Did you get a shiny new Ryzen 3000 CPU?

[EarthDog]

My motherboard appears to only report southbridge temps, not vrm temps. My motherboard has a crappy vrm heatsink too. I put a 40mm fan on it so that the vrm heatsink will get some direct airflow.

Does any 3900x owner actually reach the max boost clock speed?

The set which matters, the ones on the left for the cpu, have a pretty beefy heat sink on it. It's the SOC bits up top that don't. Being one of not the least expensive x570 boards out...have to save money somewhere.

 

[Nordic]

The set which matters, the ones on the left for the cpu, have a pretty beefy heat sink on it. It's the SOC bits up top that don't. Being one of not the least expensive x570 boards out...have to save money somewhere.

I am considering buying a better x570 matx motherboard, if anyone ever releases one.

 

[EarthDog]

The mini itx phantom gaming tb3 thing is a beast and a mere $240.

 

[tabascosauz]

I am considering buying a better x570 matx motherboard, if anyone ever releases one.

The thing about mATX boards is that they tend to be the bargain basement boards for a lot of vendors, and it really shows on their power delivery. Vendors cannot afford to skimp on ITX boards, and while they can on ATX the sheer range of ATX boards goes up to the ultra high end (i.e. 16 true or 8 doubled or quadrupled phases), whereas they don't seem to believe that there's a market for high end mATX.

The mini itx phantom gaming tb3 thing is a beast and a mere $240.

The X570I Aorus and TB3 both have very impressive VRMs but now that buildzoid has mentioned it, what's up with all the crap between the socket and DIMMs? You never realize notice these things on a day to day basis, but when you actually look, literally all the other mITX boards out there have a keep out zone specifically to make room for those traces.

I need someone to put one on the bench and thoroughly test it.

 

[EarthDog]

It happily ran 2x8gb ddr4 3600...

I don't know if it will do 4533 like it says, but...

 

[Nordic]

The mini itx phantom gaming tb3 thing is a beast and a mere $240.

I was running an itx 4790k before this system. My motherboard died and I waited 3.5 months to see if ryzen 3000 was worth upgrading to. I sold my itx case. I ultimately want to get back into watercooling so I decided to do a bigger motherboard. My case only supports matx, and I didn't want to buy a new case.

 

[Liviu Cojocaru]

Hi all,

I've recently downgraded my whole PC as I don't game that much or spend much time on my PC anymore so I went to a Ryzen 5 3600X with a AsRock B450m Steel Legend , kept 16GB of my previous RAM which is 2x8 Corsair Vengeance LPX 3200mhz CL16 ... so newbie Ryzen owner here so I don't know much about it. My problem is that I can't get the XMP profile to work on this mother board, I had done a bit of research and found some software on TPU for memory but I don't really have enough time to go and test lots of different options. Would the motherboard be the issue here or the RAM, any thoughts?

Thank you for your time

 

[Chomiq]

Hi all,

I've recently downgraded my whole PC as I don't game that much or spend much time on my PC anymore so I went to a Ryzen 5 3600X with a AsRock B450m Steel Legend , kept 16GB of my previous RAM which is 2x8 Corsair Vengeance LPX 3200mhz CL16 ... so newbie Ryzen owner here so I don't know much about it. My problem is that I can't get the XMP profile to work on this mother board, I had done a bit of research and found some software on TPU for memory but I don't really have enough time to go and test lots of different options. Would the motherboard be the issue here or the RAM, any thoughts?

Thank you for your time

Watch it, read top comments:

It's probably down to mobo's QVL and Corsair ram.

 

[Liviu Cojocaru]

Watch it, read top comments:

It's probably down to mobo's QVL and Corsair ram.

Will do, thanks. It was probably a mistake to get a AsRock motherboard.

 

[TheLostSwede]

I am considering buying a better x570 matx motherboard, if anyone ever releases one.

It looks like you're SOL.

The AMD X570 Motherboard Overview: Over 35+ Motherboards Analyzed

www.anandtech.com

It would seem that so far, only ASRock and Biostar is doing mATX boards and they're both quite naff...

Hi all,

I've recently downgraded my whole PC as I don't game that much or spend much time on my PC anymore so I went to a Ryzen 5 3600X with a AsRock B450m Steel Legend , kept 16GB of my previous RAM which is 2x8 Corsair Vengeance LPX 3200mhz CL16 ... so newbie Ryzen owner here so I don't know much about it. My problem is that I can't get the XMP profile to work on this mother board, I had done a bit of research and found some software on TPU for memory but I don't really have enough time to go and test lots of different options. Would the motherboard be the issue here or the RAM, any thoughts?

Thank you for your time

Just start by setting the speed and timings manually and 1.35V and see where you end up.
Again, a lot of people have had issues with Corsair RAM, including myself, as my old RAM was the same type of modules you have and they wouldn't boot over 3066MHz, same as on my Ryzen 7 1700.

 

[Liviu Cojocaru]

It looks like you're SOL.

The AMD X570 Motherboard Overview: Over 35+ Motherboards Analyzed

www.anandtech.com

It would seem that so far, only ASRock and Biostar is doing mATX boards and they're both quite naff...


Just start by setting the speed and timings manually and 1.35V and see where you end up.
Again, a lot of people have had issues with Corsair RAM, including myself, as my old RAM was the same type of modules you have and they wouldn't boot over 3066MHz, same as on my Ryzen 7 1700.

Thank you, I would incline to replace my RAM memory, would that be a good decision and what should I get ?

 

[londiste]

Is there a good reason to get an X570 motherboard over B350/450 or maybe X370/470?

 

[TheLostSwede]

Thank you, I would incline to replace my RAM memory, would that be a good decision and what should I get ?

It might not be needed if you can it to run at 3200 manually. It's really not very hard and you might even be able to improve some of the XMP timings.
I bought some "cheap" Patriot Viper DDR4 3600 RAM and it runs both at lower timings and a fair bit higher clocks than what it's sold as. Not saying that this is recommended RAM, it was what I could find locally that was a good compromise between performance and price.
Keep in mind that Ryzen doesn't like odd CAS settings like 15 or 17.

Is there a good reason to get an X570 motherboard over B350/450 or maybe X370/470?

Longer support from the board makers? Potentially a higher-end VRM design and obviously future proofing with PCIe 4.0 if you intend to own the board for a few years.

 

[Rahnak]

Is there a good reason to get an X570 motherboard over B350/450 or maybe X370/470?

Good or not is up to each individual but some reasons are:
- Generally better VRMs (as they now have to support up to 16 core CPUs)
- PCIE 4
- Better memory support/overclock

 

[spectatorx]

How does it look like in case of 3900x's cooler? Does this one also doesn't have copper at all?

To be honest that's a dickmove from amd on saving literally cents by trading on noise.

 

[Chomiq]

How does it look like in case of 3900x's cooler? Does this one also doesn't have copper at all?

To be honest that's a dickmove from amd on saving literally cents by trading on noise.

Obvious troll is obvious. Have you done any research at all before posting? 3700X, 3800X and 3900X come with Wraith Prism RGB. Hardware unboxed has a video on that cooler on its channel, yet somehow you missed it?

 

[londiste]

Obvious troll is obvious. Have you done any research at all before posting? 3700X, 3800X and 3900X come with Wraith Prism RGB. Hardware unboxed has a video on that cooler on its channel, yet somehow you missed it?

Why is that necessarily a troll? 2700X also came with Wraith Prism RGB. Given that Wraith Spire did change considerably it is a valid question whether the rest of the cooler lineup is still the same.

 

[tabascosauz]

Thank you, I would incline to replace my RAM memory, would that be a good decision and what should I get ?

Same timings, G.Skill. Exactly what I did after Corsair's kit shafted me and refused to meet its XMP profile speeds.

Or get the C14 kit from G.Skill instead.

 

[spectatorx]

Obvious troll is obvious. Have you done any research at all before posting? 3700X, 3800X and 3900X come with Wraith Prism RGB. Hardware unboxed has a video on that cooler on its channel, yet somehow you missed it?

I know these cpus have different cooler and that's why i did ask if this downgrade also went for wraith prism. I'm really sometimes wondering if my english is really that bad (i'm aware it is far from perfect) or some people just can't answer in reasonable manner because of their own.... reasons. I'm not watching all of their videos, i just found this by accident while looking for some info about ryzen 3xxx series.

 

[Vario]

Why don't they just throw a licensed CM 212 into the retail CPU box instead. Most of the AMD heatsinks have been Coolermaster OEM anyway.

 

[TheLostSwede]

Why don't they just throw a licensed CM 212 into the retail CPU box instead. Most of the AMD heatsinks have been Coolermaster OEM anyway.

You should ask Lisa Su.

https://twitter.com/LisaSu

lisa.su@amd.com

 

[Xzibit]

AMD released new Chipset Drivers v1.8.19.0915 today

 

[tabascosauz]

AMD released new Chipset Drivers v1.8.19.0915 today

So what exactly is new, I wonder? Changelog is literally Ctrl+V from 7/31/19 version.

 

[Liviu Cojocaru]

After a few failed attempts to get the Corsair RAM working on my current board I decided to go with the Aorus X570 Elite...future proof, better VRM's and lots of goodies on it. Will get it Friday, hopefully my RAM will work better on this if not I will replace those as well.

 

[Chomiq]

After a few failed attempts to get the Corsair RAM working on my current board I decided to go with the Aorus X570 Elite...future proof, better VRM's and lots of goodies on it. Will get it Friday, hopefully my RAM will work better on this if not I will replace those as well.

Have you verified Gigabyte's QVL if your ram is actually supported on that board?