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Is it normal for Ryzen to hit 74c

Jimbo said:
Ive got it on secure. I had to put pressure on back of plate to push up then secure on block. This had me stumped. But i got there in the end. Im bit worried to over tightening the thumb screws securing block i dont want to crush my cpu heatspreder.
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I get the screws finger tight, then use a screw driver to give a very small extra tweek. They don't need anymore than that.
 
Indeed my friend im now sitting in windows looking at 30c ive never seen it that low before. I'll do some full testing tomorrow. It looks great too, im very happy. :D
 
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FredFlint said:
I get the screws finger tight, then use a screw driver to give a very small extra tweek. They don't need anymore than that.
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Thats what i did and im amazed its so good. I used my Arctic silver 3 not the supplied stuff by the way. So glad i sussed it, with a little help from the forum. :)
 
If you want to customise your RGB, go here and download / Install MSI Mystic Light. https://www.msi.com/Motherboard/support/B450-TOMAHAWK-MAX#down-driver&Win10 64

In the image below find the two cables, connect the RGB Fan and Pump cable into the two Female connectors, connect that cable to the RGB Header cable, on the Motherboard find the RGB header and connect the RGB connector.

Open your installed Mystic Light and you should be able to change the RGB mode and colour.

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Ah thanks humbug thats very cool. I think mystic light came on my cd with the red devil. Ill have a go. :D
 
Ran a few tests and I ran Forza Horizon 4 Benchmark on ultra @ 1440p and my cpu never went above 52c. Thats with the case sides off so i'll see what its like with them on but thats impressive as it was hitting over 75c before. :)
 
Jimbo said:
Ran a few tests and I ran Forza Horizon 4 Benchmark on ultra @ 1440p and my cpu never went above 52c. Thats with the case sides off so i'll see what its like with them on but thats impressive as it was hitting over 75c before. :)
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Nice, good temps :)
 
Jimbo said:
Ran a few tests and I ran Forza Horizon 4 Benchmark on ultra @ 1440p and my cpu never went above 52c. Thats with the case sides off so i'll see what its like with them on but thats impressive as it was hitting over 75c before. :)
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Run CineBench R20 multi-core test, that will hit 100% load so you will find the max temp, games don't get as hot.
 
So I ran CineBench R20. Dont know if i ran the multi core test I just hit run and it did the render test. It hit max of 71c which im happy with. 3494 points, means nothing to me but still. :)
 
Jimbo said:
So I ran CineBench R20. Dont know if i ran the multi core test I just hit run and it did the render test. It hit max of 71c which im happy with. 3494 points, means nothing to me but still. :)
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That looks fine, my 3900 hits about 75C and that's with a -0.1v voltage offset and a H100i v2 cooler. It was hitting 85C before the under volt.
 
How are you guys applying the thermal paste on your Ryzen ?

Last time I installed Artic mx4 thermal paste was the old fashioned, paper thin layer over the entire heat plate with my finger but that was a life time ago.
 
R3X said:
How are you guys applying the thermal paste on your Ryzen ?

Last time I installed Artic mx4 thermal paste was the old fashioned, paper thin layer over the entire heat plate with my finger but that was a life time ago.
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That method is just fine.

As is a sensibly-sized single blob in the middle.

Pick your poison.

Whatever approach you use, make sure you video it and stick it on YouTube for the Thermal Paste Loonies to argue over in the comments section. :D
 
nomadd said:
That method is just fine.

As is a sensibly-sized single blob in the middle.

Pick your poison.

Whatever approach you use, make sure you video it and stick it on YouTube for the Thermal Paste Loonies to argue over in the comments section. :D
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Wouldn't it be better to target the chiplets positions instead and apply the paste directly over them? :D
 
R3X said:
How are you guys applying the thermal paste on your Ryzen ?

Last time I installed Artic mx4 thermal paste was the old fashioned, paper thin layer over the entire heat plate with my finger but that was a life time ago.
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Ha ha the last time I did it it was using an expired credit card to scrape a thin layer over the IHS.. now I'm in a world where I have 3 different sets of software giving me 3 different temps and I've no idea if any of them matter.

I was so on top of this back in the Q6600 days :)
 
I used to do the paper thin spread but now i just put a blob in the centre bit smaller than a pea, then i put 4 smaller blobs in each corner.
 
Jimbo said:
I used to do the paper thin spread but now i just put a blob in the centre bit smaller than a pea, then i put 4 smaller blobs in each corner.
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Seems everyone has their own style and method, probably they all work similar with similar results but here is the AMD guide vid for Ryzen cpus :

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IP7HsNWSY4o

Pea sized blob in middle or an X on the top is there go to method.

In regards to Mainboard bioses, I skimmed gigabyte and Asrock and noticed many X570 mainboards have had at least 5-6 bios updates, that tells me there was quite some bugs and improvements that were needed given its only 3-4 months old tech, so updating to the latest is a very important.
 
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