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My question is, is there an easy way, under the ASRock BIOS, to set the frequency limit for the CCX to a higher number, whilst keeping PBO2 and Curve Optimiser working fine? I have a stable CO at -30 on most cores, but would like to see 5Ghz speeds on occasion - just to make me feel like the upgrade was worth it.

 

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Sorry guys, not 100% oc related, but I want to know if I need anything specific Bios config related to upgrade my 1700 to 5700. My motherboard is the x370 pg but is basically the same as the Taichi

I've done something similar recently (1700x to 5900x on x370 Taichi) so might be able to help.

I’m in 6.2 version , should I go

6.2 > 7.00 (bridge beta) > 7.10

Then change my cpu? Is 7.10 still compatible with 1gen Ryzen?

Yep, its just not compatible with the Ryzen 1+, 2000 series CPUs - so you should be fine. Just remember to copy down your settings, then reset to defaults and type them in again with the new BIOS version number.

My ram is 3000mhz (16x2) so, the only thing I should do is enabling xmp, not much tuning there.

Well .,.... Ryzen is heavily dependent on Infinity Fabric speed - so you are better off if you can push the memory Mhz via memory tuning. You'll have to relax other timings, but you should be able to push 3000Mhz to 3600Mhz at least. Also you might find you can add another 16GB to get 32GB via 4 DIMMS. Worked fine for me up to 3733Mhz.

Oh, and don't forget your Curve Optimiser and to answer my own question above (that nobody replied to), you can give a little CPU boost so it tops out above 5Ghz

In windows finally I will install the newest am4 chipset driver

Any strange behavior with x370 and 5700/5800 in stock settings?

Remember to set your Power settings in Window - it seems to make more difference than it did with Zen 1.

Other than that - its gone pretty smoothly for me.

 

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I just wanted to note that this is not a good suggestion and probably won't work for most people.

Worked fine for me, and the OP is making a similar move. YMMV and the more you have tweaked values, the less likely it is to work. However the point was for the OP to not assume their setup would carry across the update, or be saved, and to note down key setup factors as a basis for further tuning.

 

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Don’t worry, everything is going to be used in stock for some days until fine tuning … This is my new 16x2 kit , was really cheap (used) so maybe I will start trying reach 3200/3600 if possible

I got a good 10-15% extra out of mine via CPU and memory tuning - with cheapo DIMMs. Also, looking at the HWInfo pics, make sure you have an NVMe boot drive - worth it.

 

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I ran all 4 sticks at 3066 since June 2017 (when BIOS 2.40 was released) until last Thursday (when the 5900X arrived), and that was their maximum. Attempting 3200 resulted in a boot loop, after which 3066 wasn't achievable again without a CMOS reset. I believe I posted about the matter in this thread, back in the day.

Just to note that with relaxing the other timings, I could push my nominal 3000 DIMMs to 3733, with the attendant Infinity Fabric benefits, on a 5900x. I'll guess that if I played with the voltages, I could push to 3800. That's on 4 DIMMS - using the 1usmus DRAM calculator and then tuning down from the relaxed settings till it stopped booting.

 

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I'm trying my best not to give people misleading information. Just because you got it to work does not mean that it is common or that it will work for everyone.

It's difficult to be sure (might be a good subject for a poll), but I get the impression that most people can get speeds north of 3600, albeit with reduced timings. Certainly I got 3733 on 4 sticks of cheapo RAM and a 5900x, and I thought to give it a go because I saw others reporting success. As with any 'overclocking' YMMV, and I think most people here understand that nothing is guaranteed as you push it - but worst case is you settle for less performance, unless you are one of those really unfortunate ones where it refuses to boot properly.

With the current low RAM prices, and reasonable B550 prices, its not as expensive/brave a decision as buying overpriced GPUs that might well see price 'realignments' as reality hits.

 

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Or people could just get a set of low latency CL-14 DDR4-3200, load XMP / DMCP profiles and F10 and go.... and then they wouldn't have to deal with overclocking or tuning timings or .....

Looks at the top left corner.

Well yes, but ....

 

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Dual rank ram incurs a slight performance penalty.

Pretty much the reverse. Everything else being equal dual rank is faster than single rank - because the CPU can do two different things at once (one operation per rank at a time). Of course, if you can't keep the same frequency/latency with 4 sticks over 2, you could lose performance.

 

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What happened to the 7.30 BIOS ?