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*** Official Ryzen Owners Thread ***

eddiew said:
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.
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Thanks god i have stayed with Asus, i almost purchased Gaming 5.
 
Ste said:
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.
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I'd have disagreed with you about that until very recently. Especially with their f7 bios which was in certain circumstances causing the cpu to have 1.7v pumped though it!!

1 gaming 5 board already rma'd. Ram currently undergoing rma and having serious doubts about the overall stability of the system with the current board. Shame as I've always been a big fan of gigabyte boards.
 
Built a Ryzen 1600/GTX1070 system a couple of days ago, a tad annoyed I can't seem to get close to DDR3200 on the MSI Gaming Plus B350 I have, despite buying RAM from their QVL.

Seems by all accounts Ryzen memory compatibility is a bit of a minefield at the moment so I guess i'll have to await a MOBO BIOS update and hope for the best.
 
Plec said:
What brand/model memory was it?

If it was geIL check that the XMP (if used) set the voltage to 1.35V add not 1.2V.
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Corsair - CMK16GX4M2B3200C16R.

With or without XMP no joy at 3200, I can get it running at 2800 rock solid but anything above that I see some inconsistencies over whether the system will boot from cold.
 
McBain said:
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On my mobile - but a bit concerning they wont even hit 2933MHz (usually a given with normal memory with latest BIOS - guessing you're up to date).

I would normally suggest other settings but 2933MHz should be a given with QVL approved 3200 sticks.
 
Plec said:
On my mobile - but a bit concerning they wont even hit 2933MHz (usually a given with normal memory with latest BIOS - guessing you're up to date).

I would normally suggest other settings but 2933MHz should be a given with QVL approved 3200 sticks.
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I am indeed up to date with the latest BIOS for the motherboard.

I have had the RAM running at 3066 but as above, once the PC is booted from cold the system fails to post and sets the RAM back to 2133. 2800 seems the most reliable for me thus far.
 
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McBain said:
Corsair - CMK16GX4M2B3200C16R.

With or without XMP no joy at 3200, I can get it running at 2800 rock solid but anything above that I see some inconsistencies over whether the system will boot from cold.
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Corsair ram is generally Hynix and at most hits 2933 for 3200 ram on Ryzen.

Quality Samsung b die ram like I have on a decent motherboard hits 3200 or higher. I initially had corsair lpx 3200 it was completely stable at 2933 c16, then swapped to 8 pack 3200 ram which is stable at 3466 c15 on the same motherboard.
 
DarkHorizon472 said:
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Corsair ram is generally Hynix and at most hits 2933 for 3200 ram on Ryzen.

Quality Samsung b die ram like I have on a decent motherboard hits 3200 or higher. I initially had corsair lpx 3200 it was completely stable at 2933 c16, then swapped to 8 pack 3200 ram which is stable at 3466 c15 on the same motherboard.
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There is still chance for them to run at 3200, i have Hynix one and they are running stable 3200. My voltage is set up to 1,4v, command rate 1T, 16-18-18-36-54
 
I would consider a few passes of memtest before playing with alternate setting?

As your problems don't sit right fot QVL memory and the moderate speeds you're failing to hit. (Haven't checked but are you sure they're qvl/AM4 approved?)

As mentioned on mobile sitting in waiting rooms so can't check on sticks but if they're the above as DarkHorizon mentioned they have all been Hynix for my builds but have all hit 2933 without fail - only one set hit 3200. But hadn't bought them thinking they were QVL so were bought with speculate to accumulate in the future with BIOS updates.
 
Plec said:
As above if they're standard Corsair Vengeance LPX i'm afraid.

The geIL sets are cheaper alternative to the 8 pack if you're considering swapping - but 8 Pack's set can clock higher - not guaranteed (unsure about the geIL):

My basket at Overclockers UK:


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The GeIL's you linked to are not Samsung B-die modules. A giveaway to that is the timings. Nearly all Hynix 3200 modules have 16-16-16 timings, if they were Samsung B-die they would have 14-14-14 timmings. 8pack's ram when sold as 3200 isn't actually overclocked at 14-14-14, B-die runs at that speed anyway.
 
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kitfit1 said:
The GeIL's you linked to are not Samsung B-die modules. A giveaway to that is the timings. Nearly all Hynix modules have 16-16-16 timings, if they were Samsung B-die they would have 14-14-14 timmings. 8pack's ram when sold as 3200 isn't actually overclocked at 14-14-14, B-die runs at that speed anyway.
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kitfit1 said:
The GeIL's you linked to are not Samsung B-die modules. A giveaway to that is the timings. Nearly all Hynix modules have 16-16-16 timings, if they were Samsung B-die they would have 14-14-14 timmings. 8pack's ram when sold as 3200 isn't actually overclocked at 14-14-14, B-die runs at that speed anyway.
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I linked them as purely AM4 approved sticks (not b-die) and they've hit 3200 on builds i've helped with - to date at least (although one member is having issues - some sets default to 1.2V at XMP...).

I meant 8 pack was getting higher than 3200MHz with his testing of the memory - not that it was clocked memory (hope that clears things up - i was typing on a mobile in one of many waiting rooms at the time, praying that my wife will decide on a dress and apparently my opinion is 'valid' - s*dding wedding invite :/)
 
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Plec said:
It's hard to keep track with Ryzen/memory/motherboards - one minute a motherboard is great next minute it's peeing in the wind due to a BIOS update :)
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I know, i feel your grief as well. My setup is a 1700, a ch6 and 4 sticks of Hynix 3200. It has been running fine at 3.8ghz and 3200 16-16-16 on bios 1401 since the bios was released. I flashed to 1501 this morning.........................what a disaster and complete mess the bios is. Q-Fan is all over the shop and simply causes constant looping on boot up. The bios itself is fine and stable as far as clock and ram is concerened............................but what the hell do Asus think they are doing to help us by messing up Q-fan ? :mad:

I just hope they don't make stupid mistakes like this when Ryzen2 is released next year.
 
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