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I forgot to mention, that I already stress tested the CPU and RAM using prime95 with DOCP enabled. It didn't crash within 10 minutes, so I'm pretty confident that the RAM itself is stable. I think this has to be a motherboard issue.

Hi, I built a computer for my dad with these components: ASUS TUF Gaming B550 Plus AMD Ryzen 9 3900X G.Skill 2x16GB 3600MHz 16-19-19-39 (F4-3600C16D-32GVKC) Before I installed Windows, I updated the BIOS to the latest stable version and set up the stuff in the BIOS. Of course I also enabled the DOCP profile. Already in the Windows installer the computer crashed/rebooted. It just turns off and after one second it starts itself again. After many more crashes I figured out that it happens when DOCP is enabled. I tried: Setting the memory to 3200MHz instead of 3600MHz Setting the memory to 3200MHz and loosen the timings to 17-20-20-42 Increase memory voltage to 1.375V (instead of 1.35V) Increase SoC voltage to 1.1V (Manual mode) Set SoC voltage to Offset +0 (found this in the ASUS forums) Update the BIOS to the latest (beta) version Nothing worked, the only thing I can do about it, is to turn off DOCP and let the RAM run in default (2133MHz with really bad timings). Otherwise the computer will reboot/crash from time to time. I do not get bluescreens, the computer just turns off. Somebody already had the same problem here, but the thread is rather old: Does anybody here have an idea why this is happening? How can I fix it? Is the only solution to replace the motherboard? Thanks!

Alright guys, I got this system now for around 2 weeks and I'm absolutely happy with it. ? First of all: I never actually heard the motherboard fan. I made the right decision to stick with X570 instead of X470. The CPU is an absolute monster. With the per-CCD overclock I'm now at 4400 / 4350 / 4325 / 4275 MHz @ 1,325V. On AIDA64 stress test the temperature maxes out at 86°C (ambient 26°C). This leads to crazy results in Cinebench: Cinebench R15: 3375 / 205 points Cinebench R20: 7648 / 510 points Also I tightened up my RAM timings. The G.Skill Trident Z RGB F4-3600C17D-16GTZR are actually equipped with Samsung b-dies. My main problem was, that the Ryzen DRAM Calculator read incorrect XMP timings and therefore calculated timings that are never going to work on my RAM. The trick is to export the readout from Taiphoon and then import it in the calculator. Voila, timings that actually work After doing some optimization I now have a stable memory OC. The motherboard BIOS (AGESA 1.0.0.3 ABB) is still pretty buggy. Setting a manual CPU voltage doesn't actually do what it's supposed to do, I was only able to set it manually using Ryzen Master. The graphics card performs really well but has extreme noise whine OC potential is not that well, I'm now stable at +110MHz core / +800MHz memory - in game this leads to a little bit more than 2000MHz on the core. Time Spy results are: Overall: 11211 Graphics: 10873 CPU: 13616 Which takes me into the top 7% of all submitted results I'm now waiting for an Alpenföhn 140mm ARGB fan which can be directly plugged onto the ARGB-header of my motherboard. I'm actually shocked that every well-known RGB fan needs an extra controller Unfortunately the Alpenföhn is not available yet. When it's mounted in my computer, I will post some photos

Ryzen 9 3900X with per-CCD OC: 4400 / 4350 / 4325 / 4275 @ 1,325V. Also I tightened up my RAM timings (CL16-17-17-34 @ 3600MHz, calculated with Ryzen DRAM Calculator)

Well, I'm now using the following options: PBO enabled, PPT 200, TDC 130, EDC 200 - no AutoOC Vcore offset -0.1V LLC is all on auto/default. This is giving me ~7160 points in Cinebench R20. I'm okay with that

@Zando Bob Thanks, I will read into this. @GrockleTD That's why I'm using Ryzen Master It's getting more and more weird. Vcore set to manual 1.30V -> under Load (CB R20) the Vcore drops to ~1,16V, only scored 6527 points Vcore set to manual 1.35V -> under Load (CB R20) the Vcore drops to ~1,05V, only scored 5737 points ? I don't get it.

Hi guys, I finally built my new rig with an 3900x on an ASUS ROG Strix X570-E Gaming with newest bios (released on 12th august 2019). No PBO, just plain stock on the CPU side with DOCP enabled 3600MHz CL17 (4x8GB). Default Vcore is around 1.45 to almost 1.5v (in idle) which is pretty stupid (I think?). In this setting, I'm getting ~6930 points in Cinebench R20. When I set offset to -0.1V I get ~7060 points. Temperature is no problem in both cases, max. 68°C during the benchmark, I'm using a Kraken X62. When I set a manual voltage in BIOS, e.g. to 1.3V, Ryzen Master is still showing Vcore over 1.4V like in the default settings. Is my manual Vcore being ignored here or is Ryzen Master just too crappy? See ya

@DoctorNick According to this list on reddit and this list on hardwareluxx.de the F4-3600C17D-16GTZR should be 8Gb Samsung B-Dies. But I will report here as soon as I got the parts @Chris V The chipset fan is the only thing that annoys me about that build, but actually I think it won't be as bad as everyone thinks it is.

Well, I can't wait any longer for my new PC That's why I switched from the Trident Z Neo's to Trident Z RGB's (3600MHz CL17-18-18-39 - should be Samsung B-dies). It's an absolute pain in the ass to order RAM right now in germany, but now I got two pairs of 2x8GB kits.

Did you restart your computer or at least your browser after changing the DNS server? DNS lookups are being cached, maybe that's why it didn't change anything. You could also try to put this into your hosts-file: 104.18.229.229 nordvpn.com

Honestly it doesn't look like the ISP is blocking these websites to me. Your browser is not able to establish an encrypted connection to these websites, probably because these websites don't support old/insecure cryptography (such as SSLv3). Which OS are you using? Which version of Chrome? You should try using a linux live USB stick (e.g. Ubuntu) and try to access these websites. If you still get this error it probably is your ISP, but come on, you live in UK, not in china. Are you using some kind of firewall or antivirus software?

In Germany they reintroduced exhaust gas measurements even on newer cars. For a few years, they had only done a OBD2 emission check which is pretty useless on modified cars But if you have a good tune which is optimized for less particles (like mine) nobody will notice it in normal traffic, even without a DPF.

Well, the engine has a few weak points but not major ones. One issue is, that both cooling liquid thermostats are breaking pretty easily and often. The problem then is, that the coolant doesn't go higher than 65 to 85°C (depending which thermostat broke) when it's cold outside. The diesel particular filter needs active regeneration (the engine has a special mode for this, so it burns out the filter) which is only starting when the car has reached operating temperature. With a broken thermostat it probably never happens and so the diesel particular filter will clog. If it's clogged (exhaust pressure reaches a specific limit) you HAVE to change the filter which is around 2000€ in Germany. Just because of one or two broken thermostats which cost ~25€ each... The easiest thing to avoid this is to monitor your coolant temperature somehow. Unfortunately it doesn't have a gauge for that in the instrument cluster, unless you do some hacking (= coding) and replace the "current consumption gauge" with a coolant temperature gauge But the thermostats on my one didn't fail for the last 3 years/60.000km, so it's not like its breaking every month or so But to get to your question, no, I never had big issues with it. Except for changing the thermostat twice and the "exhaust gas return cooler" (i really think the english abbreviation is EGR for this) once I never had to change a part irregularly. But I care for my car, change the oil every 10.000km and the air filter every 30.000km.

My brother had an E92 335i with the N54 engine. The chassis had over 350.000km on it, the engine (got replaced by the former owner of the car) at the end around 200.000km. It was tuned around 80% of its kilometers from 370hp (software) to around 420hp with some hardware changes but with stock turbos. He go rear ended some day, now the car has been rebuilt and is now driven by a friend of him. "New cars don't have the quality old cars have" < bullshit. I'm driving an E91 325d with the M57 engine (197hp stock). It's tuned to ~260hp/510Nm with software and the stock intercooler of my brothers 335i (bigger than the 325d and 330d, the same as the 335d intercooler). It now has around 175.000km on it and is tuned for the last 50.000km. My automatic transmission is tuned with xHP Flashtool (Stage 2) - which I highly recommend to any E9x automatic transmission driver! This just makes the car feel 10 years younger. Best thing with this car is: enough power for everyday use and to have some fun, but really good mileage. On our croatia vacation I got around 5.7l/100km (~41mpg US/~49mpg UK) while not even driving slowly.

Hi guys, in 2017, when I finished studying and started working, I wanted to buy a new computer as fast as possible off my freshly earned money. Back then, the first generation of Ryzen CPUs was more-or-less brandnew and as I always sympathized with AMD I wanted to go for a 1700x. However, saving some money for my new computer was harder than I thought and when I finally got enough money, Ryzen 2nd gen was announced. That's why I waited for the 2700x to get some of the extra performance. Shortly before the 2700x launched my (now) wife and I got engaged and that's why we needed to save money for the wedding and the wedding party. After the wedding I was pretty broke (worth it tbh ) and when I finally got some money again Ryzen 3rd gen was announced. As it turned out about a month ago, it was the right decision to wait for this new generation, because of the huge IPC improvement and also the new lineup including the 12-core 3900x. A few days ago I finally ordered the parts of my new computer! This is what I went for: AMD Ryzen 3900X ASUS ROG Strix X570-E EVGA RTX 2070 Super XC Ultra Gaming 8GB G.Skill Trident Z Neo DDR4-3600 CL16 32GB (4x8GB) Corsair MP510 960GB M.2 SSD Fractal Design Define R6 Gunmetal TG USB-C NZXT Kraken X62 Corsair RM650x Why I chose these parts The CPU is absolutely useless for me, because I don't do many CPU intensive work on my computer. But I wanted this build to be as future proof as possible, so that the main components (excluding GPU) will do a good job for a long time. My guess is, that workloads and games will be more and more optimized for higher thread counts and that's why I chose this CPU. Also, I have enough money to spend And maybe I someday will get a drone and do some video editing, too. Picking the right mainboard was I think the hardest decision to make. On my vacation in croatia I read many X570 reviews and compared the huge amount of available boards. In a video about this board on Gamers Nexus it is compared to the only 10$ more expensive ROG Crosshair, and it was obvious that you should go for the Crosshair. However, the Crosshair is way more expensive than the X570-E here in Germany and I didn't want to spend over 400€ for a motherboard (even 330€ for the X570-E was more than I planned to spend). The X570-E has two ethernet ports (2.5Gb and 1Gb, maybe this is helpful in the future), Wifi 6/ax (which I don't need, but maybe in the future?), USB 3.2 Gen 2, Bluetooth 5, PCI-E 4.0 and a very good power delivery for the CPU. To be short, it has all the features I wanted, looks good and comes with good ASUS quality. The graphics card was not an easy choice, too. As a friend (not a fanboy) of AMD I genuinely hoped that the 5700XT will have enough performance for my 1440p 144Hz monitor at good pricing and silent operation. The performance might be good, but the reference cards suck because of the blower style cooling. And as I already waited over 2 years for my new computer, I didn't want to wait any longer for the custom cards that will arrive in the next week or two. nVidia's RTX 2070 Super offers almost-2080 performance for a reasonable pricing. I chose the EVGA RTX 2070 Super XC Ultra Gaming 8GB because of this crazy thick cooler (it's a 3 slot card, I didn't even know this existed) and it's silent operation (I hope). Also, I wanted to have VR-Link, which not all RTX 2070 Super cards have. At 604€ I paid some premium over some other 2070 Super models, but I trust in EVGA's quality and maybe a good pick in silicon lottery as it is the XC Ultra model. RAM was pretty easy - the Trident Z Neo's look awesome and as RAM prices went a bit down (compared to 1 or 2 years ago) I went directly for the 32GB kit. SSD was also pretty easy. The MP510 offers great performance for a very good price (~150€). 960GB is all I need because I have a NAS for mass storage. For the case I watched many reviews. I definately wanted a USB-C port on the front, because as I mentioned earlier, this build has to be future proof. The Define R6 looks great and offers a good compromise between temperatures and noise damping as stated in Gamers Nexus' review of this case. The CPU cooler was also an easy one - good performance, even better looks, 5 year warranty. I didn't think too much over the power supply. The 650 watts should even be enough when I upgrade the GPU in the future, and also it offers passive cooling when temperatures allow it. The flipside In germany there is currently not a single shop which has the 3900X in stock. In about 2 weeks this baby should be here which is useless because the Trident Z Neo is also not in stock anywhere. It will be delivered in about 3 weeks Until then, I will have to use my notebook, because my old PC is already sold to a friend. Oh boy, I didn't know my notebook is so slow, even 1440p videos on YouTube are stuttering What do you think of the components that I went for? When all parts are here, I will post some pictures of my build Bye, Andy