I completely agree. I purchased the G.Skill Trident Z Neo DDR-3600 CL18 kit specifically for the reason Steve stated in his video... peace of mind. Worked without a hitch.
I have tried multiple times for 4.5 GHz and so far, I haven't been stable. I haven't tried it with the new cooler in it yet. I'll make an attempt tomorrow night after work. With the reduction in Temps I'm seeing, I wouldn't be surprised if I could pull it off. I just wonder if my lowest max core speed of 4.475 GHz that I have seen so far, will hold me back...
In September, I built an AMD Based PC. Specs are at the end.
- Using the AMD Wraith Prism Cooler is OK, if you want to use stock settings from your BIOS for Auto PBO. I don't recommend it for any serious overclocks. Max stable OC was 4.4 GHz at 1.3625 V and temps were usually at 95 deg C. Got a Cinebench R20 score of 5233.
- Last night, I installed the new LTT Edition chromax.black NH-D15 from Noctua, and today, I was able to get temps down to 75 deg C with no other changes.
- Tonight, I tried undervolting, and was able to maintain a stable overclock at 4.4 GHz, 1.281 V on VCore, and max temp during Cinebench R20 of 70.3 deg C. Got a Cinebench R20 score of 5232. Only one point decrease from the stock cooler, but 25 deg C cooler...
Has anyone else found similar results?
Also, my max core speed registered during testing was 4.525 GHz on about 4 cores, and the rest maxed out at 4.475 GHz. seems I got a pretty good piece of silicon!
Corsair Crystal Series 460X Case (total of 4 installed Corsair SP210 Fans)
MSI MPG Gaming Edge Wifi Motherboard
Corsair HX750 750W Fully Modular Power Supply
AMD Ryzen 7 3800X CPU
G.Skill Trident Z Neo DDR-4 3600 MHz CL18 RAM
Asrock Radeon RX 5700 Graphics Card (Vbios flashed for the XT model, TOTALLY WORTH IT!!!) Running at with Gen 4 x16 in BIOS settings and getting 24.6 GB/s up, 49.2 GB/s total.
Crucial MX500 SATA III M.2 B+M Key SSD
Sabrent M.2 Heatsink
UPGRADE: LTT Edition of the Noctua chromax.black NH-D15 cooler/fans (second fan installed in ceiling blowing down on heatsink and RAM, due to RAM height).