What is the maximum height suitable for a Ryzen 5?
What is the maximum height suitable for a Ryzen 5?
I got my Ryzen 5 2600 to a stable 4GHz, but it took 1.3875v to do it. My question is; is that OK for everyday use? Gaming? What's
too
high?
It's perfectly acceptable to maintain temperatures within a standard range using an aftermarket cooler. I'd recommend going up to 1.4V with good cooling for a Ryzen, though some might advise caution at 1.45V or higher.
Is that VCore or Core Voltage (STI2 TFN)? One represents the output of the VRM, while the other is the actual core voltage inside the CPU. You can distinguish them separately with HWInfo64. On certain boards they appear very close together, on others not so consistently. It all depends on the location of the VRM sensing point.
Using my SoC at 1.1375v with VCore at 1.32v in LLC Mode 1 (MSI b450m gaming plus) gives me a stable 4.0 Ryzen 5 2600. Under load I stay below 65c, and the Rosewill RGB single rad AIO works well. I tried up to 1.42v with as low as 4.05mHz but couldn’t run prime95 for more than a minute without issues. I definitely lost the silicone lottery there.
To improve, consider tweaking the Load Line Calibration and slightly increasing the SoC voltage to reduce VCore voltage. Also, what cooling solution are you using?
I'm using a Cooler Master Hyper 212 Black Edition. The temperatures stayed in the high 60s during the Intel Burn Test except for brief dips into the low 70s a few times. I've been playing with it for some time now and everything looks fine, including the temps. I wasn't sure what voltage levels were safe.
I'm not as familiar with this stuff as you are, so I probably won't dive too deep. Just hoping for a stable 4GHz connection.