Overclocking Ryzen 1600 with a stock cooler
Overclocking Ryzen 1600 with a stock cooler
Here are the specifications listed below:
- AMD Ryzen 5 1600
- Gigabyte GeForce GTX1060 3GB Windforce OC
- HyperX Predator RGB 2x8GB DDR4-2933MHz
- Gigabyte AB350 Gaming 3 (rev. 1.0)
- Corsair VS550
Reading an OC manual for a Ryzen 2nd generation offers only minor benefits, often accompanied by significant effort and risks. I've already done this before;-). If you prefer, you can use the Wraith BIOS settings to perform a straightforward system-level OC from there. With that processor, you're likely to achieve better results with a solid 3200 MHz clock speed than after a small 5% tweak.
What is the voltage when the system is under load? Your offset doesn't provide useful information since I don't know the board's stock voltage setting, and the Ryzen 1600 doesn't maintain the same voltage across all boards.
AMD's latest stock coolers perform better than Intel's, allowing more frequent overclocking. If this is the original Ryzen 1600 (not the newer AF model with a smaller cooler), it includes the Wraith Spire cooler, which offers sufficient headroom for overclocking this processor.
I use HWMonitor. I ran cinebench three more times to gather some results for you.
First run: temperature max 73°C, CPU VDD(Node 0) 1.2V, benchmark score 1120.
Second run: temperature max 75°C, CPU VDD(Node 0): 1.2V, benchmark score 1115.
Third run: temperature max 77°C, CPU VDD(Node 0): 1.2V, benchmark score 1119.
When the CPU is idle, the VDD(Node 0) stays around 1.213V to 1.231V. I’m not sure why that happens.
Keep in mind I noted it reached 85°C on the 9th run and 84°C on the 10th, but it didn’t crash.
It's understandable to feel uncertain about this situation. What are your thoughts?
Reading an OC manual for a Ryzen 2nd generation offers only minor benefits, often accompanied by significant effort and risks. I've already done this before;-). If you prefer, you can use the Wraith BIOS settings to perform a straightforward system-level OC from there. With that processor, you're likely to achieve better results with a solid 3200 MHz clock speed than after a small 5% tweak.