Ryzen 5000 series overclocking guide

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So I got a new 5600X since my 5900X is lost somewhere in transit.

Anyways, I am trying to overclock this mofo but it is really annoying af.
Most likely I got a shite chip is what I think has happened. I can't seem to get it running stable at 4.85 Gs. I tried OC using PBO and also manual.

So what else can I try. Also my Cinebench R20 scores are crap.

SC is 510 (my 8086K tuned was 550) - should be 610
MC is 3650 (my 8086K tuned was 3450) - should be 4700

What gives? How much voltage should be enough for this puppy?
 
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Ok clocked it at 4.7 Gs with 1.35 volts. Infinity fabric at 1900 and DDR4 at 3800.
Honestly this upgrade is completely worthless. Ran WDL bench and scored 3 FPS lower than my 8086K. Albeit with newer drivers and a patch but seriously wtf?

Also CPU routinely runs at 85C temps. :nuts:

Scratch that, crashed on HZD bench. Seriously.

Back to PBO that pushes proc to 4.65 Gs. Also still have infinity to 1900 and DDR4 to 3800. Next up will see what ram timings I can tighten.

I give this upgrade a useless endeavor / 10. lol.
 
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I believe your better off letting it do it’s thing, there is little to gain with Ryzen overclocking.
 
Yes I just let it to PBO for now. Will play some more tonight but running full blast 4.7 Gs wasn’t stable and requiring too much volts raising temps to 85C whereas on normal usage it stays around 75 C even with PBO.

I think I got a garbage chip tbh. Benches are great for real bench and only slightly better for Cinebench but otherwise gaming is exactly the same. I am not even getting the 5 FPS I hoped.

WDL is a whopping 1 FPS higher.
SOTTR is a whopping 5 FPS higher.
HZD is exactly the same.

Downloading some AMD games like BL3, FC5, FCND and ACO to see if there is something there.
 
So 1800 infinity fabric also doesn't work. Crashes Borderlands 3 bench which btw is 20 fps slower than my 8086K. :lol:
 
One of the pluses with ryzen is the lack of a need to overclock it manually. That can also be a negative I suppose, depending on your pov.

I keep CPB and PBO enabled, and basically just let it run. You get the voltage spikes and it runs warmer because of this, but it's as-designed behavior.

Memory overclocking seems to be where people spend the most time on the platform.
 
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I think I got a garbage chip tbh. Benches are great for real bench and only slightly better for Cinebench but otherwise gaming is exactly the same. I am not even getting the 5 FPS I hoped.
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Is this the part I come in and tell you I TOLD YOU SO!!!?

Consider it done, should have kept your 8086K and put the $ toward the 3080Ti. :bleh:
 
On my motherboard that setting only has Auto or Disabled.
This really isn’t a fun processor and motherboard combo. Nothing seems to be working. Anything outside PBO just flat out crashes. Heck even with PBO the processor usually stays at 4.3 GHz and when it has the mood jumps to 4.65 GHz.
 
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Wow it's almost exactly how multiple people TOLD YOU it would be
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On my motherboard that setting only has Auto or Disabled.
This really isn’t a fun processor and motherboard combo. Nothing seems to be working. Anything outside PBO just flat out crashes. Heck even with PBO the processor usually stays at 4.3 GHz and when it has the mood jumps to 4.65 GHz.
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OC Ryzen is a fool's errand. See if your mobo can increase the boost clock only.
 
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On my motherboard that setting only has Auto or Disabled.
This really isn’t a fun processor and motherboard combo. Nothing seems to be working. Anything outside PBO just flat out crashes. Heck even with PBO the processor usually stays at 4.3 GHz and when it has the mood jumps to 4.65 GHz.
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This isn't Intel. You're on a completely new platform that functions very differently, and knowing you, you haven't done any research to learn how to tune it properly. You're going to keep trying to crank an all-core OC (which isn't a good idea on Ryzen) and then complain when it keeps failing. Hell, you didn't really know how to OC your 8086K properly; constantly changing multiple settings at a time, and then wondering why you couldn't figure out what was causing instability. :facepalm:

I'm basically Nostradamus.

Do some damn research and read about the ****ing products before you buy them, dude. The 5900X you bought will have the same issues. Flat all-core OCs are not the best way to run Ryzen. If anything, just leaving PBO on and then keeping the chip as cool as possible, while cranking up the memory, is the best way to go.
 
Even the memory I got is crap. If you touch the timings it just flat out doesn’t boot. Best I can do is set it to 3800 but the 1900 FCLK crashes Borderlands 3 so definitely not stable. lol.

Also anyone who recommends another MSI product again will also get abused by me.
- **** bios (when is the mood it changes to Chinese language on some boots)
- shitty pins all over the board (even saved costs on putting plastic caps around things like HD Audio and USB connectors
- no frickin clear cmos button in 2020 - wtf and the pins they have don’t come with a clear cmos jumper :nuts:

Just all around shitty product. Also MSI software takes the cake in being absolutely shite. The dragon center is the worst.
 
Why are you using dragon center?

If 1900 FCLK is not stable, then add some voltage and then start tightening timings at 3666. You can try 3733 as well if 3800 isn't working.
 
I tightened timings at 3600 with 1.36 volts (board overvolts) and it didn’t boot.

Tried 16-16-16-16-36. I am not going to bother a lot since I need to take a flat head screw driver every time to reset bios. Which ****ing sucks ass.

As for dragon center I needed it to set RGB on motherboard. Uninstalled now.

For now I am giving up. Will continue this when my 5900x arrives.
 
Think it’s worth doing a full windows reinstall? My son was complaining that his CSGO keeps hanging. Seems like a driver issue since I even disabled PBO now.
 
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