*** Official Ryzen Owners Thread ***

[opethdisciple]

Don't know if it's the same in all board BIOS but don't use the DOCP simply set the speed. DOCP changes more than just ram on Asus anyway, you might have more luck without it.

I tried, but got confused by the settings. I think I posted my Thaiphon burner and bios settings somewhere in this thread.

Here is my original post:

Heres a question for you. My Corsair LPX ram will work at 3066Mhz but wont boot at 3200Mhz even with settings added manually, volts at 1.4v and ProcODT at 60ohms.

The first image is a screenshot of Thaiphon Burner

https://ibb.co/fGHhhQ


The second is the settings that the DOCP profile sets

https://ibb.co/mGXR95

Two things.

The DOCP settings are actually different to what Thaiphon burner shows and secondly, the settings Taiphon burner shows is only 5, where as you can see the 54 is actually the sixth one down.

So wasn't sure what to do.

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In the end I think I'm happy with 3066Mhz... for now.

The tl:dr is that Thaiphon Burner shows 16, 18, 18, 36, 54. But when I set DOCP I get 16, 18, 18, 18, 36, 54

 

[chanjy]

I had the Asus Prime B350M-A and it has an RGB header and worked well, but couldn't recommend it as it doesn't have Vcore adjustment, only offset.

 

[Ste]

Half the boards that have vcore adjustment don’t work and force you to use offset anyway

 

[masto]

Unfortunately that's full ATX

Yeah, when looking at some photos of it, I realised it didn't have a RGB header. When checking the product page it doesn't actually reference any RGB related stuff either.

It has some red LEDs on the underside that can be turned on or off in the BIOS. Not sure if they're controllable from the GB software - I've not bothered checking as I've just left them on for their subtle glow.

 

[spoffle]

Fatal1ty AB350 Gaming-ITX/ac - ITX?

MATX

It has some red LEDs on the underside that can be turned on or off in the BIOS. Not sure if they're controllable from the GB software - I've not bothered checking as I've just left them on for their subtle glow.

It's the lack of an RGB LED header that's the real issue with that, as it means I can't control the light strips that I've made up.

 

[warren_1979]

I was actually looking to get the gigabyte one, I thought it did have an RGB LED header, but it actually doesn't.



Which one?

Does anyone have any more suggestions?

I got the AB350M because it only has 2 RAM slots, because 4 slots would block my DVD drive in my MATX case. The ASRock 'Pro' version has more RAM slots. Also, it was the only 2 RAM slot MATX that had a heatsink on the vcore. Actually MSI had a heatsink on the vcore but I was hearing it had issues with some boards needing a BIOS update for Ryzen 5 which would had been an absolute pain mid build to find the BIOS is too old to boot.

The AB350M also has an RGB header.

 

[spoffle]

I got the AB350M because it only has 2 RAM slots, because 4 slots would block my DVD drive in my MATX case. The ASRock 'Pro' version has more RAM slots. Also, it was the only 2 RAM slot MATX that had a heatsink on the vcore. Actually MSI had a heatsink on the vcore but I was hearing it had issues with some boards needing a BIOS update for Ryzen 5 which would had been an absolute pain mid build to find the BIOS is too old to boot.

The AB350M also has an RGB header.

Thanks, I'm strongly consider the AB350M Pro4. It does seem to have what I need.

 

[eddiew]

Just noticed that Asrock has 2x m.2 slots... Now i have slot envy :/

 

[Ste]

Story of my life

 

[spoffle]

Just noticed that Asrock has 2x m.2 slots... Now i have slot envy :/

Don't be eyeing up my slots.

 

[eddiew]

Don't be eyeing up my slots.

But I've never had a choice of which one to put my solid state into before...

 

[oweneades]

Just noticed that Asrock has 2x m.2 slots... Now i have slot envy :/

If it's like my Tachi the second (lower in my case) M2 slot is using the slower Gen 2 interface directly from the Chipset (as opposed to the dedicated 4x Gen 3 from the CPU the top slot enjoys).

Still quick but not as bad if its missing

 

[spoffle]

But I've never had a choice of which one to put my solid state into before...

If it's like my Tachi the second (lower in my case) M2 slot is using the slower Gen 2 interface directly from the Chipset (as opposed to the dedicated 4x Gen 3 from the CPU the top slot enjoys).

Still quick but not as bad if its missing

It's just SATA 3 speeds for the second slot as far as I know.

 

[Journey]

It's just SATA 3 speeds for the second slot as far as I know.

1 x Ultra M.2 Socket (M2_1), supports type 2242/2260/2280 M.2 SATA3 6.0 Gb/s module and M.2 PCI Express module up to Gen3 x4 (32 Gb/s)*
1 x M.2 Socket (M2_2), supports type 2230/2242/2260/2280 M.2 PCI Express module up to Gen2 x4 (20 Gb/s)*

 

[spoffle]

1 x Ultra M.2 Socket (M2_1), supports type 2242/2260/2280 M.2 SATA3 6.0 Gb/s module and M.2 PCI Express module up to Gen3 x4 (32 Gb/s)*
1 x M.2 Socket (M2_2), supports type 2230/2242/2260/2280 M.2 PCI Express module up to Gen2 x4 (20 Gb/s)*

It's the B350 board we were talking about.

 

[Ste]

There’s now a custom BIOS available based on gigabyte F8 BIOS for the gaming 5 that enables p state overclocking and other things. It’s over on win raid.

Shame as it seems that gigabyte have literally just disabled it without reason. The guy that modded the BIOS didn’t have to change anything to get it working.

Not up for it myself but might be of use to others.

 

[pete910]

There’s now a custom BIOS available based on gigabyte F8 BIOS for the gaming 5 that enables p state overclocking and other things. It’s over on win raid.

Shame as it seems that gigabyte have literally just disabled it without reason. The guy that modded the BIOS didn’t have to change anything to get it working.

Not up for it myself but might be of use to others.

He must have changed something otherwise it would have worked by default

 

[Ste]

Yeah a 0 to a 1

 

[eddiew]

Yeah a 0 to a 1

That's a really bad sales strategy if true...

I have zero appetite to buy another GB board because of the limited/poor bios features on my current one, despite it being their most expensive mATX option. If the lack of good voltage control and p-states drives me to replace it with a higher tier (maybe x370), it certainly won't be GB. Need to sort their poop out, imho.

 

[Ste]

Agree.

The gaming 5 BIOS updates have been awful and the VRM cooling is a joke. If it was a 80 quid b350 board then fine but not expecting it at this level.