Ryzen 3900X thread

arc@css · 25 Sep 2019 at 19:04

Tomuks said:
Without a cooler would be much easier to say, but I have a feeling if you did wrong you would already know

Edit:

Just use other RAM slots A2/B2 not A1/B1

I'm being a bit cautious for sure.

With regard to the ram, is that because of the heat from being too near the CPU?

Tomuks · 25 Sep 2019 at 19:07

A2/B2 is primary slots for using 2 ram sticks, basically you will have less problems running them on A2/B2 and I believe its also mentioned in motherboard manual to use those slots first

arc@css · 25 Sep 2019 at 19:09

Thanks, I wasn't aware of that. Cheers, Tom.

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I've not installed an M.2 drive before. I assume that I am supposed to just screw down the drive but the manual suggests that I remove the silver standoff. It seems a bit of a tight fit. Bit confused.

AStaley · 26 Sep 2019 at 07:48

You should have a screw that holds the M.2 drive in place, it will align with the notch on the end and the silver part on the board, don’t over tighten it.

arc@css · 26 Sep 2019 at 10:02

AStaley said:
You should have a screw that holds the M.2 drive in place, it will align with the notch on the end and the silver part on the board, don’t over tighten it.

I understand that but the manual seems to suggest that I remove the standoff already in place. At least that's how it read to me anyway. Maybe I'm over thinking it; I'll upload another pic later. Cheers for the reply.

Webzta · 26 Sep 2019 at 10:09

Screw isn't in that pic, check your mb box, they're tiny.

Orcvader · 26 Sep 2019 at 11:19

arc@css said:
I understand that but the manual seems to suggest that I remove the standoff already in place. At least that's how it read to me anyway. Maybe I'm over thinking it; I'll upload another pic later. Cheers for the reply.

It might be just showing you can readjust the stand-off so it matches the size of the m.2 drive (either 42, 60 or 80mm), you can see the other couple of holes under the drive.

arc@css · 26 Sep 2019 at 11:48

Webzta said:
Screw isn't in that pic, check your mb box, they're tiny.

I've already got that but didn't think to include it the pics.

arc@css · 26 Sep 2019 at 11:55

Orcvader said:
It might be just showing you can readjust the stand-off so it matches the size of the m.2 drive (either 42, 60 or 80mm), you can see the other couple of holes under the drive.

Yes, maybe. When I press down on the drive it does make a sort of reassuring click, so perhaps I should just leave it. Anyway, I'll upload another pic when I get home.

arc@css · 26 Sep 2019 at 17:29

It was a bit tricky to get the screw to thread but all seems to be ok...

robfosters · 26 Sep 2019 at 17:41

Your M2 drive looks bent!

arc@css · 26 Sep 2019 at 17:53

robfosters said:
Your M2 drive looks bent!

Yeah, though I think it might look worse than what it is.

Here's a pic with the heatsink removed.

arc@css · 26 Sep 2019 at 17:57

Are these the motherboard standoffs? I assume cases come with them pre-fixed or bolted on nowadays?

I don't seem to have many of these additional (silver) ones so that's why I'm assuming that I just screw the board on to the black raised 'standoffs'?

robfosters · 26 Sep 2019 at 18:05

Yes, just screw into the standoffs that are already there. Those silver ones are M2 standoffs. Or at least, they look like them.

TrM · 26 Sep 2019 at 18:10

They are m.2 standoff for the smaller ssd drives that plugin on the motherboards.

motherboards do not come with fitting screws for cases or standoffs every case manufacturers use different sizes Corsair use different size standoffs and different screws to phanteks for a example. Im pritty sure the last motherboard I brought with screws for fitting it into a case was athlon x2 many years ago

arc@css · 26 Sep 2019 at 20:13

Cheers.

Here is a pic showing the finished mobo attachment. The black screw in the middle of the picture is the standoff - but I expect you lot know that.

There were eight in all.

arc@css · 26 Sep 2019 at 20:35

Now to start connecting some/all of this lot. I may well wait until tomorrow evening to do most of this as I have to turn my attention to other things soon. I appreciate the help, thanks.

Panos · 26 Sep 2019 at 22:07

Found a game the pushed the 3900X core utilization

As expected X4 2.6Beta is well designed for the new AMD CPUs.

Was playing the last two days saw the game spreading across 10 cores with utilization 60-90%. Only 1 thread was using on CCD1 the rest were on core "threads".
It also pushed the 5700XT AE utilization to a constant 99%. Huzzah

That justifies now a 3950X at Christmas time, though contemplating a new TR4 if their speeds are similar at 4.5Ghz

Steedie · 27 Sep 2019 at 10:51

Got the new ABBA or whatever it is BIOS that came out the other day, ran Cinebench and was worse than before, 4.1 max as opposed to 4.2 so I just had a sulk and gave up hope.

Played Gears 5 and it was sat at 4.5 and hitting 4.6 regularly. So....maybe Cinebench has been the issue the whole time

Panos · 27 Sep 2019 at 11:02

Steedie said:
Got the new ABBA or whatever it is BIOS that came out the other day, ran Cinebench and was worse than before, 4.1 max as opposed to 4.2 so I just had a sulk and gave up hope.

Played Gears 5 and it was sat at 4.5 and hitting 4.6 regularly. So....maybe Cinebench has been the issue the whole time

If you upgraded the BIOS did you re-install the chipset drivers?