The ASRock gaming pro looks good along with the Taichi.
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*** Official Ryzen Owners Thread ***
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The ASRock gaming pro looks good along with the Taichi.
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Be sure to check your mobo's manual, but usually A2 and B2 are the recommended slots for 2 DIMMs:
Thanks, I think the memory is the problem even though it's in the right slots, If I boot with it at it's 3200 mhz xmp setting it crashes quickly but if I do it at 2133 or 1888 mhz it can take half an hour or so to crash. The actual screen freezes so nothing moves including the pointer, I downloaded and installed the motherboards latest bio's which is a couple of months old now so if it was a bad bio's presumably it would have been updated more recently. I think I'll have to return the memory and try some Ryzen specific memory and hope that then works.
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Your better off not using xmp if your ram is not bdie. Try 2600 on auto timings and see how that goes.
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I tried them all down to 1866, All the speed effects is how quickly the PC freezes so I'm going to return this ram and get some that's marked for Ryzen specifically. Hopefully that'll fix it, if not I'll get a different motherboard.
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It should be able to run any ddr4 at 2133 as that's the jedec standard. If not there's a faulty component or something isn't fitted correctly.
@nashathedog sorry if I missed it, but are they Kingston HyperX kits by any chance?
If you get freezing it might just be faulty kits, so just return them.
Seems like the cheapest Ryzen specific memory is the Team 8pack Dark Pro.
If you get freezing it might just be faulty kits, so just return them.
Seems like the cheapest Ryzen specific memory is the Team 8pack Dark Pro.
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Yup the 8pack kit is Samsung b-die, so looks like the best cheap 3200MHz kit to go with.
Is it normal for Ryzen to go over the XFR rated speed at stock? My 1600X is rated 4.1GHz max on two cores but now that I got my R1 fitted in, according to HWiNFO it seems to be going up to 4.17GHz. Didn't use to XFR that high with the Spire cooler.
Is it normal for Ryzen to go over the XFR rated speed at stock? My 1600X is rated 4.1GHz max on two cores but now that I got my R1 fitted in, according to HWiNFO it seems to be going up to 4.17GHz. Didn't use to XFR that high with the Spire cooler.
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GEIL EVO X has a Ryzen model in B-Die. However, it is not specced as well as the 8 pack stuff.
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Generally its best to manually overclock as then you get the speed you want but can keep the temps / voltage down more. That being said you seem to be doing well as long as your machine is not melting
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Hi, I've got the Team 8pack dark pro myself unfortunately.
Maybe it's the motherboard but the only way I see any change to what's happening is when I change the speed of the ram, I may send both the motherboard and ram in. Problem there is I've tied a new copy of Win 10 pro to that motherboard.
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(Duplcate post)
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Just noticed that the Tomahawk has a BIOS update to v1.8. Includes AGESA version 1.0.0.6b (up from 1.0.0.6, so I assume there was a minor fix)
Description
- Improved memory compatibility.
- Update AGESA Code 1.0.0.6b
https://community.amd.com/thread/219884
https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=AGESA-1.0.0.6b-Update
Description
- Improved memory compatibility.
- Update AGESA Code 1.0.0.6b
https://community.amd.com/thread/219884
https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=AGESA-1.0.0.6b-Update
AGESA is a pretty big deal TBH.
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Made no difference to me on the crosshair but as usual YMMV
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Hopefully that's all it is, I'll put in a return tomorrow, Cheer's for the Win 10 info, It is tied to my account now so hopefully it won't be an issue.
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Generally its best to manually overclock as then you get the speed you want but can keep the temps / voltage down more. That being said you seem to be doing well as long as your machine is not melting
Only peaks at 60c when the entire system is stressed so seems fine. I was planning on overclocking but so far haven't felt the need to, although I did have a quick fiddle with 3.8GHz over the weekend.
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I just want manual volts to work lol. Is that too much to ask?? Lol
That's a point - does Cool N Quiet (lol! - or whatever its called on AMD these days) - work ok when overclocked?
I've always preferred low voltage with LLC to control peaks.