I've decided to go Ryzen. Although I prefer itx rigs, I've got enough me to roll with matx rig until itx mobos become available. I saw the ASRock AB350M Pro4. I can get it for $30 when purchasing a Ryzen cpu. Overall how is ASRock?
not sure what the issue is there, but I did not have any such Vdroop issues on my 1600.Originally Posted by tamw
I just got the AB350M a few days ago along with a r7 1700.
Pretty nice board, but there is one thing that needs to be fixed, or added I should say.. Load Line Calibration in the bios.
The vdroop under load is insane. I set 1.375vcore and idle it reads 1.41v, then when I put load on it, it drops to 1.31v!
That is fu*kin ridiculous! To get 1.375v load , or even 1.35v I probably have to set over 1.4vcore and that means it will idle waaay above that, probably close to 1.5v.
Of course, this is only problematic when overclocking the cpu to its potential.. on lower speeds most runs fine well under 1.3v.
Ram I haven't tested much yet, only have a 2400mhz kit for now anyway.
Other than this it isn't much bad to say, board has a great layout.
Pcie 1x on top, then 16x, then a 4x full slot with an extra exp slot in between the 16x, this is perfect for me.
It has both m2 ultra and m2 slots, 4 sata ports and lots of usb3 ports.
Lets hope they're adding a load line option in the bios soon, so we can make our cpu's and vrm's sweat a little
I am having even worse vdroop with my 1700x. Currently the voltage is set to 1.35v by default, but running a x.265 encode with handbrake it is dropping into the into 1.17~v territory without any overclock. When the chip is idle the vcore will hit 1.5v, thankfully it does not stay there. It is frustrating since I was hoping to overclock the 1700x to 3.8 or 3.9 and I have had good luck with Asrock boards in the pastOriginally Posted by tamw
I just got the AB350M a few days ago along with a r7 1700.
Pretty nice board, but there is one thing that needs to be fixed, or added I should say.. Load Line Calibration in the bios.
The vdroop under load is insane. I set 1.375vcore and idle it reads 1.41v, then when I put load on it, it drops to 1.31v!
That is fu*kin ridiculous! To get 1.375v load , or even 1.35v I probably have to set over 1.4vcore and that means it will idle waaay above that, probably close to 1.5v.
Of course, this is only problematic when overclocking the cpu to its potential.. on lower speeds most runs fine well under 1.3v.
Ram I haven't tested much yet, only have a 2400mhz kit for now anyway.
Other than this it isn't much bad to say, board has a great layout.
Pcie 1x on top, then 16x, then a 4x full slot with an extra exp slot in between the 16x, this is perfect for me.
It has both m2 ultra and m2 slots, 4 sata ports and lots of usb3 ports.
Lets hope they're adding a load line option in the bios soon, so we can make our cpu's and vrm's sweat a little
Keep in mind current and power demand for a hexcore is about 20% less.
Well the agesa 1006 bios update is hopefully right around the corner, hopefully it solves the memory issues and adds LLCOriginally Posted by DisgruntldTek37
I am having even worse vdroop with my 1700x. Currently the voltage is set to 1.35v by default, but running a x.265 encode with handbrake it is dropping into the into 1.17~v territory without any overclock. When the chip is idle the vcore will hit 1.5v, thankfully it does not stay there. It is frustrating since I was hoping to overclock the 1700x to 3.8 or 3.9 and I have had good luck with Asrock boards in the past
LLC cannot come soon enough!
Just wondering what G.Skill memory you have specifically that is running at 3200? And did it work with the XMP profile?Originally Posted by Nissejacke
Hey
I have this board with a R5 1600X. I run my G.Skill memory at 3200MT. It works, I haven't done any overclocking on the cpu yet but from what I can see it is pretty limited. You can change the frequency and voltage, that's it.
No offset, just manual voltage control.
Happy enough with the layout of the board, I like that the graphics card is at slot nr 2 so that there is more space between it and the cpucooler.
/Jakob
Quote:Originally Posted by Roboyto
Just wondering what G.Skill memory you have specifically that is running at 3200? And did it work with the XMP profile?
I took a gamble on some 3200 EVGA RAM from Microcenter and I can't get it past 2666 even with the AGESA update. Thinking about returning it entirely, or exchanging for some Corsair.
I would also like to say that my initial impression after owning for a day, and playing around with OC for around 6 hours, via Ryzen Master, is definitely positive. The board layout is well planned, it has RGB headers if you're into that, dual m.2 slots, heatsinks on the VRMs, feels solid, and I agree it is nice to have the GPU down a space with that pCI slot there, and I was able to update BIOS before even booting into Windows....can't really complain about too much even at retail of $80.
Then take into consideration that the board only cost $30 with a CPU bundle deal at Microcenter...and the value really shines. If I had one gripe it would be fan headers...just one more, even if it was another 3-pin, would have been nice.
I've got my 1700 running at 3.7GHz with a mere 1.1875V on the stock cooler without any hassles whatsoever so far. Super impressed with the utter lack of noise the Spire emits chugging away under full load. While temperatures certainly aren't the best, it is still impressive to apply a slight voltage bump, ~0.1V, and get a 15% overclock on the stock cooler. I have a Cryorig M9 coming to compliment the CPU, which should be more than enough to bring temps down to a more reasonable level without any noise...despite its minute stature and 92mm fan, this little bugger performs about as well as a CM 212 EVO...If that holds true it should work out quite well.
I'm about to play around with the BIOS for overclock and will see how that goes.
Originally Posted by Roboyto
Just wondering what G.Skill memory you have specifically that is running at 3200? And did it work with the XMP profile?
I took a gamble on some 3200 EVGA RAM from Microcenter and I can't get it past 2666 even with the AGESA update. Thinking about returning it entirely, or exchanging for some Corsair.
I would also like to say that my initial impression after owning for a day, and playing around with OC for around 6 hours, via Ryzen Master, is definitely positive. The board layout is well planned, it has RGB headers if you're into that, dual m.2 slots, heatsinks on the VRMs, feels solid, and I agree it is nice to have the GPU down a space with that pCI slot there, and I was able to update BIOS before even booting into Windows....can't really complain about too much even at retail of $80.
Then take into consideration that the board only cost $30 with a CPU bundle deal at Microcenter...and the value really shines. If I had one gripe it would be fan headers...just one more, even if it was another 3-pin, would have been nice.
I've got my 1700 running at 3.7GHz with a mere 1.1875V on the stock cooler without any hassles whatsoever so far. Super impressed with the utter lack of noise the Spire emits chugging away under full load. While temperatures certainly aren't the best, it is still impressive to apply a slight voltage bump, ~0.1V, and get a 15% overclock on the stock cooler. I have a Cryorig M9 coming to compliment the CPU, which should be more than enough to bring temps down to a more reasonable level without any noise...despite its minute stature and 92mm fan, this little bugger performs about as well as a CM 212 EVO...If that holds true it should work out quite well.
I'm about to play around with the BIOS for overclock and will see how that goes.
I've got the EVGA 3200 kit running at 2667, but am going to exchange it for some Corsair LPX 3200. Got info from a Newegg Q&A stating that stuff works with XMP no problem.Originally Posted by Atomagenesis
So you're actually running at 3200mhz on the F4-3200C14D-16GVK? Stable? If that is true, I am going to buy the same kit.
I've tried the EVGA 3000 kit at microcenter and the Trident Z RGB 3000kit from microcenter and they wont post past 2133, it's sad. They are not on the supported list memory list, but neither is the F4-3200C14D-16GVK. So if what you're saying is true I would buy them.
Can you take a screenshot for us of them running at that frequency?