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ASROCK X570 TAICHI - THE RYZEN 3000 MOTHERBOARD GIBBO & 8 PACK RECOMMENDS

nomadd said:
They do - it's called B550. And patience. :)

The more I read these OCUK threads on Bios/mobo/chipset fan/cpu temps/memory (etc., etc.) issues, the more glad I am that I postponed upgrading until at least 2Q 2020.
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It's just whether the B550 boards have decent VRMs etc, as they often cut back on them which can mean you can't reliably overclock a 3700X or more. In saying that, some of the X570 boards aren't even good enough quality for a stock 3900X.
 
Minstadave said:
Don't think it's a firmware issue, it just gets very hot as the metal armour is heated by the GPU air and this heats the chipset. Plus the air intake for the chipset is right where the GPU exhausts. I don't think firmware is likely to fix it.
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This is why it was so cheap. Getting rid of stock before the updated version.
 
Minstadave said:
I'm having serious issues with chipset temps. Changed my 1080 cooling to a Morpheus which has dropped my temps massively on my GPU and silenced my system beautifully.....until my chipset hits 75 degrees and the little fan is whining away. By far the loudest part of my system, agh!
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fizzy said:
Got this board on Friday, and I must admit the SB fan is a whiny little thing. It was on stock bios when I got it and it seemed to be using the cpu temp for fan control as it was ramping up and down with the cpu fan. Updated to 1.70A (?) and it seems more under independent control.

Been monitoring it during a session of Division 2, and fan seem to drop to a minimum of 2,960 when idle - but ramps up to 5,844 max. Max SB temp is 77c. That's quite toasty.

I took the metal cover off to fit an M2 card, and noticed there is a thermal pad on the top of the SB heat sink so that should also be transferring heat to the metal plate too?

Awaiting an aftermarket solution - fine with a long heatpipe and something at bottom of case/front of fans if needs be.

As for M2 slots - I put mine in "M2_2", the middle of the three and in the centre of the cover plate. Do I need to fit M2 cards in order? Also nothing in the manual showing resource allocations so don't know what slots share resources etc.

My old pc was 7 years old, and that board had a heatpipe connecting SB to power heat sinks. Not sure why this kind of setup was used on most X570 boards. How does power draw of a Z77 intel chipset compare to X570?
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Try the following Custom SB_FAN settings:

Temp 1: 50
Fan speed for Temp 1: 20
Temp 2: 60
Fan speed for Temp 2: 20
Temp 3: 70
Fan speed for Temp 3: 20
Temp 4: 80
Fan speed for Temp 4: 80
Critical Temp: 80

Should keep the fan inaudible at all times ( <1400rpm). I have yet to have it ramp up even when gaming
 
If my fan is set 10 I hear it over anything else in my case. Right now at idle it's 66c. Lastnight while playing farcry 5 it went to 78c. It's the constant buzzing sound the fan makes that is unbearable.
 
Temi_D said:
Try the following Custom SB_FAN settings:

Temp 1: 50
Fan speed for Temp 1: 20
Temp 2: 60
Fan speed for Temp 2: 20
Temp 3: 70
Fan speed for Temp 3: 20
Temp 4: 80
Fan speed for Temp 4: 80
Critical Temp: 80

Should keep the fan inaudible at all times ( <1400rpm). I have yet to have it ramp up even when gaming
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I'll give that a go.

Has anyone found a series of settings that allows boost beyond the max on the box? No PBO or auto OC setting makes the blinders bit of difference, nothing will push my boost beyond 4.3ghz on my 3700X.

Might just go the manual overclock route. Pulled out half my RAM today so at least I can push that further.
 
The best single core boost you'll get is just leaving PB2 to do its thing, manual overclocking will get a higher all core (or multi core) frequency but not as good as 1-2 on stock.

Firmware plays a part as well, some people have reported lower boost frequencies on recent updates across different boards.
 
X570 seems a poor buy in retrospect.

It runs hot, the chipset fan is irritating, the overkill VRM is little use as even pushing a manual overclock you cant really stress it unless on the 3950X. PCIE 4 is a non-event currently.
 
Minstadave said:
X570 seems a poor buy in retrospect.

It runs hot, the chipset fan is irritating, the overkill VRM is little use as even pushing a manual overclock you cant really stress it unless on the 3950X. PCIE 4 is a non-event currently.
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I bought for the future. All depends on your upgrade cycle. Short one go 9900K, longer term X570 is a better bet.
 
Troezar said:
I bought for the future. All depends on your upgrade cycle. Short one go 9900K, longer term X570 is a better bet.
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We're only looking at one more CPU revision before moving onto a new socket. I don't think PCI-E 4 is going to be a huge benefit in the mean time, and Asus has PCI-E 4 working on their older boards.

I suspect the smarter money is a B450 board.
 
Minstadave said:
We're only looking at one more CPU revision before moving onto a new socket. I don't think PCI-E 4 is going to be a huge benefit in the mean time, and Asus has PCI-E 4 working on their older boards.

I suspect the smarter money is a B450 board.
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AMD is going to disable PCI-E 4 on older boards via firmware because they're not certified for it (PCI-E 4 needs more PCB layers etc).

The board manufacturers might be a bit lazy in getting decent firmware updates on B450 as well, since they will obviously want to sell B550 ones. Assuming some high end B550 boards come out, I think they're going to end up being more suitable for most people over X570.
 
Minstadave said:
Gave up with PB2 and dialled in a 4.3ghz all core overclock at 1.35V, works like a champ and gone from 4700 to 5000 in Cinebench.

Looks like a better way to push things.
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If your boost is max 4.3GHz on single core but you can get 4.3GHz all core then the boost in firmware is horribly broken, as the difference in power is enormous.
 
Tried moving my radeon 7 to a lower slot, since some air from the card is blown out through the bottom of the card, directly into the fan. Dropped things a couple of degrees but not a lot - still hit 72c when gaming, and fan ramped up. Decided to check seating etc, and seems fastened on tight enough. Closer inspection shows that a thick heat pad has been used rather than paste, so can't try using an alternative paste. Also noted that there is pretty much no fins or anything at all on the heat sink, so not sure what effect the fan actually has. Would be better with a few more fins and such in there. The transfer to the large plate is also through a single pad.

Not sure how other boards do it, but would think a bigger heat sink with proper fins and separate coolers for M2 cards would probably work out better and quieter.

Left bios settings on auto for the most part, and some of the cores on my 3700x max to 4,375 mhz according to HWiNFO, which is near enough the stated 4.4ghz max. Does say max VID is 1.5V though - is that right?

Think I'll be changing the stock cpu cooler though - the fan is ramping up and down quite a bit, changing all the time. Guess some more fan profile tinkering may be required. I've already tried setting it to silent mode.
 
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teppic said:
If your boost is max 4.3GHz on single core but you can get 4.3GHz all core then the boost in firmware is horribly broken, as the difference in power is enormous.
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Exactly what I was saying, no matter my settings I cant boost above 4.3ghz.

All 8 cores will individually boost to 4.3ghz when I watch the peak speeds in Ryzen Master but never above so I just dialled up 4.3 all core with no probs.

Tonight I'll try 4.4.
 
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