Need help overclocking Ryzen 1700x

[Stevennolan28]

Hey guys I just recently built my first ever pc and after much research, I choose the ryzen 1700x. I have gigabyte aurous 370 k5, Gskill flare x 16gb that also needs to be overclocked and a asus gtx 1080 oc. I’m also cooling the cpu with a fractal design aio. And powered by Corsair 750x Any help or specific instruction guide would be amazing, Ive watch different guys showing they have hit 3.9ghz and 4.0 on my specific motherboard they just never show how. Any screenshots of settings would help a ton, im a serious beginner. Thanks everyone! I really hope i didnt mess up buying this MOBO.

[Coaxialgamer]

Specific settings will vary depending on your cpu .

start by installing the latest bios.

 

I recommend setting voltage to 1.4V ( go for +150mv if your board uses offsets ) , then try 3.8ghz . If that passes a 5 min stress test , increase multiplier to 39x, then 40 . 

If 4ghz doesn't succeed , and you'r eok with power and heat , you could try to go for 1.45v ( absolute max ) . then try lowering voltage until you aren't stable anymore.

when you reach that , run a stress test for 12h or more.

[Brooksie359]

I think buildzoid said that AMD said not to go over 1.425v. I wouldn't go over 1.42v personally 

[Emberstone]

6 minutes ago, Brooksie359 said:

I think buildzoid said that AMD said not to go over 1.425v. I wouldn't go over 1.42v personally 

Yeah, there's probably a reason behind why the absolute max I hear is 1.45v, but the recommended max is 1.425v for Ryzen. Probably a matter of "not all silicon is made equal" and it's just to be safe on that front.

[Stevennolan28]

So others were saying that mobo vrm would be a issue?

[Guest]

Never expect 4.0 or 3.9 i can only get my chip to 3.8ghz newer chips are needing less voltage to hit 3.8ghz as CHEW has said but less chips are actually hitting 4.0 due to the best chips being used for threadripper. 

 

 

[Skanky Sylveon]

4 minutes ago, Stevennolan28 said:

So others were saying that mobo vrm would be a issue?

Possibly, high quality VRM is important when overclocking.  It's also true that you may have simply lost the "silicon lottery"

[Guest]

Basically start off at 1.35V 4.0ghz see if it boots if not continue to go down 100mhz until it boots into windows then run a stability test. Even running cinebench r15 3-5 times is a good idea instead of starting something with a higher load like prime 95 blend however i would still run blend for 4 hours to test for stability testing. 

 

 

Keep voltage between 1.35-1.4V when overclocking don't go higher then 1.425V for longevity 

 

Edit and yes the VRM on that board sucks and gets super hot above 100C you do not want to run your VRM at 100C for hours and hours so make sure your system temps or vrm temps stay around 100C or lower. Try putting a fan over the VRM that is what i had to do on my crappy Tomahawk 

 

 

I'm one of the few who actually says this MSI>Gigabyte i mean come on those temps are just BS they are like 20C higher then even cheaper MSI boards. I mean newegg has that board for 160$! That's only 40$ cheaper then the supeior taichi and Asus and Asrock have other boards for that same price that offer better VRM. Gigabyte isn't even trying.

 

I personally would leave the 1700X at stock and just focus on getting 3200mhz on memory with low timings that way you don't have to worry about vrm temps and you will gain a decent difference from memory 

[just_dave]

7 minutes ago, Stevennolan28 said:

So others were saying that mobo vrm would be a issue?

The VRM your mobo has is worst even on B350.

How much did you pay for it?

[Salacious B Crum]

Update to the latest bios ensure it is set to optimized defaults then start upping the frequency in increments i.e. 3.5.3.6 3.7 until unstable then bump the voltage incrementally until stable again then bump your frequency again and so on until you either hit your thermal wall or the voltage is stupid high. Remember this takes hours to do properly stressing the cpu to ensure stability before moving on to the next set of inputs after you find the sweet spot start overclocking your ram but after 3200 I found little gain and instability but if you can get your ram running 3200 if that's the kit you have you should be golden I'm at 3.95 @1.35v with an 1800x I could run 4.0 or higher but the thermals and voltage are higher than I like to go and the performance I'm at now is just fine with me. Just have fun with it and don't freak if you can't get to where others are it just might be the lottery holding you back or your mobo

[Stevennolan28]

19 hours ago, dave_k said:

The VRM your mobo has is worst even on B350.

How much did you pay for it?

Like 150$ I think