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I have figured out a easy trick for p-state overclocking of Ryzen CPU. So this discussion is all about to find if it works for everyone out there. So please post your comments and suggestion and oc settings. my config,R5 1600X 3900FlareX 32GB 4*8GB 3066MhzAsus Strix B350F MoboAsus Strix GTX970 GPUFor those who don't know how to apply custom p-state here is my super easy guide. It is not at all difficult and YOU DON'T NEED A HEX CALCULATOR FOR THIS. Now I believe most of you have applied some overclock already if not first set your manual overclock without applying and pstate value and test your system stability. This should work in other Mobo as well but my tutorial is slightly different than the others because first it is more simple and a indirect approach where you set your normal (non pstate overclock) first test everything and then just enable a option without typing anything complicated and you don't need a calculator too.1. Once OC setting is set and stable go to your bios>advanced>AMD CBS>zen common options>custom pstate/throttling and accept the scary warning. Believe me if you are not stupid enough, it is safe and dam easy. Most of the articles I have gone through, have complicated this process unnecessarily. Follow similar path for other mobos.2. Change the Pstate0 from auto to custom and immediately you will see 5 values, I am showing an example,Frequency: 3900 (it is grayed and you can not type anything: pls check if it is exactly same with the multiplier you have already applied during basic overclock)Voltage: 1.375 (it is the default voltage of your CPU with out any modification or offset you have already applied)Pstate0 FID: it is the Frequency ID in hex of your max CPU step. Do not change anythingPstate0 DID: it is the divider. Do not change anythingPstate0 VID: it is the voltage ID for the default CPU voltage and again do not change anythingThis hex values are being calculated by the mobo itself and you don't need to do anything.3. WE ARE NOT CHANGING ANYTHING in pstate0. Because the bios will register the hex value as per your set core ratio automatically. This info none of the article have explained so far.PLS NOTE CAREFULLY, THE FREQUENCY SHOWN UNDER PSTATE0 SHOULD BE SAME WITH YOUR APPLIED OC. e.g. I have set core ratio 39 to get 3900, So in my pstate0 frequency field the grayed value is 3900. IN THE VOLTAGE FIELD IT WILL SHOW THE DEFAULT VOLTAGE OF YOUR CPU AND IT IS CPU SPECIFIC.4. Go to Ai Tweaker and change the CPU ratio from your set value (e.g. 39) to AUTO. Again go to Pstate setting and check whether the Frequency is showing same as before (e.g. 3900).Turn off Core Performance Boost.Turn global c state either enabled or auto ( I have not noticed any difference between these two options).Save setting and restart.5. Now go to windows power option what ever you are using and then advanced power settings and CPU frequency and set minimum frequency state to 50% or something you like. Now your CPU will step to lower clock speed when idling.Windows Power Plan Fix: If you don't find the minimum power option in windows power plan it means you are using latest chip-set driver and YOU HAVE NOT FOLLOWED MY STEPS PROPERLY. Again go to bios and set core ratio to auto and save restart. Now you will get this option.Actually AMD has disabled this option when you type a custom CPU ratio just to maintain performance.What is happening is different Pstates are informing CPU where to settle as per performance need. Note that this is for fun and it can not make any huge power draw difference. Also generates less heat.

Need your help, on the AMD's official AM4 Motherboards memory support listing page (june 2017) Corsair CMK8GX4M1A2400C16R is listed but the same ram is not listed on the Asus's ROG STRIX B350-F GAMING motherboard's QVL (May 19 2017). i am positive that it will work but i want to be sure about it.

Hey guys, I am looking at upgrading my current build and have a few questions about parts, longevity, and compatibility etc. I was looking at a 1700 because it comes with a cooler as I am not planning to upgrade cooling until a later date. In terms of the motherboard choice, I was looking at an ASUS x370 prime motherboard but the B350-F STRIX is about $100 cheaper (Aus) and seemingly comes with the same features that I will use. Without spending a lot more money, is there much of a difference between the X370 and B350 boards if i'm not using SLI? I was also planning on buying the Corsair 16GB 3200 RAM. I feel like this might be a bit of overkill and could save some money there. If anyone could shed some light on how essential RAM speed is I'd really appreciate it. Thanks guys!

So earlier today I was running my PC perfectly fine with a 3.7ghz OC on my R5 1400. I later had to move to a different location so I shut down the computer, unplugged it and transported it. When I got to my destination I plugged it in and powered it on only to find that it got itself stuck in a boot loop. I don't understand what happened! It isn't posting with any OC. I got it to post once with default settings but it isn't consistent and I want my OC back.:( I had that computer running perfectly fine for 2 months now and have been doing the same trips with it. It didn't suffer unusual vibrations from the car or anything. I tried switching ram slots and resetting cmos. Which eventually got it to post but of course I cant get my overclocks..

Hello! I'm not 100% sure what PSU I should get and I was wondering if I could get some help. Here are the PSU's that I have found so far: Be Quiet!: https://www.mindfactory.de/product_info.php/500-Watt-be-quiet--Pure-Power-10-CM-Modular-80--Silver_1138272.html - Tier 3 XFX: https://www.mindfactory.de/product_info.php/550-Watt-XFX-TS-Series-Non-Modular-80--Gold_949421.html - Tier 3 (maybe?) (not that sure about this one after reading some of the comments on Mindfactory) Seasonic: https://www.mindfactory.de/product_info.php/520-Watt-Seasonic-M12II-520-Evo-Modular-80--Bronze_946528.html - Tier 4 (maybe?) I was originally about to get get this PSU, but now I'm looking at other options too EVGA: https://www.mindfactory.de/product_info.php/600-Watt-EVGA-BQ-Modular-80--Bronze_1144616.html - Tier 4 I would at least want a 520w PSU, because I always like to get little bit over the needed wattage. I found all these PSU's from this great post: https://linustechtips.com/main/topic/631048-psu-tier-list-updated/ I would like a PSU that costs around 50 to 60 € And now to the build: Note that it isn't fully completed. This build is kinda like my little project (not going to be my main PC, since I already have one), and I haven't fully decided what parts I'm going to get in the future. I want to be able to change the color theme of the PC, so I'm going with neutral colored/RGB parts. I'm also going more for the looks than performance with this build ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Motherboard: MSI B350 GAMING PRO CARBON AMD B350 or Asus ROG Strix B350-F Gaming. I have read that overclocking isn't that good on the Asus B350-F. Case: Phanteks Eclipse P300 or Fractal Design Meshify C PSU: ??? The max price that I can spend on all these parts above is 260 € ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- For CPU I will most likely go with the R5 1600. Haven't decided on the GPU yet, but something neutral colored. Thank you for any help!

So the Swedish retailer, Inet has listed a new Asus Strix B350 ITX motherboard, and man does it look interesting. Sadly there have been few AM4 ITX boards on the market so far, so for ITX builders, this could be what they are looking for. What makes this motherboard so interesting, is the peculiar setup above the PCI Express slot. It's a daughterboard containing the soundcard (or some of it), as well as an M.2 slot with cooler, floating above the rest of the motherboard. The board comes in at 1899 Swedish Kronor, which is about 3 US dollars. Wait, about 230$ with 25% VAT. To put that into perspective, the ASUS ROG STRIX Z270I GAMING costs 2090 SEK, which is about 257$. A bit overpriced for a seemingly simple board, but remember the B350 chipset supports overclocking. Some interesting specs: Number of M.2: 2 (So apparently this board has 2 M.2 ports. I wonder if the second is on the back) USB 2.0 (Internal): 2 USB 3.1 (Internal) Gen 1: 2 USB 3.1 (External) Gen 1: 4 USB 3.1 (External) Gen 2: 2 Source: https://www.inet.se/produkt/1901045/asus-rog-strix-b350-i-gaming *Update* Asus has now launched the product page for this motherboard: https://rog.asus.com/articles/maximus-motherboards/bring-ryzen-to-mini-itx-with-rogs-strix-x370-i-and-b350-i-gaming-motherboards/ It shows a very interesting sandwiched M.2 design of 2 M.2 on top of each other: Pretty cool design with double heatsinks for both M.2 drives. But that is not all though. If you think B350 is not enough, Asus decided to make an X370-I mini ITX motherboard too: https://www.asus.com/Motherboards/ROG-Strix-X370-I-Gaming/ The only issue is that the X370 doesn't really provide any benefits at all. Only difference between the two boards seem to be ESD guards for LAN, audio and USB. Hardly impressive. Another issue is that only one M.2 NVME port is PCIe 3x4. The other one is PCIe 2x4, so it can't max out a Samsung 960 evo for instance: https://www.asus.com/Product-Compare/?products=1ZTbHyB4JfQVklLS,0yXJyjfNoMbcSSQR&b=2 This is the biggest issue with AMD's current chipsets: The lack of PCI lanes. Should be good when new chipsets launch next year for Zen+. Until then, these boards do look really nice.

Hey, I just Overclocked my pc,changed my system's settings in the BIOS,my pc is not booting up,does it take time to boot up after an Overclock,or did I do something wrong?

Hi, this is my first time overclocking a CPU, I hope I am not doing anything wrong here, but I managed to work my way up to 3.5ghz on my Ryzen 5 1400 (so far, I'm planning to go even higher) on 1.275 V, I ran aida64 stability test and I faced no thermal throttling at 70/69c and no instability issues (I've ran the test for around 4 hours but I'm planning on a longer session), So I just want to know whether or not 70c is safe or not and if 1.275 V is too high and whether or not this is a good overclock in general. One more thing, does setting the core voltage or whatever its called to "Auto" make the motherboard automatically choose the best voltage for the clocks I set? P.S. The motherboard I'm using is the MSI tomahawk arctic b350 P.P.S. The cooler I'm using is a Cryorig C7, its a 100w tdp cooler that is designed for itx builds which I chose because it matches the esthetics of my build

Will G.SKILL 16GB 3200MHz Ripjaws V Black CL16 (2x8192) - F4-3200C16D-16GVKB Run properly on B350 PC MATE because I don't see it on their compatibility site. I could, of course, buy Corsair memory which is on the list but it's a lot more expensive in my country.

What is your opinion? Which is better overall and why? Your pros and cons. Note: Planning to pair it with Ryzen 1700 and mainly usage is gaming + streaming.

Hello folks, A lowly coder from India here, I have been running (walking to be more precise) a 6 year old HP laptop and I am sick and tired of all the problems I have been facing lately. I am getting some money next month and combined with my savings I can only spare INR 65k for the whole system. The old laptop I am using was pretty high end with a i7 2670qm and 12GB DDR3 with glacier like Radeon HD6770m. I have been getting by with my light gaming and aosp building and some android app development projects till now. But enough now, I have to build a pc for myself now (I have been helping my friends with their PC builds till now). After all said and done when building a PC everything depends on how much you can shell out. I am planning to build a modest entry level Ryzen build an the following build is what I have decided on. CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 1600 Cooler: Stock (I wont overclock more than 3.7, I promise ) RAM: Corsair Vengeance LPX 8GB 2666 SSD: SanDisk SSD PLUS 240GB HDD: Seagate BarraCuda 1TB GPU: Gigabyte GeForce GTX 1050 Ti 4GB Case: Corsair 270R PSU: Cooler MasterWatt Lite 500W Monitor: Dell SE2216H I did not mention the motherboard because that's where I'm having the dilemma. I am torn between Asrock B350 Pro4 vs MSI B350 Tomahawk vs Gigabyte AB350 Gaming 3 vs Asus B350 Prime Plus. These are very similer in price and in my budget. I have been reading up on the VRM qualities on these boards and more I read more I get confused. The gigabyte board is having issues with booting linux which is a big no no for me. Soo.. what should I buy? Should I change something on the base config? Please help. Sorry for the long post and thank you.

does this look any good for a replacemnt for my core 2 duo server running my website and my zoneminder security system? http://a.co/bDtsgRM i would also want to add emby onto it ( i currently have emby on a second computer but with how much of a performance bump this will be over my current i think i should be able to consolidate

Hey Guys, I am building my brother a new PC for his graduation from basic training and I have just about everything pieced together. The only problem I am coming up with is to go with the MSI B350 PC Mate VS the Tomahawk. Besides the differences is visuals and capacitors can anybody else tell me if one has any advantages over the other? I have spent a few days analyzing posts and specs from various websites and the two differences I have mentioned are the only things I can find.

Hello everyone! Super quick question. I noticed when viewing this board online that there are red LED's on the corners, and I was wondering if it's at all possible to change those to blue? Would rather know now than buy it and be disappointed later.

Hey guys! I'm gonna build a 1600-1600x rig and I'm wondering if is wise to buy x370 prime pro from Asus for max oc potential. Also I want to know if there are BIOS updates now, or even motherboards that can handle 3200 mhz ram out of the box. I'm looking into 100-160€ for motherboard. Thank you in advance, and sorry for my English.

Hi all, I have an R5 1600x on an Asus B350 Prime-Plus motherboard and a full custom Waterloop. I've managed to get it rock stable at 3.9GHZ but (I admit mostly for epeen reasons) I'd like to get it to at least the big 4.0 stable. It will boot at 4ghz and run Aida64 for around 10 minutes before crashing, so I can practically taste that stable OC. I'm currently running four ram sticks which I don't think is helping, going to buy a pair of 8gb 3000mhz sticks anyway, but I'm also considering upgrading my motherboard to an X370 one with some nicer VRMs. My question is realistically is better VRMs actually going to make enough of a difference to get me stable at 4ghz or is it just a waste of money? Thanks for your help, Harry

Hello,I recently acquired a Asus prime B350 plus motherboard for my ryzen 5 1600. I managed to overclock it but realised that after every boot, the cpu has been reset to 3.5 ghz 1.2v. I tried changing overclock using the AI Suite 3 software from the motherboard, the Ryzen Master Application and in the BIOS settings. Could it just be that my motherboard is defective or did I simply miss check marking a setting? Im using Bios Version 0805.Here is my rig, just in case its relevant https://de.pcpartpicker.com/list/RT9r8K.Changing the settings on a running system (with ryzen master application or ai suite 3) applies the settings, they are resetted on the next boot. But if I try to change the settings in the Bios, they never get updated. It seems like something after the bios is resetting the settings.Thanks in advance.

So I’m looking for a good decent B350 motherboard with a red color scheme and even better LED lighting, I found a few I liked but don’t know if there the best ones on the market My favorite https://www.msi.com/Motherboard/B350M-GAMING-PRO.html https://www.asus.com/us/Motherboards/PRIME-B350-PLUS/ https://www.asus.com/us/Motherboards/PRIME-B350M-E/ http://www.gigabyte.us/Motherboard/GA-AB350-Gaming-3-rev-10#kf Thanks

Hello! The past few weeks I have been trying to run my ram at the rated speed of 3000mhz on my ryzen 1600 system. After the last agesa update I got it to run at 2933mhz using the xmp profile BUT there are some things that are not quite right for me. First of all the pc rebooted about 10 times after activating the xmp profile (is the first time I let the pc reboot that much after trying to adjust the ram but at the end in booted up) Is that normal? or is just crashing and doing adjustments? I tried before using the information on the ram tag but I had the same reboot issue, I just didn't let it reboot that much (it scares me that something may screw up while doing that). The second thing is that my motherboard, MSI B350 pc mate, changes the cpu fan curve when the voltage changes on the ram and makes the pc very noisy (I still have the stock cooler, planning to upgrade later). Do I really need that fan curve change just by using the rated voltage (1.35v) on the ram? It does actually make a difference on my cpu temps or I can just change the curve as it was before? I haven't tried all the stuff I'm asking because I'm afraid to break something, is my first build and I couldn't find anything about this on google

I get some reply amd my friends still have som question need to solve He said PRIME B350 and STRIX B350 F are similar the both can run ddr4 3200(o.c) and MSI B350 TOMAHAWK and GAMING PLUS are similar too I wanna Know these board performance , and which one is good for him He play some games like PUBG Starwars here ` s the list he already got CPU R5-1400 GPU STRIX GTX1080Ti O11G SSD Samsung 850 evo m.2 240G also if he want to have ddr4 3200 which is best choice for ryzen? Thanks for you guys help

Hey guys, So, I just upgraded my old FX8320E to a brand new Ryzen 5 1600X. With it I got a Gigabyte AB350-Gaming and two stick of Corsair Vengeance 8GB 2400Mhz RAM. After a little initial troubleshooting of some constant BSOD, I finally got it all up to speed. Nice. Or so I thought. Even though my RAM sticks are 2400Mhz they just keep runing at 2133Mhz. So I did with any of us would do, went into the BIOS and enabled XMP (Oh, and the first time I also did a little overclocking, but soon undid it, because it wouldn't even post). It was all going according to the plan, as soon as I hit the desktop. It would start to load but as soon as I did ANYTHING like opening Task Manager (and sometimes even when doing nothing) the screen would go completely black. The PC didn't turn off or reset, it just went completely dark, no cursor, no desktop, no nothing, as if my monitors were turned off. I did everything I could think of - even going as far as clearing the CMOS and reloading an old BIOS profile, but it just wouldn't stick. I got it up and running again when I turned XMP off and the RAM went back to that slow frequency. That happenend when I reloaded the "Last Known Good" profile from the BIOS. I know that Ryzen makes really good use of high frequency RAM so I really wanted to overclock it a little, but what could I be doing wrong? My goal would be to reach somewhere between 2800Mhz and 2999Mhz, but if I can't go that far I would settle for the 2400Mhz which I payed for already. I've attached a couple of images showing all of my computer's information. It's running on Gigabyte's latest drivers, F7a. I'm also running a 600W EVGA PSU and an XFX RX480 8GB Any help? Advice? Thank you!

My friend got to replace his lga775 platform and build a new one , because he use his 70%of money on his GTX1080Ti so he does not have many budget on board so he`s asking and i toid him b350 is a petty good choice , i choose some mobo that cost about 100 dollar , which do you guys recommend? ASUS STRIX B350F GAMING MSI B350 TOMAHAWK GIGABYTE AB350 GAMING3 And he`s goung to have r5-1400 for cpu

I saw some post that asking for good b350 board and I choosde some board and compare them hope some people will get help 1 ASUS STRIX B350-F GAMING A nice board and have most pci-e slot in the board I recommend 2 MSI B350 TOMAHAWK A good Board that still hav pci slot for com port rs232 or old dervice support Have native type-c port on back I/O 3 GIGABYTE GA-AB350 GAMING-3 A board with good design pretty nice audio amps set But there some memory issue happen hope they fix in next bios all three boards hace pci-e slot metal shield and overclock able memory support

Hello, I want to upgrade to the ryzen 1500x, I like the msi b350 gaming pro carbon and I am also searching for some compatible 16gb rgb ram. I first wanted to go for the corsair vengeance rgb 3000mhz, but i cant find any compatible rgb ram on the site of msi. Does anyone know if it is supported, and if so will it also be compatible with the msi gaming app? Btw. I am now using a fx 4350 and 8gb of ddr3 ram, will the upgrade be even worth the money? Can is it better to upgrade to an intel 7600? I would like to know since i don't know really much about the new ryzen.

Which is the best and most reliable motherboard in the $80-100 price range to use with an r5 1600? Any RAM compatibility issues/lack thereof with any specific brands? It must also be red and black (Cliche I know but it's a build for my friend and he loves that colour scheme) Some I've looked at already are https://www.msi.com/Motherboard/B350-TOMAHAWK.html https://www.msi.com/Motherboard/B350-GAMING-PLUS.html#productFeature-section http://www.gigabyte.us/Motherboard/GA-AB350-Gaming-3-rev-10#kf Any thoughts? Thanks