Ryzen 1700 vs Ryzen 1600

muon · 22 Jul 2017 at 18:32

rip-the-jacker said:
**** I just ordered the K3 about 30 mins ago!

Phone them up and change the order Monday morning. Although I would personally go for the Strix it's probably not a big deal X370 does have it's advantages.

Zeebedy · 22 Jul 2017 at 18:39

Hey guys,

I am returning the motherboard I currently have to a competitor, and to get credit against that I ordered the replacement from them too, its preparing for dispatch and I cant cancel now. Delivery is for tomorrow

Should I just return when I receive it, or give this motherboard a chance? I can always return when used within the 30 day period if I wish.

muon · 22 Jul 2017 at 18:43

rip-the-jacker said:
Hey guys,

I am returning the motherboard I currently have to a competitor, and to get credit against that I ordered the replacement from them too, its preparing for dispatch and I cant cancel now. Delivery is for tomorrow

Should I just return when I receive it, or give this motherboard a chance? I can always return when used within the 30 day period if I wish.

It's fine. I wouldn't worry too much about it.

Panos · 22 Jul 2017 at 20:05

rip-the-jacker said:
Hey guys,

I am returning the motherboard I currently have to a competitor, and to get credit against that I ordered the replacement from them too, its preparing for dispatch and I cant cancel now. Delivery is for tomorrow

Should I just return when I receive it, or give this motherboard a chance? I can always return when used within the 30 day period if I wish.

I would find it honourable not to open the box and return it sealed, if you plan to get the Strix

muon · 22 Jul 2017 at 20:10

Just keep it. Too much hassle for another swap without much benefit.

gavinh87 · 22 Jul 2017 at 20:28

muon said:
Just keep it. Too much hassle for another swap without much benefit.

This.
Not worth the wait. Unless you don't have the cpu yet. In that case, send it back.

Zeebedy · 22 Jul 2017 at 20:35

Hey guys,

I do have the whole system, just waiting on the replacement MOBO, I think I will give it a shot with this motherboard..if im struggling or cannot get on with it I will then return the item and go for the Strix. But otherwise will do the decent thing and keep it (assuming all is well of course).

gavinh87 · 22 Jul 2017 at 20:37

rip-the-jacker said:
Hey guys,

I do have the whole system, just waiting on the replacement MOBO, I think I will give it a shot with this motherboard..if im struggling or cannot get on with it I will then return the item and go for the Strix. But otherwise will do the decent thing and keep it (assuming all is well of course).

You'll be fine. If you ordered an MSI I'd be saying swap it asap.

Zeebedy · 25 Jul 2017 at 14:26

Hey guys,

installed new motherboard yestrerday, working fine so far..I checked my max peak VCORE in HWM and it is peaking at 1.416v :eek:

on stock CPU configuration..

gavinh87 · 25 Jul 2017 at 14:35

rip-the-jacker said:
Hey guys,

installed new motherboard yestrerday, working fine so far..I checked my max peak VCORE in HWM and it is peaking at 1.416v on stock CPU configuration..

Yeah, the stock voltages are way too high on every board. Get that into manual

Zeebedy · 25 Jul 2017 at 14:36

gavinh87 said:
Yeah, the stock voltages are way too high on every board. Get that into manual

Hi @gavinh87 thanks for the speedy reply dude..for this motherboard what would you say I should set it to in the the BIOS? 1.365v?

gavinh87 · 25 Jul 2017 at 14:39

rip-the-jacker said:
Hi @gavinh87 thanks for the speedy reply dude..for this motherboard what would you say I should set it to in the the BIOS? 1.365v?

I have a dog of a CPU, I've got mine at 3.8ghz with 1.35v. You may be able to get a higher frequency with that voltage or even a lower voltage at the same speed. You just need to play with it.

Zeebedy · 25 Jul 2017 at 14:43

gavinh87 said:
I have a dog of a CPU, I've got mine at 3.8ghz with 1.35v. You may be able to get a higher frequency with that voltage or even a lower voltage at the same speed. You just need to play with it.

Will reducing the CPU VCORE help a lot with temps on the CPU? (not that they are bad atm, I was peaking 64c in a sesh of BF1 last night).

gavinh87 · 25 Jul 2017 at 14:48

rip-the-jacker said:
Will reducing the CPU VCORE help a lot with temps on the CPU? (not that they are bad atm, I was peaking 64c in a sesh of BF1 last night).

Certainly will. Are you on the stock cooler?

Zeebedy · 25 Jul 2017 at 16:08

gavinh87 said:
Certainly will. Are you on the stock cooler?

Yes mate, I love the stock cooler tbh

gavinh87 · 25 Jul 2017 at 16:10

It is a good cooler. It should be able to handle 3.7 without issue.

Zeebedy · 25 Jul 2017 at 16:16

Awesome. Good to know mate...next step will be an oc once I get things sorted with my gpu :rolleyes:

TallPaul1878 · 25 Jul 2017 at 16:39

Stock cooler is a great piece of kit, it basically means buying a sub £30 aftermarket cooler pointless. If you are trying to get close to 4GHz though I'd recommend something a bit more substantial.

Zeebedy · 25 Jul 2017 at 16:47

Hey guys,

Problem, I tried going into my bios to change the voltage for the cpu, but it's all on auto and when I try changing the settings by pressing return on the voltage it doesn't do anything, it seems 'locked' or something? Wtf?

Zeebedy · 25 Jul 2017 at 19:33

rip-the-jacker said:
Hey guys,

Problem, I tried going into my bios to change the voltage for the cpu, but it's all on auto and when I try changing the settings by pressing return on the voltage it doesn't do anything, it seems 'locked' or something? Wtf?

Taking this to motherboard part of forum, seems more appropriate there..