Potential harm from pushing overclock limits without BIOS support, AMD Ryzen 1600 and GTX 1060
Potential harm from pushing overclock limits without BIOS support, AMD Ryzen 1600 and GTX 1060
How do I proceed?
I'm just someone new to this, not familiar with the process, so I really want simple answers instead of technical terms. I need to stay within a budget when building my gaming PC, which means I had to make some compromises. I chose a Ryzen CPU, specifically the R5 1600. It needs an AM4 motherboard, so I picked the cheapest one I found: the ASRock A320M-HDV. You can check it here: https://www.asrock.com/MB/AMD/A320M-HDV/...cification.
This board is different from the more expensive ones because it doesn’t support overclocking in the BIOS, so you can’t just speed up your CPU that way. My main concern is whether I could damage my computer if I try to overclock it without changing the BIOS settings. I’m thinking about using AMD Ryzen Master Utility for that, which is available from AMD: http://www.amd.com/en/technologies/ryzen-master.
I don’t think the BIOS is necessary for GPU overclocking, but I’m not sure, so I’m also wondering if I should try something else, like MSI Afterburner with a GTX 1060. If it matters, my power supply is 550W and I’d only moderately overclock it.
Thanks in advance for any advice!
Where are you located? If you're in the US/UK/CA, feel free to provide a list tailored to your requirements based on your budget and preferences. Alternatively, you can explore pcpartpicker.com, which is a helpful resource. A suitable brand for a B350m MB is ASROCK, which works well.
With the A320 chipset MB, you can't perform OC, as it lacks that feature... You'll need a B350 MB instead. What is your overall budget? Have any components been bought already? What are the main uses? In short, the A320 chipset isn't powerful enough for OCing.
With the A320 chipset MB, OC isn't possible because it lacks that feature. You'll need a B350 MB instead. What is your overall budget? Have you bought any components yet? What are your main usage needs? In short, the A320 chipset isn't powerful enough for OC tasks.
Where are you located? If you're in the US/UK/CA, feel free to provide a list that meets your requirements based on your budget and preferences. Alternatively, you can explore pcpartpicker.com—it's a great resource. A good brand for the B350m MB is ASROCK.
vapour:
Where are you located? If you're in the US, UK, or Canada, feel free to provide a list tailored to your requirements based on your budget and preferences. Alternatively, you can explore pcpartpicker.com, which is a very helpful site. A good brand B350m MB would work fine; ASROCK is a solid choice.
Thank you for your assistance, vapour.
I reside in the U.K. I'm looking for something comparable to what you offer. The main differences are a 1060 instead of 1050, no case, no SSD (just acquired an affordable HDD), EVGA 500w instead of 520 M12II (hope it meets expectations, not certain), and 8GB DDR4 rather than 16GB. I'm just someone with limited funds who wants to play a triple A game smoothly at low to medium settings.
If you agree that ASROCK is a good option, I'm pleased because it saves me at least 10%. No precise budget was mentioned, just the intention to spend as little as possible (which means no case). The only certainty is that the GTX is essential since a friend is offering it at an extremely low price (and I really want the 1600 r5 because of the Ryzen influence on my build).
For purely budget gaming needs, the Ryzen 1200 is adequate with some reasonable overclocking, though a 1600 would also work if desired. A small SSD should be used as the boot drive to significantly boost startup and game loading times; avoid low-cost PSUs as you might need to replace them soon.
PCPartPicker part list
Price breakdown by merchant
CPU: AMD - Ryzen 3 1200 3.1GHz Quad-Core Processor (£94.97 @ Amazon UK)
Motherboard: MSI - B350M BAZOOKA Micro ATX AM4 (£63.98 @ Amazon UK)
Memory: Patriot - Viper 4 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-3000 (£76.97 @ Ebuyer)
Storage: Silicon Power - Silm S55 120GB 2.5" SSD (£41.19 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Western Digital - Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" HDD (£0.00)
Video Card: Gigabyte - GeForce GTX 1060 3GB Mini ITX OC (£0.00)
Power Supply: SeaSonic - 520W 80+ Bronze Certified Modular ATX (£65.47 @ Scan.co.uk)
Total: £342.58
Shipping, taxes, and available discounts are included
Created by PCPartPicker 2017-10-03 01:06 BST+0100