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Ryzen n00b needs help tuning this new fangled thing

LePhuronn

LePhuronn

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Greetings all, looking for some pointers.

This is my first Ryzen system so I'm coming at this largely clueless, and could do with a few pointers in tuning this a little. It's not my system so I'd rather just let the CPU do its thing and boost as it wants, mainly because I don't want to get called out every 30 seconds if PBO starts playing up or whatnot.

Pertinent system spec is thus:

Ryzen 5 2600X
MSI B450 Mortar Max
16GB Teamgroup Dark T-Force 3200 MHz
Powercolor RX 570 Red Dragon


So then, opening questions:
  1. CPU-Z reports 1.416 to 1.464V for the CPU, most consistently at 1.435V. Seems a bit on the high side, but is it OK or shall I try and lower it?
  2. Just sat here on a fresh Windows 10 install with Edge (I know) open, and the CPU is boosting to 4.3GHz with the Wraith Prism at near full tilt. Really?
  3. I must be blessed with a golden IMC because I quickly activated the RAM's XMP 2nd profile and I'm getting the full 3200 MHz and stable (so far). But the second I did that in the BIOS the CPU fan ramped to max (and stays there, as above). I'm not fully clued up on the Infinity Fabric and how it all ties together, so is my XMP profile ramping the IF up and taking CPU clock with it, hence the perpetual 4.3GHz and max fan?

I have the latest AMD chipset drivers installed and Windows set to Ryzen Balanced power plan. I also have Ryzen Master installed but I've not touched it.

Any tips?
 
I thought the point was the Windows balanced plan was rubbish with Ryzen, hence the actual AMD one? I'll flick it over and see what happens.

I'm still confused by the CPU fan at full tilt just because I use XMP on the RAM though; I turned it off and went basic 2400MHz and the fan dropped right down, put either of the 2933 or 3200 MHz XMP profiles on and the fan ramps right back up. Might plug in the XMP settings manually though and see if theres any difference.
 
I don't know man, I've read countless posts on various forums complaining about idle volts, loud fans and so on with these new chips. I'll have to experience it after Xmas myself and find out what happens.
 
LePhuronn said:
Greetings all, looking for some pointers.

This is my first Ryzen system so I'm coming at this largely clueless, and could do with a few pointers in tuning this a little. It's not my system so I'd rather just let the CPU do its thing and boost as it wants, mainly because I don't want to get called out every 30 seconds if PBO starts playing up or whatnot.

Pertinent system spec is thus:

Ryzen 5 2600X
MSI B450 Mortar Max
16GB Teamgroup Dark T-Force 3200 MHz
Powercolor RX 570 Red Dragon


So then, opening questions:
  1. CPU-Z reports 1.416 to 1.464V for the CPU, most consistently at 1.435V. Seems a bit on the high side, but is it OK or shall I try and lower it?
  2. Just sat here on a fresh Windows 10 install with Edge (I know) open, and the CPU is boosting to 4.3GHz with the Wraith Prism at near full tilt. Really?
  3. I must be blessed with a golden IMC because I quickly activated the RAM's XMP 2nd profile and I'm getting the full 3200 MHz and stable (so far). But the second I did that in the BIOS the CPU fan ramped to max (and stays there, as above). I'm not fully clued up on the Infinity Fabric and how it all ties together, so is my XMP profile ramping the IF up and taking CPU clock with it, hence the perpetual 4.3GHz and max fan?

I have the latest AMD chipset drivers installed and Windows set to Ryzen Balanced power plan. I also have Ryzen Master installed but I've not touched it.

Any tips?
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a) OC the ram using Ryzen DRAM Calculator.
b) 1usmus power plan v1.1 works for Zen+ follow it's instructions and use the one recommended for Zen+ not Zen 2.
c) Make sure you use latest BIOS (7B89v25)
 
LePhuronn said:
  1. I must be blessed with a golden IMC because I quickly activated the RAM's XMP 2nd profile and I'm getting the full 3200 MHz and stable (so far). But the second I did that in the BIOS the CPU fan ramped to max (and stays there, as above).
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That's an MSI motherboard thing (maybe some others too, don't know). It automatically ramps up fan profile after enabling XMP. So all you need to do is enable XMP first, then tune the fan profile afterwards.
 
Thanks all.

@Danny75 I did notice this after fiddling a bit more and sorted out fan curves for the CPU and case fans. All nicely quiet. There's also a limiter switch on the Wraith Prism which I set to low which caps the fan to about 2K RPM.

The system has now gone to the friend and she's not reporting any issues (other than X Com 2 being an unstable bitch) so when I have some time I'll pop over and try some tweaking as suggested above.
 
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