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Looks like Curve Optimizer is Zen 3 only. That explains it's absence on the BIOS right now since only Zen 2 TRs are available.

I'm looking for the curve optimizer settings on my Aorus Master TRX40 (rev 1.1) which is running BIOS version FBi. I watched a couple of videos of other Gigabyte motherboards that show it under Settings > AMD > PBO > Curve optimizer. But I don't see any such option in my BIOS. I was able to find this pretty easy in an MSI BIOS. What am I missing? For reference this is the setting where I can choose the sign and magnitude of the voltage override per core.

I pulled out both sticks today and in doing so felt one stick was not seated fully . Next I slotted them in one at a time. Independently both were able to load the XMP profile for 3600 with 16-16-16-36 just fine. Then installed both sticks and the XMP profile worked fine then too. Didn't change which slots I used. Ran some memory tests for about 2 hours. No errors or crashes. So I'll have to chalk this down to a bad install most likely - how embarrassing . I reseated them at first install too because I felt they were loose. Clearly I did a poor job. Now I'll install the next kit and hopefully won't mess up that one.

I'll try all of these over the next day or two. Question: when the XMP profile is enabled does the user have to manually set FCLK or should that be left on Auto? Question: Can FCLK always be left on Auto when manually choosing RAM frequency or does one have to always set it to (memory frequency / 2) ? Question: Even when I set the DRAM channel voltage to 1.3 or above, the BIOS shows the current voltage at the same original 1.2. Is that normal? Does it only reach > 1.3 in certain situations and not constantly?

My new build: CPU: AMD Threadripper 3960X 3.8 GHz 24-Core Processor Motherboard: MSI Creator TRX40 EATX sTRX4 Motherboard Memory: G.Skill Trident Z Neo 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR4-3600 CL16 Memory (F4-3600C16D-32GTZN) Power Supply: Corsair HX Platinum 1200 W 80+ Platinum Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply Custom: Icegiant ProSiphon Elite I bought 2 of the memory sets for a total of 64 GB over 4 sticks. However I only opened one kit and installed the sticks into D2, B2 slots as per the motherboard manual. The RAM works at 2133 Mhz (SPD rated speed). I checked the QVL list for the motherboard and this kit is listed as supported at 3600 MHz @ 1.35V. Here's what I've tried to get the RAM to run at 3600 Mhz: 1) Enable A-XMP profile: Only one on the sticks. Fails with memory overclocking failed on POST and resets to 2133 Mhz. 2) Taiphoon + DRAM Calculator for Ryzen (v1.7.3) I've tried all combinations of recommended values from the calculator from the screenshot above. I also tried procODT upto 60 ohms. All of them lead to memory overclock failed at POST and it resets to 2133 Mhz. 3) Use the values from the Taiphoon report directly for just a few values and leave all the others on auto. Same result as the above. 4) Read https://linustechtips.com/topic/1197132-setting-ram-speed-xmp-docp-for-dummies/ and tried everything on auto with: 1. Enabled X-AMP and give a DRAM voltage increase (1.25V, 1.3V, 1.35V) 2. Enabled X-AMP and reduce the RAM speed from 3600 -> 3400 -> 3200 -> 3000. None of these lead to a successful POST. I was only able to pass POST after manually setting the frequency to 2133 MHz. The BIOS is the latest stable release 7C59v15 (2020-05-15). The next release is 7C59v164(Beta version) (2021-01-11) - I'm not too keen to go to this beta release. I think I must be missing something here to get the system to accept the RAM at 3600 Mhz 16-16-16-36? Would appreciate any help - this is the first build I'm actually trying to get the RAM up to the supported kit + motherboard speeds. It bums me out that the kit was on the QVL at this spec and I can't get this working. G.Skill F4-3600C16-16GTZN.html

PCP is great for building a component list for a build and also great for flagging incompatibility most of the time. I don't really think their physical dimensions check is 100% there though. I looked up the manufacturers specifications on the board and cases and found PCP's warning on the motherboard not fitting in the P600S and able to fit in the SB 802 just wrong and I reported it to PCP as well. You can read that in product page for the 802 and the bequiet! customer support reply the motherboard I chose (277 mm) is larger than the maximum supported on the 802 (275 mm). And P600S page lists 280mm as the maximum board size. And yea while the outer physical dimensions for the 802 make it larger than the P600S it doesn't speak for the internal layout and constraints on what board would fit in it. I don't see why I'd choose to believe PCP over the manufacturers spec sheets for the dimensions.

I want to put together a build around a 3960X Threadripper. I currently have a 1900X in a Phanteks P400S. I like the case but it can sometimes get loud when the temperatures go up during load. My primary use case is for work - code compilation. When working I sometimes have the fans spin up to full but it's not very often. I would prefer a noise dampening mode for these situations. I game causally from time to time and that does push the system to use full fan speeds when playing. For those situations I would like a high airflow mode. After looking around I could only find two cases from the well known brands that support this hybrid silent/high airflow modes in the same case - the Phanteks P600S and the bequiet! Silent Base 802. Here's the part list: PCPartPicker Part List CPU: AMD Threadripper 3960X 3.8 GHz 24-Core Processor ($1399.00 @ Adorama) Motherboard: MSI Creator TRX40 EATX sTRX4 Motherboard ($699.99 @ B&H) Memory: G.Skill Trident Z Neo 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR4-3600 CL16 Memory ($289.99 @ Newegg) Memory: G.Skill Trident Z Neo 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR4-3600 CL16 Memory ($289.99 @ Newegg) Case: Phanteks Eclipse P600S ATX Mid Tower Case ($139.99 @ Newegg) Power Supply: Corsair HX Platinum 1000 W 80+ Platinum Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply ($250.00) Custom: Icegiant ProSiphon Elite ($170.00) Total: $3238.96 Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available Generated by PCPartPicker 2021-05-24 16:43 EDT-0400 There's an RTX 3070 and a bunch of 2.5" SSDs and NVMe SSDs that will move to this build from my current one. The motherboard is 273 mm wide. The CPU cooler requires 164 mm. Here are the major facts pertinent to my build that I narrowed down for both the cases: Silent Base 802 Cooler clearance up to 185 mm. Motherboards up to 275 mm supported. The bottom has a full mesh. Newer release. P600S Cooler clearance up to 190 mm. Motherboards up to 280 mm supported. Only PSU cage has a mesh bottom, rest has a few cutout holes but is closed. Older release. Both cases have the same front/top IO, with two exceptions: the Silent Base has IO on top and the P600S has IO in the front with a cover flap. The Silent Base has a fan speed selection switch for the fan controller. I'm not sure if I'll use the fan controller or just go direct to the motherboard headers so I'm not to worried about the fan speed switch. As far as the location of IO goes, my current P400S has top IO and I do use that and think for my use top IO is better than front IO. As far as airflow goes I have watched a lot of reviews and the best I could come up with is that the P600S in full mesh mode will be about the same as the P500A and the Silent Base 802 is a little behind the P500A in airflow mode but not by much. Most of this was from Gamers Nexus review charts. I contacted be quiet! about the possibility of a 273 mm board in the Silent Base 802. And was given this image with these dimensions as the supported board size: 30.5cm X 27.5cm. I see that with a full size supported board (27.5 cm) the wire pass through grommets are fully covered and are probably unusable. So I would have to route wires from the HDD cage cutouts. I wonder if the 3mm extra on the board I want will fit without any stress in the space or if the HDD cage cutout has some raised surface that will block the board. I've tried to get a good view of that from pictures or videos but am not 100% sure. I don't mind if I have to remove all the HDD cage cutout covers, I'm going to most likely end up buying a non glass side panel variant. Do folks think it's worth chasing after even though not officially supported? The only other case I seriously considered was the Fractal Design Meshify 2 XL which I believe would fit this board. But I didn't like how it looked compared to the other two. Although both cases look equally good to me, the Silent Base has grown on me over the period of my research. I like the top IO and that it's slightly newer - the Silent Base 802 came out in Nov 2020 and the P600S in early 2019. I think both brands are equally matched in quality. I like my current P400S and know I would like the P600S despite any perceived shortcomings. I also think the P600S in full airflow mode by inch ahead of the 802 in thermal performance. Another concern is the room to fit top exhaust fans after the fans that fit on the top of the Ice Giant ProSiphon. I think both cases have the same head room above the motherboard but could be wrong. Could knowledgeable folks weigh in on this and help me decide? I'm pretty much stuck quite in the middle between the two here.

Anyone using an ultrawide and a non-ultrawide (perhaps 4k) setup? An example would be something like this: I would be using my rig for both gaming and work. For work which could be programming, research and writing or whatnot. For work, I would like to use an ultrawide as the primary to hold the IDE windows and possible an emulator (if it's Android development) and the non-ultrawide could hold either a video I'm mostly listening to (and I only need to glance at it briefly from time to time) or some other windows that I need open but don't have to focus on as much as the IDE. As for gaming, I've seen some interesting "immersive" setups with 2 or more non-ultrawide monitors (not sure if they were 4k) but I'm not really interested in using multiple monitors for games. I'll switch between the 4k and the ultrawide depending on which experience I like more an if the game supports making use of the wider aspect ratio for a wider FOV instead of just stretching the scene on the wider screen. Powering this would be a GeForce 1070 or 1080. What are folks thoughts on this? If you have a setup like this already, what do like/hate about it?

I've been researching storage recently for an upcoming build. I would think that an NVMe drive either in an m.2 or PCIe x4 slot would be the fastest and easiest route to take. The Intel 600p doesn't hold up to the Samsung 600 series if I read this right: http://www.anandtech.com/show/10850/the-intel-ssd-600p-512gb-review. Between the Samsung 960 Pro and 960 EVO, the few comments I did chance upon suggest that the Pro has a slight edge over the EVO in terms of performance but the EVO is priced better. The loss in performance is probably not noticeable for a general prosumer, but might make a difference in very specific applications. There's also the warranty difference of 5 years for the PRO over the 3 years for the EVO. Bringing that up since you mentioned longevity. For me I don't think I could justify the price difference for a gaming drive. Here's the comparison: http://pcpartpicker.com/products/compare/4cyxFT,C3mxFT/ Would like to hear what other folks here think, to help me decide what I am putting into my upcoming build as well.

Lol no. But I appreciate having the ability to switch colours after 6 months when I'm bored of my rig glowing one particular colour. Will rarely if ever at all do all colour cycling. Wouldn't mind a 2 colour cycling profile though.

Is anyone else out there waiting for Corsair's new RGB RAM lineup to hit retailers for an upcoming build? I've seen it on a couple videos and love the fact that you can get more colors than just the blue, red and white available in the single color lineup that's currently available. Here's Linus covering it at CES in case you haven't seen it already: He mentions it's coming out sometime in Q1. G.Skill already has a release date for their TridentZ RBG series on Newegg - 1/25, but they don't look as elegant as the Corsair offering.