The Ryzen 5 3600 has voltage levels that are way too high for what you need or want to achieve.
The Ryzen 5 3600 has voltage levels that are way too high for what you need or want to achieve.
I got my new pc running with a Ryzen 5 3600, but the voltages are staying way too high at 1,375v and they keep jumping around. This is insane to me, especially since the temps show it's only between 40-60c on light tasks like loading games. I don't know how to fix this or stabilize my pc yet.
I've tried adjusting power plans and undervolting down to 1v on Ryzen Master, but my pc just shuts down. This is very strange because I read about someone else having voltages as low as 0,384v on idle while mine stays at 1,375v. The AMD website says that 0,200v to 1,500v is the normal range for a Ryzen CPU. They also say temps will swing by 10 degrees when boost comes on and off, but my temp is only between 40-60c even when idle. This seems dangerous because I worry it might shorten my pc's life since the cpu is heating up way too much just sitting there.
I need clear instructions if you recommend me to do something in the bios. My mobo is an MSI MPG X570 GAMING PLUS AM4 BTW, and my max load on Cinebench 20 goes up to 87c. I've been here all day looking for help but no one has replied, and everyone else seems to have posts with hundreds of views. Can someone please explain how to make this normal?
What tool are you using to check your core voltage? You need HWInfo64 and look for the CPU Core Voltage (SVI2 TFN). What kind of motherboard do you have? Actually, tell us all about your whole system setup. Have you changed anything in BIOS like core voltage or CPU multiplier settings? Temperatures will jump around a lot with light workloads; that's just how tiny 7nm chips and the boosting algorithm behave. You should set up a custom fan profile to ignore small temp swings below about 65 or 70 degrees Celsius, keep it quiet and barely moving until then, but get loud and annoying once temps hit around 85C. Just at 90-95C should the fans be screaming loudly.
I have HWINFO64 and Ryzen master installed but neither of these programs are really working for me. All the settings are set to automatic, so I did nothing except turn off PBO and enable AMD Cool N Quiet recently. It made a tiny bit of a change but nothing big.
I changed my CPU fan settings to be aggressive in the BIOS so nothing gets too hot, even though the real problem is likely just that the electricity coming from your power supply isn't strong enough for the processor. Should I turn off Ryzen Master entirely and let the BIOS stay on its default settings except for PBO disabled and AMD's Cool 'n Quiet turned on? I've heard a lot of people say running at 1350 watts all day will eventually ruin things, so I'm concerned. AMD says it should go between 200 and 1500 watts but shouldn't stay high like that every single time.
Steam is a known problem because its player doesn't get along with CPUs well. It keeps the CPU from sleeping deeply. This app is bad and it's too big to just close when you finish playing.
Here are some other steps to take in your BIOS settings:
- Turn on Advanced C States so the CPU can sleep better.
- Enable Cool and Quiet modes as well.
- Enable CPPC (Power Control Performance Counter).
- Make sure CPPC is set to Preferred Cores instead of AUTO or DEFAULT, because many BIOSes turn that off when you pick one over the other.
Don't forget to get the right AMD Chipset Drivers only from the official AMD website. Once they are installed, make sure your Ryzen Balanced power plan is on. Don't use a tool like RyzenMaster; just use HWInfo for monitoring.
You were right about voltage dropping, but you might not see it drop that low. It usually drops to 200mV only when the CPU goes into C6 deep sleep. No program can ask how much power the processor is using without waking it up first, so your reading will stay higher than what it actually uses during sleep. Usually, I just see about 600mV right before it drops into that deepest sleep state.
Hello guys, I just want to say this: I have a Ryzen 5 3600. First, I tried to overclock it to 4.2 GHz with voltages between 1.375 and 1.4 Volts. At 1.35 Volts, it wasn't stable. Even when idle, the temperatures were high—around 55 or 60 degrees just because the PC was on. Back in the day I thought everything would work fine at that speed, but then over two days my whole computer got paralyzed. The screen froze and the PC restarted. So I went into BIOS to see what was going on (the XMP profile was turned on). Then I downgraded the CPU to 4 GHz and set the voltages to "auto," thinking the motherboard would regulate them naturally too. Oh, I also turned off the XMP profile now. I'm really surprised at this point, but maybe something strange is happening or it's just normal? Anyway, I'll share my findings with you. Checking in "CPUID HWMonitor" shows that the CPU voltage stays at 1.100V all the time (it's set to auto by the motherboard), and the 4 GHz speed is very stable. At idle, the temperatures are 38 or 45 degrees—which is way better than those 55-60 degrees I saw before. (It's summer here in Spain right now, so the outside air temp is 25 to 30 degrees). BUT there is something else: when I stress the CPU by running a few programs like Cinebench or HeavenBench (which is mostly for GPUs), and then doing heavy loads for five minutes with full stress, the voltage automatically drops slightly to about 1.075 Volts but it stays stable of course. During that five-minute stress test, the highest temperature reached was 66 degrees. RESUME: Running at 4 GHz with 1.075V (the max temp during stress is 66 degrees). I don't know if low voltage being stable at 4 GHz is normal? (I'm sorry for any mistakes in my original text, I am not a native English speaker)