Hello all! I've used the forums here a ton and have gotten a lot of answer but I am in a situation that I cannot find an answer for so I am making my first post in search of help!
I recently got back into PC gaming and upgraded my PC. I am not a 'noob' at computers and this is not my first build - however I am stuck with overclocking and I'm not sure what the problem I am running into is exactly.
Before I carry on, I will list my components so the rest of the thread makes sense...
MBO: ASUS ROG Strix B350-F Gaming (BIOS version: 3803)
CPU: AMD Ryzen 3 1300X (Currently clocked at 3.85 GHz @ 1.337 V & Liquid Cooled)
RAM: 2 x 8 Gb Corsair Vengeance DDR4-3000MHz - AND - 2 x 8 Gb T-Force Night Hawk DDR4-
3200MHz
VGA: Gigabyte GeForce GTX 1060 GDDR5 3Gb
750W Corsair Power Supply
So the first thing I did was overclock the CPU and the CPU only.. I was able to push it to 4.0GHz @ 1.4V and achieve stability during benchmark testing while only reaching a max temperature of 46.3C. I tried to push it further than 4.0 and for some reason could not... pushing to 4.1 even with increased Voltage would cause a complete freeze once benchmark testing began. So I gave up on trying to figure out why I can't push past 4.0 and started to mess with RAM
Here is where the problems begin...
So according to BIOS my RAM at stock was at 2133 MHz @ 1.205V with 15-15-15-15-36 timings
I tried to manually push everything up and no matter what I tried with the frequency, voltage, and timings, every time I would save and restart my PC would crash - losing power - then would get stuck in a boot loop and I would have to cut power to get it to reset and restart again.
The BIOS has two TPU profiles (1 and 2 for fan cooled and liquid cooled), and when I activate the TPUII profile, it clocks my CPU at 3.85GHz @
1.337V and pushes the RAM to 3200MHz (while enabling D.O.C.P. - which when I manually activated without enabling TPUII would cause the same boot loop crash) @ 1.45V with 16-18-18-18-38 timings and everything is fine! Save and reboot at this point does not cause a power crash followed by a boot loop and boots up to windows fine... runs benchmark testings fine with no freezes... and temperatures are still at acceptable ranges.
It seems as if when I try to manually overclock the RAM and CPU my computer does not like it... even with TPUII settings, if I try to push the CPU from 3.85 to 3.9 it again causes the power crash and boot loop to occur.
Please help... I don't know what is going on. I don't have any manual control over my overclocking...
I recently got back into PC gaming and upgraded my PC. I am not a 'noob' at computers and this is not my first build - however I am stuck with overclocking and I'm not sure what the problem I am running into is exactly.
Before I carry on, I will list my components so the rest of the thread makes sense...
MBO: ASUS ROG Strix B350-F Gaming (BIOS version: 3803)
CPU: AMD Ryzen 3 1300X (Currently clocked at 3.85 GHz @ 1.337 V & Liquid Cooled)
RAM: 2 x 8 Gb Corsair Vengeance DDR4-3000MHz - AND - 2 x 8 Gb T-Force Night Hawk DDR4-
3200MHz
VGA: Gigabyte GeForce GTX 1060 GDDR5 3Gb
750W Corsair Power Supply
So the first thing I did was overclock the CPU and the CPU only.. I was able to push it to 4.0GHz @ 1.4V and achieve stability during benchmark testing while only reaching a max temperature of 46.3C. I tried to push it further than 4.0 and for some reason could not... pushing to 4.1 even with increased Voltage would cause a complete freeze once benchmark testing began. So I gave up on trying to figure out why I can't push past 4.0 and started to mess with RAM
Here is where the problems begin...
So according to BIOS my RAM at stock was at 2133 MHz @ 1.205V with 15-15-15-15-36 timings
I tried to manually push everything up and no matter what I tried with the frequency, voltage, and timings, every time I would save and restart my PC would crash - losing power - then would get stuck in a boot loop and I would have to cut power to get it to reset and restart again.
The BIOS has two TPU profiles (1 and 2 for fan cooled and liquid cooled), and when I activate the TPUII profile, it clocks my CPU at 3.85GHz @
1.337V and pushes the RAM to 3200MHz (while enabling D.O.C.P. - which when I manually activated without enabling TPUII would cause the same boot loop crash) @ 1.45V with 16-18-18-18-38 timings and everything is fine! Save and reboot at this point does not cause a power crash followed by a boot loop and boots up to windows fine... runs benchmark testings fine with no freezes... and temperatures are still at acceptable ranges.
It seems as if when I try to manually overclock the RAM and CPU my computer does not like it... even with TPUII settings, if I try to push the CPU from 3.85 to 3.9 it again causes the power crash and boot loop to occur.
Please help... I don't know what is going on. I don't have any manual control over my overclocking...
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