be able to give some single core boosting into the 4.5Ghz+ range with a tweaked PBO overclock. That should help even more with gaming which usually present lightly threaded work loads. Single thread CB20 should also score higher but don't look for multi-thread CB20 scores to go any higher though. To be sure your CPU will still degrade (all semi conductors degrade in use) but since PBO overclocking doesn't work with a fixed voltage or frequency it will degrade at a rate more similar to stock than a fixed overclock.