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AMD Zen 2 (Ryzen 3000) - *** NO COMPETITOR HINTING ***

@krooton
Patriot Viper 4400 kits can also be tuned to run at 3600 cL14 with fast timings.
I would expect most high frequency Samsung B die may be capable of similar.
Happy I bought the 4400 kits now with the rumours of 2000 fclks.
 
At the moment with ram, people looking to buy right now are in limbo. You either buy ram which is a good fit for the 3000 series or you don't buy at all and see how the 4000 series functions when they do land.

Planning to buy a set of ram and then thinking your gonna overclock it when the 4000 series drops, is probably gonna be fine. But we just don't know what speeds are gonna be achievable so how can you buy based on information we don't have.

This is what I'm thinking. Invest more now into a 4000Mhz set so it will be good for 4000 series or go for a semi budget 3200mhz set and save some money.
 
The more research I do the more I think the AMD 3600 is the CPU to get, combined with an X570 Tomahawk. Better to spend 100 less on the CPU, 100 more on the fully featured motherboard, do a bit of overclocking and have a strong platform that I can pop a beastly Zen3 into at some point in 2021. :)
 

Anyone felt the need to use one of these brackets which supposedly positions the waterblock better to where the chiplets are inside the ihs?

I must admit, i didn't feel the "need" but for £25 i thought i'd give it a try. The https://www.overclockers.co.uk/der8auer-ryzen-3000-oc-custom-mounting-frame-hs-00a-dr.html was my choice.
After a couple of attempts to get it right, the instructions by the way are rubbish and tell you next to nothing. It does actually work :):). I'm seeing a constant 6c to 7c lower temps when running anything that involves all cores maxed out. Idle temps seem to stays about the same though.
 

Anyone felt the need to use one of these brackets which supposedly positions the waterblock better to where the chiplets are inside the ihs?

It DOES work. I've seen posts over on reddit after people tried it - it will drops your ryzen 3000 CPU tempreture by 5c+ at load.
Is it worth it? I don't think so, 25 pound/euro is A LOT for just 5c off.
 
People spend a lot more than that changing cpu coolers in the hope of temp reductions.

1) If you are changing from a stock cooler to an aftermarket cooler this generally makes a significant difference in temps.
2) Even if it didn't (which it does), referring something else you think is pointless doesn't make the thing you want to do any less pointless.

By all means chase those marginally lower GPU temps, it's your right and your money, but lets not pretend is has any particularly worthwhile actual benefit.
 
@krooton
Patriot Viper 4400 kits can also be tuned to run at 3600 cL14 with fast timings.
I would expect most high frequency Samsung B die may be capable of similar.
Happy I bought the 4400 kits now with the rumours of 2000 fclks.
You upgrading to Zen 3 Shac? I guess it’s the only way you will beat my score in the cinebench thread without upping the volts? :p;):D
 
What cooler / case are you using?

Corsair H100i RGB Platinum, with the fans set to quiet, and the pump balanced, case is the Phanteks Evolv X.

EDIT: Found a pic :-

New-Ryzen-Rig.jpg
 
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