Ryzen 3600 - Good Vcore values

[Ills]

I recently upgraded to a Ryzen 3600 + Tomahawk Max. One thing I've noticed is that when set to "auto" in bios, voltage seems quite high. For some reason its also much higher than the "auto" settings within their "Command center" software.

 

In bios (when set to auto) it'll state vcore is about 1.46v. In HWinfo it'll fluctuate towards that (from what can understand due to boost), but usually keep below 1.4v when under load.

On the other hand, "Command center" seems to keep it around 1.05-1.1v under load.

 

There's a significant difference in heat, and since I'm running a "silent" profile - and it seems to throttle some of the cores in cinebench (thought only reaching ~60ish celsius). Also idles quite high.

So it actually perform a tad better in cinebench with the lower vcore, with clocks locked @ x41.5.

 

TLDR;

So, should I just lock it in @ 1.1v in bios? Go a tad higher for safety? I'm not looking to OC or anything, just need a stable and quite system.

 

Cheers!

[vanished]

I've also noticed that combination defaulting to seemingly ridiculously high voltages.  I would recommend picking something like 1.3 at most, perhaps 1.25, (or less depending on what you can manage to cool), and then manually setting clock speed as high as it can be while remaining stable.

 

As for what constitutes "cool", I would say if you never exceed 80°C that's all you need, but if you want to drop clocks and voltage to push for 70 just for peace of mind, that won't cause any problems (though it may limit your performance of course).

[Ills]

@Ryan_Vickers

 

Thanks for the reply Ryan.

I'll try and lock it down lower then. Was kinda surprised to see clocks drop while sub 70 degrees though, but just even more reason to decrease it.

 

Thanks for the help