Finally managed a real OC on my 5800x thanks to buying an EK 360mm AIO.

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So I have managed 5.1ghz boost and 4.75ghz all core and only hitting 82c maximum under intense stress.

Before with the Scythe Fuma 2 I had to have power limits so low it would stop the cores from boosting passed 4850mhz and the all core clock was just 4.32ghz at 86c.

Really well impressed with the AIO on such a hard to cool CPU.
 
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May I ask if you followed a guide to OC your 5800x?

I also have a 5800x bit with a EK 280 AIO and wouldn't mind trying to achieve what you have also

What board are you running?
 
May I ask if you followed a guide to OC your 5800x?

I also have a 5800x bit with a EK 280 AIO and wouldn't mind trying to achieve what you have also

What board are you running?
I looked up what others were getting within reasonable limits and trying to understand AMD's alien overclocking ways since it is still ingrained in my head the old school way of overclocking.
Essentially it will vary by chip but also not all are made equally in terms of being able to be cooled, I had a terrible 5600x which was actually worse than my 5800x for cooling, it ran like an absolute inferno even underclocked.

The board I use is a Gigabyte x570 Aorus Elite, nothing too special but it does the job.

The biggest wall for me is the guessing game with voltage and power limits, I absolutely hate the control that has been taken away from me, sure I could use an all core locked overclock but it won't be boosting to over 5ghz in games when the CPU takes advantage of the lightly threaded situation so whilst all core locked overclocks are better for all out straight line performance, on Ryzen it is the boost clocks that offer better gaming performance, not that the 5800x is too slow to begin with.

I don't have a real set out rule guide for how to OC a 5800x, I would first try to reach the limits of your cooler, allow your chip to throttle and work around the limitations of the cooler and at what point voltage and power limits adversely affect boosting of the CPU.


For more information on the details of Ryzen's PBO overclock mode, go here: https://www.reddit.com/r/Amd/comments/qik4t3/zen_3_pbo_and_curve_optimizer/

I will warn you, if you use curve optimizer it will drop performance even if your overclock is high, it stops the CPU from boosting to it's full potential under certain circumstances where power draw is very high.
 
I'd be a little cautious overclocking with the stacked CPUs. This is the first gen of them, AMD even said not to OC them as temps were a concern with the stacked components. Your CPU so go ahead if you want to, if I get a 3D chip down the line, I'll be waiting for it to be a more refined tech before trying OCing out on them. Just my 2 cents :)

Interesting to see the new tech being able to get decent clocks on it too though :)
 
I'd be a little cautious overclocking with the stacked CPUs. This is the first gen of them, AMD even said not to OC them as temps were a concern with the stacked components. Your CPU so go ahead if you want to, if I get a 3D chip down the line, I'll be waiting for it to be a more refined tech before trying OCing out on them. Just my 2 cents :)

Interesting to see the new tech being able to get decent clocks on it too though :)
We have the 5800x buddy, not the 3D chip
 
In a similar situation here, I experienced a dead motherboard with my existing setup. So I purchased a replacement motherboard (Asus prime x570-P) and a 5800X as I will be selling the 3900XT processor, it's a beast to keep cool without introducing too much noise.

My question is this, I have 2 coolers I can use with the 5800X: a Kraken X63 or a Dark Rock Pro 4. Not looking to overclock the 5800X, but would be nice if it can reach its boost speeds providing whichever cooling allows it. Would prefer to use the Dark Rock as I prefer a quieter PC, less pump noise and no 140mm rad fans. Do you think the dark Rock pro would be up to the job?
 
In a similar situation here, I experienced a dead motherboard with my existing setup. So I purchased a replacement motherboard (Asus prime x570-P) and a 5800X as I will be selling the 3900XT processor, it's a beast to keep cool without introducing too much noise.

My question is this, I have 2 coolers I can use with the 5800X: a Kraken X63 or a Dark Rock Pro 4. Not looking to overclock the 5800X, but would be nice if it can reach its boost speeds providing whichever cooling allows it. Would prefer to use the Dark Rock as I prefer a quieter PC, less pump noise and no 140mm rad fans. Do you think the dark Rock pro would be up to the job?
I have my 5800X running overclocked to 4950 single 4700 multi with a wraith prism and it only peaks at 82c so I don't think cooling is as big an issue as some make out. I'd imagine either of the above coolers would be fine and much quieter than my prism.
 
That seems about right, went for the Dark Rock Pro, the PC is close to silent now. I also undervolted the CPU and set it to 1.25, it still manages to hit the boost speeds. Just playing around with ram overclock now.

I had the DR4P on mine and it was fine, now on my X3D and is fine on that. Even on a quite aggressive curve it's quiet.
 
That seems about right, went for the Dark Rock Pro, the PC is close to silent now. I also undervolted the CPU and set it to 1.25, it still manages to hit the boost speeds. Just playing around with ram overclock now.
dark rock pro 4, yeah? this is my choice when I get my 5800x... I watched many reviews on the noctua nh-d15 chroma.x and ironically the DRP4 with its smaller fans was quieter and cooler per db? and yet £40-50 cheaper?!
so you'd recommend it?
 
Yes, the Dark Rock Pro 4 (the one with dual fans). Installation is not too bad either, I was reading on various forums that installation can be tricky, but I thought it was straightforward, obviously needs to be all planned and installed with the motherboard outside of the case. I am using it inside a Fractal R5 case, I cant hear if the PC is on!, only in games I can hear an increase in fan noise and I think that's coming from the GPU.
 
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