Overclocking Help on 3950X

[PurrsFTW]

Hello! Recently I have been having some trouble overclocking my 3950x. I origionally had a stable 4.15ghz all core overclock, but was wondering if I could get more FPS while gaming, if I was to use something like precision boost overdrive. Once I tried to tweak some things in Ryzen Master, I have had some trouble returning to my old settings. The BLK seems to not want to go back to 100.00 and I am at a loss for what to do. Preferably, I'd like to hop in a discord call with someone knowledgeable about the topic, but all tips and tricks / help are appreciated! Thanks in advance.

[DildorTheDecent]

40 minutes ago, PurrsFTW said:

Hello! Recently I have been having some trouble overclocking my 3950x. I origionally had a stable 4.15ghz all core overclock,

Did you get that OC in Ryzen Master initially or use the BIOS?

 

I do all my overclocking in the BIOS. Ryzen Master is good but it's not as good as being in BIOS. I wouldn't touch the baseclock. Sure there's small gains to be had but memory and whatever else runs off of baseclock might not like it.

 

I currently have a all core OC of 4.2GHz 1.225V.

[PurrsFTW]

I originally did it in bios, but I was thinking that an all core 4.15 might be worse than some cores at like 4.8, so I tried using ryzen master because I wasn't sure how to change a few cores but not all of them in Bios. I am going to try and revert to an old backup I have, and if that doesn't fix it IDK what to do.

[Guest]

Clear the Cmos. Start over.

[PurrsFTW]

I'm pretty dumb when it comes to anything more advanced than changing values, how do I clear Cmos? I have an Aorus x570 Xtreme if that means anything

 

[PurrsFTW]

14 minutes ago, ShrimpBrime said:

Clear the Cmos. Start over.

I figured it out, and this didn't work. Any other ideas?

 

[Guest]

So where is BCLK at then? You say it won't go back to 100? 

Do you mean it won't go back to 100 in bios or in windows monitoring?

[PurrsFTW]

4 minutes ago, PurrsFTW said:

this didn't work

I think it actually did end up working, thank you. I will update this thread if that changes

[DildorTheDecent]

27 minutes ago, PurrsFTW said:

I originally did it in bios, but I was thinking that an all core 4.15 might be worse than some cores at like 4.8

In pure single thread applications, yes. Syncing all the cores is still faster though for everything else.

 

There's not a chance that you're getting 4.8GHz on any core. What voltage did you set for 4.15GHz anyway?

27 minutes ago, PurrsFTW said:

, so I tried using ryzen master because I wasn't sure how to change a few cores but not all of them in Bios.

You can tune each of the two CCDs in BIOS. Haven't bothered with that method myself though. You could set CCD1 to 4.2 and CCD2 to 4.0 for example. Just hope Windows (or whatever) is smart enough to understand.

[PurrsFTW]

On 2/11/2020 at 6:57 PM, DildorTheDecent said:

What voltage did you set for 4.15GHz anyway?

I bought a binned 3950x from silicon lottery. I think I was running at 1.325V but I'd have to check to find out.

[PurrsFTW]

On 2/11/2020 at 6:49 PM, PurrsFTW said:

I will update this thread if that changes

not working

[Statik]

What was your OC at?

[B4Quattro]

Hi my 3950x runs @ 4.35 Ghz and 1.325 volts.