After building my new rig ( https://pcpartpicker.com/b/sMYTwP ), I tried out the various preset OC features just to see how they worked. I just noticed looking at HWMonitor, that at some point I had gotten (max) 4958MHz on all cores. I'm not sure which canned settings I did it with, though I think it was the 'gaming OC' option in UEFI. Max voltage on any core was 1.487V, again came from the canned option. For just regular usage I'm running at stock (no canned OC options at all) and getting around 4050MHz at 1.337V. While I'm not complaining, this feels a little off (on the high side) for what the 2700x is supposed to perform. Am I off base?
Agreed about voltages not good, but I have no idea how long they sat at that level. The only system instability I've had has been when I installed the wrong drivers (who knew Intel drivers won't work with AMD?). At some point the package hit 67C max, but normal temps are around 41C-43C.
Good video links. He's running faster memory than I am (I'm using 3000 vs his 3200), and is going way deeper into UEFI than I am. All I did was in UEFI hit 'gaming oc ON', XMP enabled and restart. MSI also has Command Center and X Boost that will do the same things within W10.
I'm not an OC'er normally (which is why I went with the 2700X instead of the 2700) so I was curious if what I was seeing was typical or not.
Update;
Dl'ed Ryzen Master, installed and have started trying things out slowly. Other than the transparent window which I found hard to read, it works nice.
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