1700x overclock help!

[193491_1454181239]

Last overclock guide video was awesome. However, for an o/c noob i really can't translate those configuration done in Linus's 1700x o/c guide w/ asus board (mine is biostar x370 gt7).

 

I don't mean to be a lazy bastard, but if someone has come to a good o/c with my spec can you help, please?

 

My rig contains :

M/B : Biostar RACING X370 GT7
CPU : Ryzen 1700x
RAM: ddr4 16g pc4-25600 cl16 trident z rgb

[M.A.P]

7 minutes ago, 193491_1454181239 said:

Last overclock guide video was awesome. However, for an o/c noob i really can't translate those configuration done in Linus's 1700x o/c guide w/ asus board (mine is biostar x370 gt7).

 

I don't mean to be a lazy bastard, but if someone has come to a good o/c with my spec can you help, please?

 

My rig contains :

M/B : Biostar RACING X370 GT7
CPU : Ryzen 1700x
RAM: ddr4 16g pc4-25600 cl16 trident z rgb

Nobody can give you exact settings for OC but can estimate. Ryzen's OC is really tricky so some are able to push it to good speeds(rare) whereas others cannot. Maybe try 3.97 or 3.9 GHz at 1.38 or 1.4 volts.

[DrMikeNZ]

Everyone's experience will be different, it takes trial and error and getting used to the chip that you have. What works for someone else may not work for you.

This is how I overclocked my R7 1700, with my Gigabyte X370 Gaming 5:

 

Tested at stock (3.2Ghz on all cores), for baseline performance. (3x cinebench multithreaded, 1x cinebench single threaded, ~30 minute 1080p x265 encode)

Went into bios.

Set RAM to 2400 MHz. Set multiplier to arbitrarily to 3.8 GHz, and CPU core to 1.3V.

Booted, tested, passed. Encoding performance ~10% improved over stock.

Reset CPU speed and voltage to stock. RAM to 2400 MHz.

Booted, tested, passed.

Increased multiplier to 33.

Booted, tested, passed. Minimal performance improvements observed with encoding.

Increased multiplier to 34.

Booted, tested, passed. Minimal performance improvements observed with encoding.

Increased multiplier to 35.

Booted, tested, passed. Minimal performance improvements observed with encoding.

Increased multiplier to 36.

Booted, tested, passed. Minimal performance improvements observed with encoding.

Increased multiplier to 37.

Crashed.

Increased CPU core voltage to 1.36V (arbitrary number I chose as limit I would prefer not go above)

Booted, tested, passed. Encoding performance within margin of error from 3.6GHz.

Increased multiplier to 38.

Booted, tested, passed. Encoding performance within margin of error from 3.6GHz.

Increased multiplier to 39.

Crashed.

Decreased multiplier back to 38.5.

Crashed.

Decreased multiplier back to 38.

Decreased CPU core voltage by 0.025V until unstable.

Set CPU core voltage to 1.275.

Purchased more expensive RAM to test infinity fabric OC.

Reset CMOS.

Tested CPU stock with RAM at 2133MHz, all tests passed.

Restarted PC. System killed the RAM.

RMA'd RAM, returned to using the previous 2400 MHz kit.

Reset CMOS, set multiplier to 38, CPU core to 1.275, and RAM to 2400MHz.

Stopped caring.

 

I could probably push my chip a little further if I pushed it up to 1.44V and played with some additional settings, but I honestly don't see the point for my needs as I was no longer seeing any performance benefit with my workload.

[193491_1454181239]

20 hours ago, M.A.P said:

Nobody can give you exact settings for OC but can estimate. Ryzen's OC is really tricky so some are able to push it to good speeds(rare) whereas others cannot. Maybe try 3.97 or 3.9 GHz at 1.38 or 1.4 volts.

Thanks for the heads up!
What I was realllllly struggling to get my head around was 'just about where do I tweak this and that according to Linus's guide!'
Simply put, the different interface and tweaking variables varying from Asus Bios and my Biostar Bios was it ! :0

[193491_1454181239]

19 hours ago, DrMikeNZ said:

Everyone's experience will be different, it takes trial and error and getting used to the chip that you have. What works for someone else may not work for you.

This is how I overclocked my R7 1700, with my Gigabyte X370 Gaming 5:

 

Tested at stock (3.2Ghz on all cores), for baseline performance. (3x cinebench multithreaded, 1x cinebench single threaded, ~30 minute 1080p x265 encode)

Went into bios.

Set RAM to 2400 MHz. Set multiplier to arbitrarily to 3.8 GHz, and CPU core to 1.3V.

Booted, tested, passed. Encoding performance ~10% improved over stock.

Reset CPU speed and voltage to stock. RAM to 2400 MHz.

Booted, tested, passed.

Increased multiplier to 33.

Booted, tested, passed. Minimal performance improvements observed with encoding.

Increased multiplier to 34.

Booted, tested, passed. Minimal performance improvements observed with encoding.

Increased multiplier to 35.

Booted, tested, passed. Minimal performance improvements observed with encoding.

Increased multiplier to 36.

Booted, tested, passed. Minimal performance improvements observed with encoding.

Increased multiplier to 37.

Crashed.

Increased CPU core voltage to 1.36V (arbitrary number I chose as limit I would prefer not go above)

Booted, tested, passed. Encoding performance within margin of error from 3.6GHz.

Increased multiplier to 38.

Booted, tested, passed. Encoding performance within margin of error from 3.6GHz.

Increased multiplier to 39.

Crashed.

Decreased multiplier back to 38.5.

Crashed.

Decreased multiplier back to 38.

Decreased CPU core voltage by 0.025V until unstable.

Set CPU core voltage to 1.275.

Purchased more expensive RAM to test infinity fabric OC.

Reset CMOS.

Tested CPU stock with RAM at 2133MHz, all tests passed.

Restarted PC. System killed the RAM.

RMA'd RAM, returned to using the previous 2400 MHz kit.

Reset CMOS, set multiplier to 38, CPU core to 1.275, and RAM to 2400MHz.

Stopped caring.

 

I could probably push my chip a little further if I pushed it up to 1.44V and played with some additional settings, but I honestly don't see the point for my needs as I was no longer seeing any performance benefit with my workload.

Thanks! this gives me pretty good insight about what to expect from my trials
I still need to learn what option in my Biostar CMOS is comparing to Asus CMOS that was in the guide tho:0