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Will it be an issue if I give 1.385V for just testing purposes and not daily use?

its most likely not an issue, i wouldn't go above that though

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Hey everyone, I am about to try to overclock my Ryzen 5 3600 to 4.6 GHz at 1.385v and LLC enabled at level 4. Is this dangerous? What is the worst case scenario that could happen? Thanks.

 

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run a benchmark or stress test a few time to see if it's stable, i would keep voltage at 1.35 or lower if you care about the lifetime of the cpu.

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1 minute ago, Letgomyleghoe said:

run a benchmark or stress test a few time to see if it's stable, i would keep voltage at 1.35 or lower if you care about the lifetime of the cpu.

Does the amount of voltaje still affect the lifetime of the CPU even if the cooling is sufficient?

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Does the amount of voltaje still affect the lifetime of the CPU even if the cooling is sufficient?

yes, voltage degrades the cpu even if cooling is sufficient 

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Just now, redcan0 said:

Will it be an issue if I give 1.385V for just testing purposes and not daily use?

its most likely not an issue, i wouldn't go above that though

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cpu: ryzen 5 3600 @4.4ghz @1.35v

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ram: vengeance lpx c15 3200mhz

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10 minutes ago, redcan0 said:

Will it be an issue if I give 1.385V for just testing purposes and not daily use? Oh and also is LLC bad to use at low levels?

 

1.385V is REALLY high.

If you are just doing short-term use (e.g. trying to reach a 3D Mark highscore, Cinebench max score runs), that's fine.

As @ShrimpBrimementioned, daily 24/7 use should be ~1.325V or so.

 

You use the proper LLC setting that will give you the least amount voltage droop/dip, and the least amount of excessive voltage while the CPU is under load / stress.

Let's say you set the Core Voltage to 1.30V, and Run Cinebench R20 on all cores...

  • LLC 1 -- gives you 1.26V
  • LLC 2 -- gives you 1.28V
  • LLC 3 -- 1.305V
  • LLC 4 -- 1.325V
  • LLC 4 -- 1.38V

Use LLC 3.

 

 

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3 minutes ago, -rascal- said:

 

1.385V is REALLY high.

If you are just doing short-term use (e.g. trying to reach a 3D Mark highscore, Cinebench max score runs), that's fine.

As @ShrimpBrimementioned, daily 24/7 use should be ~1.325V or so.

 

You use the proper LLC setting that will give you the least amount voltage droop/dip, and the least amount of excessive voltage while the CPU is under load / stress.

Let's say you set the Core Voltage to 1.30V, and Run Cinebench R20 on all cores...

  • LLC 1 -- gives you 1.26V
  • LLC 2 -- gives you 1.28V
  • LLC 3 -- 1.305V
  • LLC 4 -- 1.325V
  • LLC 4 -- 1.38V

Use LLC 3.

 

 

Thanks. This was really useful I am trying to beat a friend in Cinebench R20 Single Core score he overclocked his R3 3100 to 4.77 GHz and has a really high score.

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2 minutes ago, redcan0 said:

he overclocked his R3 3100 to 4.77 GHz

with what? that is really high even for AIOS since ryzen does not have a lot of overclocking headroom.

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4 minutes ago, SavageNeo said:

with what? that is really high even for AIOS since ryzen does not have a lot of overclocking headroom.

He did it with this. https://tr.aliexpress.com/item/4000844099069.html?spm=a2g0o.productlist.0.0.6aa933baeJAHTJ&algo_pvid=822af98c-0c95-4eba-9b9a-bcce53223307&algo_expid=822af98c-0c95-4eba-9b9a-bcce53223307-12&btsid=0bb0624416057247722405184e76c3&ws_ab_test=searchweb0_0,searchweb201602_,searchweb201603_

 

It might sound fake but it is real. 1.64 was his voltaje

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39 minutes ago, redcan0 said:

He did it with this. https://tr.aliexpress.com/item/4000844099069.html?spm=a2g0o.productlist.0.0.6aa933baeJAHTJ&algo_pvid=822af98c-0c95-4eba-9b9a-bcce53223307&algo_expid=822af98c-0c95-4eba-9b9a-bcce53223307-12&btsid=0bb0624416057247722405184e76c3&ws_ab_test=searchweb0_0,searchweb201602_,searchweb201603_

 

It might sound fake but it is real. 1.64 was his voltaje

Screen shots and a CPU-Z validation or it never happened.

 

 

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23 minutes ago, ShrimpBrime said:

Screen shots and a CPU-Z validation or it never happened.

 

 

https://valid.x86.fr/fwt0yy


These are the screenshots and validation he gave to me apparently he went all the way up to 4.840 GHz. Last time I spoke to him he was at 4.77 GHz

40767351-46D4-4516-B7FB-C500E2A8C9FF.jpeg

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11 minutes ago, redcan0 said:

https://valid.x86.fr/fwt0yy


These are the screenshots and validation he gave to me apparently he went all the way up to 4.840 GHz. Last time I spoke to him he was at 4.77 GHz

40767351-46D4-4516-B7FB-C500E2A8C9FF.jpeg

 

He is disabling CORES and THREADS.

Ryzen 3100 is a 4-cores / 8-threads CPU.

CPU-Z screenshot is 2-cores / 2-threads.

 

Basically, just to push the CPU overclock as high as possible to validate with CPU-Z, but not to actually game / use the CPU for anything else....

And 1.536V. Holy jeez...that is not 24/7 use.

More like run the benchmark / tests, and cool down. Rinse and repeat.

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4 minutes ago, -rascal- said:

 

He is disabling CORES and THREADS.

Ryzen 3100 is a 4-cores / 8-threads CPU.

CPU-Z screenshot is 2-cores / 2-threads.

https://valid.x86.fr/u08egc

 

He sent this for all core he is challenging everyone to pass him I probanly can’t

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33 minutes ago, redcan0 said:

https://valid.x86.fr/fwt0yy


These are the screenshots and validation he gave to me apparently he went all the way up to 4.840 GHz. Last time I spoke to him he was at 4.77 GHz

 

Well..... I dont see 1.64v as claimed.....

 

Pretty sure that frequency is at the bleeding edge for ambient cooling.

 

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1 minute ago, ShrimpBrime said:

Well..... I dont see 1.64v as claimed.....

 

Pretty sure that frequency is at the bleeding edge for ambient cooling.

 

Give friend thumbs up for accomplishment. I dig it.

He said his motherboard didn’t have LLC thats why the voltaje dropped. But he is very proud as far as I can see :D

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27 minutes ago, redcan0 said:

He said his motherboard didn’t have LLC thats why the voltaje dropped. But he is very proud as far as I can see :D

Hes in the top ten. Everyone else higher is sub zero at this frequency.

 

https://hwbot.org/benchmark/cpu_frequency/rankings?hardwareTypeId=processor_6209&cores=4#start=0#interval=20

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