New build for 1440p gaming

[johnnypiper]

As far as using one of my AIO's for a GPU cooler, since I'm not into gaming much, I really don't need much of a GPU. MY Rx280 at stock is way more than I need already.

I was just thinking aloud about that one lol

 

[johnnypiper]

Seems to be stable at 4.2GHz. Had to bump the voltage up to 1.21v. Had a crash while running a slow of benchmarks. After bumping the voltage, ran OCCT for an hour with no errors. Temps are still great. Hit 60°C max. Wondering if I should go for 4.3GHz

 

[trents]

I assume you are using "override" mode in bios to set the voltage manually?

Make sure you are looking at Core Voltage in HWInfo64 and not core VID when checking the voltage in that tool.

 

[johnnypiper]

I assume you are using "override" mode in bios to set the voltage manually?

Make sure you are looking at Core Voltage in HWInfo64 and not core VID when checking the voltage in that tool.

Yeah, I'm setting the voltage manually under the voltages in BIOS where you can change the vcore, RAM and SOC voltages. Just using the Tweaker section. I'm going by the CPU Core Voltage listed in HWInfo64 as well. Lists it as 1.206v according to that. Haven't had to up the SOC at all either.

 

[trents]

Just fussing with a little overclocking on my 3700X. Can't get completely stable at 4.3 ghz all cores on reasonable voltage. I can get 4.25 ghz stable on 2.8 volts. That gives me about a 5% improvement in CB R20 but may have a negative impact on performance with apps not able to use a lot of cores since there's no turbo. So I probably will revert back to stock for day to day use.

At 4.25ghz and 2.8 1.28 volts I can pass 2 hr. of realbench and complete CB R20.

Johnny, what are you finding?

 

[johnnypiper]

Just fussing with a little overclocking on my 3700X. Can't get completely stable at 4.3 ghz all cores on reasonable voltage. I can get 4.25 ghz stable on 2.8 volts. That gives me about a 5% improvement in CB R20 but may have a negative impact on performance with apps not able to use a lot of cores since there's no turbo. So I probably will revert back to stock for day to day use.

At 4.25ghz and 2.8 volts I can pass 2 hr. of realbench and complete CB R20.

Johnny, what are you finding?

I decided to play it safe for now and rolled it back to 4GHz at 1.2v. Been rock solid while gaming hard the last couple days.

 

[trents]

Whoops! I meant to say 1.28 volts. 2.8 would have fried it!

 

[johnnypiper]

Whoops! I meant to say 1.28 volts. 2.8 would have fried it!

That's what I figured