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Ryzen 3600 safe voltage?

Hey I've also set up a system with a ryzen 3600 and have been looking into voltages.

CPU-Z says i'm mostly running at 1.38V even at basically idle conditions. It will rarely drop to 1.0 but never below 1.0. The Reddit thread (https://www.reddit.com/r/Amd/comments/cbls9g/the_final_word_on_idle_voltages_for_3rd_gen_ryzen/) said I should expect drops to below 1.0 during idle but I have never seen this. Core speed seems to rotate between 3600 and 4200 often according to CPUZ.

Ryzen master however reports quite differently. On the default control mode it says it runs mostly at 1500-1700 with sometimes spikes up to 2000MHz. Voltage is almost maxed though at 1.35-1.375 always, I never see drops here.

Temperature wise i don't think there is an issue. Under these conditions i see 38-42C on Ryzen master which is kind of hot but seems normal for Ryzen cpus from what i've read. Speccy and HWmonitor report temperatures differently though - it will cycle from 35-50C depending on load and it seems peak after a boost and then cool down again and cycle repeatedly. Even then, not too bad.

This is on Ryzen balanced power plan. Is my high idle voltage a problem? Or is the fact that its not too warm suggesting that the current is low enough despite the high idle voltage, so as not to cause any degradation?
 
Hi what motherboard are you using ? is your bios up to date ? they do run at high ish voltages AMD say it's fine but i don't like it when you can get a better over clock with less voltage.
 
if your not happy with the voltage lower it yourself and see if you can get an overclock out of your chip at the same time don't know how well your motherboard will do but that's up to you if you want to try mine is set to 1.28v with a good overclock.
 
I had my 3600 at 4.2 at about 1.30v - thats fine. I could have pushed my 3600 to say 4.3 quite easily but the volts get higher say 1.33v and that causes quite a bit more heat and as I dont want fan noise and as you wont notice any performance difference between 4.2 and 4.3 ghz then I only applied this mild oc. I have heard that constant use above 1.33 or 1.35 or 1.4 or 1.45v by differeing people will cause migration within the substrate but I think that they are talking years. I think that 1.35v constant should be alright for say 5 yrs.

I am now using a 3600xt and that goes at 4.45ghz at 1.29v! and so really is better.

personllay I set a static oc as I didnt like the momentary vcore that the mobo and cpu apply to get its automatic oc - my cpus' momentarily go to 1.46v!!!! and hence generate heat. personally I think that you can get a lower temp and much lower max voltage just by setting a static overclock and I think that is best overall.
 
Thanks for the replies. What concerned me is this is out the box usage - i haven't tinkered with over or underclocking, so 1.2-1.4V at idle (1500-2000MHz) seemed a bit much. But if this can last me a long time then no worries, I guess.
 
hi if that 4.45ghz is all core overclock have you not tried per ccx overclock your ccx 0will prob clock to 4.5 , 4.6 and leave ccx 1 at 4.45ghz
 
well thats up to you mate but im sure you can get it lower by changing the voltage in the bios and if i remember ryzen master you have to apply it every time you start your pc im a 3600 at 4.6ghz 1.28v just saying at your voltage i would want more out of my chip i know they are all different but nothing to lose
 
I could go lower I think - not entirely sure what I'm doing really. Initially I was just concerned about the high idle voltage but now I'm just playing with it as it seems it's ok. Maybe if this is stable I can try increasing the frequency later
 
Strykz said:
In case anyone's interested...
Based on advice from a thread I found (https://linustechtips.com/topic/1132612-ryzen-5-3600-idle-voltage-is-14-145-always/) I followed SavageNeo and did ryzen master voltage selection at 1.325V and 4200MHz cores. This will keep things stable voltage wise at least, I'll have to test it and compare.
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thats very similar to when I had my 3600 - I also had an all core static oc at 4200 hz and around 1.32v. (I now have a 3600XT at 4450 hz and 1300mv).
 
ED209 said:
I have a 3600 coming next week and will be using the stock cooler with it.

I have this mobo

https://www.gigabyte.com/Motherboard/GA-AB350M-Gaming-3-rev-1x/support#support-dl-driver

Is there anything I should check with voltages etc once installed? Mobo is already on the latest version to support the 3600 as currently running a 2200G
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Effectively the CPU auto boosts, you want to make sure you have the latest chipset driver installed and latest BIOS.

Don't run multiple monitoring tools at once else you'll just end up constantly boosting :)
 
Hyburnate said:
Effectively the CPU auto boosts, you want to make sure you have the latest chipset driver installed and latest BIOS.

Don't run multiple monitoring tools at once else you'll just end up constantly boosting :)
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Should be good to go then as both are fully up to date.

should be a good improvement over the 2200G for gaming :)
 
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