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.