Overclocking
Overclocking
Overclocking on the Ryzen platform is so easy, it’s like a throwback to overclocking of years gone by. Just like with the other two Ryzen chips that we have reviewed, all I had to do was type in the speed (4000MHz) into the core clock, bump up the voltage to 1.475v, and I increased the CPUNB Voltage to 1.15 for added stability. The system posted perfectly every time, but remember, you need a high-end cooler to do this or the CPU will throttle at 80C and you’ll lose performance is demanding scenarios or the system will simply power off to protect the CPU. If it does, you need more volts and more cooling to maintain your overclock.
Nice review.
I think that the 1700 is by far the most interesting chip to date as this can be easily overclocked and has a lower starting TDP than the other 2 cpu’s. Motherboard support is terrible, but I believe that this is more due to AMD not letting the vendors have the code to play with until very close to release!!
Your recommended vcore for overclocking is a bit on the high side, 1.475v will likely end up being closer to 1.5v under load and this is well above even the 1.45vcore that AMD suggests would already shorten the life of the cpu.
Perhaps this could be a starting point to determine full stability and then a user might start to lower vcore until stability is lost. I have my 1700 at 4.00ghz on the MSI Carbon at full stability at 1.3875v and 1.10v on NB. I have a custom loop and this results in OCCT load temps of 54C on the cpu!!
Cooler loop means that my 1080 runs even cooler and I can now overclock the GPU by another 10mhz on the core. Not much, but interesting none the less.
Lower vcore for overclocking may be a result of the initial lower tdp of the 1700 cpu. Something for a future article on Ryzen overclocking???