Overclocking The Ryzen 7 2700X processor
Overclocking a Ryzen 7 2700X processor
On this page, I want to disclose what you can do in order to achieve an all-core overclock. You guys know it when you're gonna tweak, always invest in good hardware. And that includes a proper MOBO/PSU/Memory and cooling), the cheaper motherboards often are not well tuned for enthusiast overclocking with fewer power phases. Please. never underestimate a good power supply and sure, proper processor cooling. Overclocking with a more core processor (doesn't matter if that is Intel or AMD) is more difficult than you expect it to be. Ryzen likes fast memory, so with this dual-channel (single rank) setup we really can recommend higher frequency memory like the 3200 MHz kits used.
- B450 is never was intended for it, but overclock is very possible.
- We placed the multiplier at 43 (against better judgment as we know this will require heaps of voltage!)
- Voltage at 1.465.
- We are now stable at an all-core 4300 MHz overclock based on the stock cooler (default fan profile).
Mind you that we used the stock air Wraith cooler here, with a nice liquid cooling solution / LCS temps would be better. This cooler runs just over 95 (!)Degrees C under overclocked load with 1.465V fixed to the CPU. Ergo, with this cooler, really we should just stick at 4200 Mhz which is in the low 80 Degrees C. Cooling is trivial alright. Still, the benchmarks ran fine.
At 4300 MHz we finish wPrime in 90 seconds (1024M / 16t) and shaved off a few seconds.
The Ryzen 7 2700X defaults at roughly 1800 points, the all-core overclock to 4200 MHz brings us closer towards ~1925 points
