Jump to content

I heard that the mb with b320 cipsets dont have oc capability but the asus web page say different thing...

gamer life
 Share
Go to solution Solved by Arsenious,

B320s can't. That's it. And it's custom made by AsRock for their DeskMini and it has 125W in-built PSU SO WHY EVEN BOTHER?

Posted

Communist lies, at best its missleading. They are probably reffering to some sort of APU overclocking or unbuilt boost feature.

 

Dobt ever buy A series boards. They are just in general awful.

Link to comment
Share on other sites
Link to post
Share on other sites
Posted

You can OC with that board.  That board is also as basic white girl as it gets so - enjoy the magic smoke leaking from the box :(

Workstation Laptop: Dell Precision 7540, Xeon E-2276M, 32gb DDR4, Quadro T2000 GPU, 4k display

Wifes Rig: ASRock B550m Riptide, Ryzen 5 5600X, Sapphire Nitro+ RX 6700 XT, 16gb (2x8) 3600mhz V-Color Skywalker RAM, ARESGAME AGS 850w PSU, 1tb WD Black SN750, 500gb Crucial m.2, DIYPC MA01-G case

My Rig: ASRock B450m Pro4, Ryzen 5 3600, ARESGAME River 5 CPU cooler, EVGA RTX 2060 KO, 16gb (2x8) 3600mhz TeamGroup T-Force RAM, ARESGAME AGV750w PSU, 1tb WD Black SN750 NVMe Win 10 boot drive, 3tb Hitachi 7200 RPM HDD, Fractal Design Focus G Mini custom painted.  

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 video card benchmark result - AMD Ryzen 5 3600,ASRock B450M Pro4 (3dmark.com)

Daughter 1 Rig: ASrock B450 Pro4, Ryzen 7 1700 @ 4.2ghz all core 1.4vCore, AMD R9 Fury X w/ Swiftech KOMODO waterblock, Custom Loop 2x240mm + 1x120mm radiators in push/pull 16gb (2x8) Patriot Viper CL14 2666mhz RAM, Corsair HX850 PSU, 250gb Samsun 960 EVO NVMe Win 10 boot drive, 500gb Samsung 840 EVO SSD, 512GB TeamGroup MP30 M.2 SATA III SSD, SuperTalent 512gb SATA III SSD, CoolerMaster HAF XM Case. 

https://www.3dmark.com/3dm/37004594?

Daughter 2 Rig: ASUS B350-PRIME ATX, Ryzen 7 1700, Sapphire Nitro+ R9 Fury Tri-X, 16gb (2x8) 3200mhz V-Color Skywalker, ANTEC Earthwatts 750w PSU, MasterLiquid Lite 120 AIO cooler in Push/Pull config as rear exhaust, 250gb Samsung 850 Evo SSD, Patriot Burst 240gb SSD, Cougar MX330-X Case

 

Link to comment
Share on other sites
Link to post
Share on other sites
Posted

Let's just say the overclocking support is LIMITED.

It may be some processors won't overclock at all, but you can overclock the memory on the motherboard.

 

In general, A320 based motherboards have a weaker VRM (the dc-dc converter which powers the CPU), without heatsinks over the components that heat in order to save money.

For example, with an average 65w TDP processor, the VRM may hit temperatures in the 60-70 degrees Celsius but with 95w TDP, the VRM may hit 90-100 degrees Celsius ... which is very close to the maximums allowed. At 90-100 degrees, the circuit board can degrade over time.

So with a 65w TDP, you may be able to overclock it a tiny bit and still keep the heat generated by the VRM within some reasonable limits but the VRM would probably not output a "quality" voltage to the CPU, and that poor quality voltage would not allow the CPU to reach the maximum performance it can do.

 

With A320 based boards you also get cheaper (older) sound chips, like only 5.1 ALC 882 or ALC887 instead of 7.1 ALC1020 or whatever, and you don't get a lot of USB connectors (because those also cost pennies and pennies add up)

Link to comment
Share on other sites
Link to post
Share on other sites
Posted
  • Solution

B320s can't. That's it. And it's custom made by AsRock for their DeskMini and it has 125W in-built PSU SO WHY EVEN BOTHER?

Link to comment
Share on other sites
Link to post
Share on other sites
Posted
8 minutes ago, Arsenious said:

B320s can't. That's it. And it's custom made by AsRock for their DeskMini and it has 125W in-built PSU SO WHY EVEN BOTHER?

B320 doesn't exist lol. It's A320

Link to comment
Share on other sites
Link to post
Share on other sites
Posted
3 minutes ago, Sychic said:

B320 doesn't exist lol. It's A320

aah my bad, been having many typos lately. I meant A320 only lol.

Link to comment
Share on other sites
Link to post
Share on other sites

Create an account or sign in to comment

You need to be a member in order to leave a comment

Create an account

Sign up for a new account in our community. It's easy!

Register a new account

Sign in

Already have an account? Sign in here.

Sign In Now
 Share
Go to topic listing CPUs, Motherboards, and Memory

×