Want to verify voltages on new OC.
Want to verify voltages on new OC.
Hey everyone, so I bought a Ryzen 5 3600x back when Gen3 first hit the market. Finally, after a year of tweaking, I got a steady overclock here. Here is what you are getting: Because otherwise my memory stays stuck at 2133 and a quick CPU boost to 4.2 or 4.4 under load isn't as helpful as just having a base clock of 4.2 Ghz. Now, I have an ASRock x570 Extreme4 Mobo with my Ryzen 5 3600x overclocked to 4.2 Ghz base at 1.325 volts. And 32 GB of Corsair Vengeance 3200 MHz ram which is "overclocked" to its base of 3200mhz at 1.35v (that ram was the hard part to get stable). Is that a safe voltage for the third gen Ryzen? I see wild speculation everywhere about people saying voltages as low as 1.275 can cause damage, all the way up to 1.5 before causing damage. The reason I ask is because I'm at 1.325 and if I go lower my system becomes unstable or hangs or refuses to start up altogether. And I don't want to burn out my CPU. Also just FYI, I do currently use an AIO liquid cooler though it's getting a bit older and needs an upgrade. Before this, I had a gen1 Ryzen 7 1700 OC'd on a C6H Mobo from the default 3Ghz up to 3.8Ghz through its entire lifespan (never died, just upgraded) and that was at 1.225 volts. Never any issues.
Thanks a bunch! That one post was super helpful and I really appreciate sharing that with me.