*** AMD "Zen" thread (inc AM4/APU discussion) ***

[Telecaster]

Ok so it does 4025mhz on all cores @ 1.41v when I set it manually with 3200 on the RAM. Will see how it goes.

 

[Telecaster]

Scratch that, not stable, put it back to stock for now as when overclocked it doesn't seem to down clock with any sort of C/P states either. Although at stock I never see a core above 3.7 :S

Interesting thing this here Ryzen, not exactly an overclockers dream...

 

[awaybreaktoday]

Scratch that, not stable, put it back to stock for now as when overclocked it doesn't seem to down clock with any sort of C/P states either. Although at stock I never see a core above 3.7 :S

Interesting thing this here Ryzen, not exactly an overclockers dream...

Why do you want to overclock. 3.7 is awesome

 

[opethdisciple]

Scratch that, not stable, put it back to stock for now as when overclocked it doesn't seem to down clock with any sort of C/P states either. Although at stock I never see a core above 3.7 :S

Interesting thing this here Ryzen, not exactly an overclockers dream...

Ryzen isn't an overclockers dream. But it can be overclocked. Give it another go. Patience and thoroughness is required. You cant short cut with overclocks as it will eventually fall over.

What chip do you have? I don't know if the voltages between the R7 and the R5 have the same voltages. For the R7 I have mine at 1.35v for 3.8Ghz. It cant do anything faster as it's unstable.

This is the method I've used to get a stable overclock:

CPU test

Prime 95: Custom FFT config (Min & Max = 128, with run FFTs in place selected 2-3 hours - test sleep as well) - remember to enable to round of checking and the other one under advanced.

RAM

HCI

Use 90-95% of unused ram

1 instance of HCI per CPU thread

400% up to 16Gb and 200% over 16Gb.

 

[Telecaster]

Why do you want to overclock. 3.7 is awesome

on a 1600x? it should be boosting to 4.1 stock but I'm not seeing it.

Maybe I have to back off the RAM speed to get the CPU stable.

 

[awaybreaktoday]

on a 1600x? it should be boosting to 4.1 stock but I'm not seeing it.

Maybe I have to back off the RAM speed to get the CPU stable.

Nothing wrong with 3.7.. It's an great overclock

 

[Telecaster]

Ok maybe it's an in joke, but 3.7 is stock...

 

[awaybreaktoday]

Ok maybe it's an in joke, but 3.7 is stock...

Base is 3.6, overclockers.co.uk charge £100 per 100Mhz overclock on binned processors..

 

[Telecaster]

Well it was aida64 stable earlier on all cores at 4ghz @ 1.42 ish but will try some gaming later to test it properly.

 

[muon]

on a 1600x? it should be boosting to 4.1 stock but I'm not seeing it.

Maybe I have to back off the RAM speed to get the CPU stable.

3.7 is stock on a 1600X as you mention.

You will see 4.1 only temporarily under single/dual core loads.

As for overclocks I've only seen one person take it above 4.0 on these forums.

 

[4K8KW10]

Spotted: Ryzen 3 1200 CPU with Eight Active CPU Cores Enabled http://www.guru3d.com/news-story/spotted-ryzen-3-1200-cpu-with-eight-active-cpu-cores-enabled.html

Six Core AMD Ryzen 5 1600X Processors With Eight Working Cores Spotted http://www.guru3d.com/news-story/si...cessors-with-eight-working-cores-spotted.html

 

[Orcvader]

Spotted: Ryzen 3 1200 CPU with Eight Active CPU Cores Enabled http://www.guru3d.com/news-story/spotted-ryzen-3-1200-cpu-with-eight-active-cpu-cores-enabled.html

Six Core AMD Ryzen 5 1600X Processors With Eight Working Cores Spotted http://www.guru3d.com/news-story/si...cessors-with-eight-working-cores-spotted.html

I knew about the 6 cores but the Ryzen 3 as well ? Wonder if it's from the same batch as the unlocked 6 cores. Mine seems to be from April even though I bought it around August so I got unlucky .

 

[4K8KW10]

I knew about the 6 cores but the Ryzen 3 as well ? Wonder if it's from the same batch as the unlocked 6 cores. Mine seems to be from April even though I bought it around August so I got unlucky .

Have you tried to unlock yours? Even if you don't unlock it, 12 threads have to be pretty sufficient anyways

 

[Orcvader]

Have you tried to unlock yours? Even if you don't unlock it, 12 threads have to be pretty sufficient anyways

It's a hardlock so no BIOS trick will unlock the extra cores. It was a June batch if I remember correctly where they forgot to lock the extra cores, so those who managed to get a CPU from that batch pretty much got Ryzen 7 CPU for the price of a Ryzen 5.

 

[4K8KW10]

It's a hardlock so no BIOS trick will unlock the extra cores.

When the laser cuts, it's indeed not nice.....

It was a June batch if I remember correctly where they forgot to lock the extra cores, so those who managed to get a CPU from that batch pretty much got Ryzen 7 CPU for the price of a Ryzen 5.

But at least you can try. There is always a probability for a nice surprise out there

 

[4K8KW10]

DDR5 Design Specs Aiming To Offer Up To 2x Performance https://wccftech.com/hbm3-ddr5-memory-early-specification-double-bandwidth/
Also - HBM3 Memory Will Double Transfer Rates To 4 GT/s For At least Twice The Memory Bandwidth

 

[nashathedog]

Ryzen 2 Crazy Specs Leak - 12 Cores & 5.1GHz

To trade in my 3.9ghz 1600x for a 5ghz 12 core with 24 threads, Wouldn't that be nice.

 

[Fire_fly]

Ryzen 2 Crazy Specs Leak - 12 Cores & 5.1GHz

To trade in my 3.9ghz 1600x for a 5ghz 12 core with 24 threads, Wouldn't that be nice.

I think that belongs in the just too good to be true category for something like that to appear next year.

In 2019 however with the move to a 7nm process I can see something with those spec appearing.

 

[DarkHorizon472]

I might be wrong but isn’t Ryzen+ next , then Ryzen 2 after that. Unless it has been brought forward.

 

[nashathedog]

I think that belongs in the just too good to be true category for something like that to appear next year.

In 2019 however with the move to a 7nm process I can see something with those spec appearing.

It does but it's about time we got a break, The original info's from KitGuru so you never know we may see it.

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