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AMD RYZEN Builders Thread

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Markfw said:
Haha, thats funny in a way. So my 2 Ryzen systems one was a newer H100 that came with the bracket, and then I ordered the 212 EVO bracket and was using that, then got the Noctura. So I have all 3 you mentioned.
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I got a little ticked at Corsair that I couldn't order the bracket, so I told myself that if I had to buy a whole new cooler, NZXT or someone else besides Corsair would get my $$$. But NZXT isn't shipping their flagship 280mm Kraken with an AM4 bracket yet, how dumb is that?
 
Better off waiting for a sale on G.Skill Ripjaws V DDR4-3200 CL14 IMO.

At least with the periodic Newegg subscriber code of 10% off you can sometimes snag them at $140 per 16GB kit or less.
 
IEC said:
I have the EK Supremacy MX AM4 block on my test bench. It is massively overkill. I imagine it's pretty much margin of error or at best 1-2°C in terms of performance versus EVO as well. 🙂

Having that giant copper contact area for a waterblock and the mounting system that screws into the stock AM4 backplate make install with the MX block easy and great.
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That's what I ended up buying too (although I don't yet have the CPU or motherboard to mount it on... 🙄). From reading some reviews, the fin array is a bit smaller and it only comes with one jet plate, but it should be more than sufficient for pretty much any <100W CPU. Temp differences outside of extreme scenarios are small, in the 2-3-4° range. And it's cheap, too!
 
IEC said:
Better off waiting for a sale on G.Skill Ripjaws V DDR4-3200 CL14 IMO.

At least with the periodic Newegg subscriber code of 10% off you can sometimes snag them at $140 per 16GB kit or less.
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I have more experience with G.Skill, in fact Ripjaws V is what's in the board now, but just leftover DDR4-2666. I don't know if there's any difference in the actual chips between the G.Skill and the Team memory that DrMrLordX mentioned.
 
crashtech said:
I got a little ticked at Corsair that I couldn't order the bracket, so I told myself that if I had to buy a whole new cooler, NZXT or someone else besides Corsair would get my $$$. But NZXT isn't shipping their flagship 280mm Kraken with an AM4 bracket yet, how dumb is that?
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Asetek is one of the main OEMs that manufacturer a ton of coolers. They are the one to blame for the whole AM4 bracket issue that a bunch of companies are dealing with even today.

http://www.gamersnexus.net/guides/2122-who-actually-makes-liquid-coolers-oems
 
richierich1212 said:
Asetek is one of the main OEMs that manufacturer a ton of coolers. They are the one to blame for the whole AM4 bracket issue that a bunch of companies are dealing with even today.

http://www.gamersnexus.net/guides/2122-who-actually-makes-liquid-coolers-oems
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Are they? Or did the popularity of Ryzen catch everybody flatfooted? Regardless, I think I'll be looking for another AIO at some point, the pump in my current H110 is likely past the midpoint of its useful life and will soon be relegated to a less critical system. I hope an AIO becomes available with even better heat dissipation capability, since custom loops just don't appeal to me.
 
Topweasel said:
Dang memory prices have gone up I spent $180 at launch for 32GB (2x16) 3200 CL15 B-die G-skill.
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Yes, yes they have. I spent $160 on DDR4-3733 CAS/CL17 with nice, small heatspreaders. 2x8GB that is. Today I think the same kit is over $200.

crashtech said:
Are these the ones?:

https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?item=N82E16820313825
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Yeah that's the kit. Though with Galax putting their HOF on sale, you are actually better off buying from them.
 
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IEC said:
Newegg promo code for 10% off DDR4 if you're a subscriber... some decent deals on B-die to be had.
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Grabbed these for $157.49 shipped. Still too much money, but I'm impatient, and who knows, prices might go up even more...

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@DrMrLordX , sorry for not taking your advice, but the info you provided did actually put me on the right track, so thank you.
 
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ScottAD said:
Thank you! I did but it could just be the fans maybe. They are Corsair AF140 and not the SP so they move more air. The rad is set as push from the included NZXT static pressure fans and the pull is airflow fans.

Before I added the fans push was working fine and the gpu ran around mid 60s.
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In that config, your should be blowing the hot air from the rad, out of the case. Not drawing hot air into the case.
 
I've been unable to keep up with this thread for the past 3 weeks, hoping to get a quick opinion before I purchase a motherboard.

I had thought I'd go with a Gigabyte or ASUS motherboard, but I'm pretty underwhelmed with their reviews and performance so far. I'll be trying for a decent (but not crazy) overclock on a 1700 and was aiming for a $150-$180 price. I have 3200 speed ram. It seems like the best currently available option is probably the Taichi and although I really don't like the design atheistic I can look past that if nothing else in that range is proving to be an exceptional choice.

Any thoughts?
 
tnt118 said:
I've been unable to keep up with this thread for the past 3 weeks, hoping to get a quick opinion before I purchase a motherboard.

I had thought I'd go with a Gigabyte or ASUS motherboard, but I'm pretty underwhelmed with their reviews and performance so far. I'll be trying for a decent (but not crazy) overclock on a 1700 and was aiming for a $150-$180 price. I have 3200 speed ram. It seems like the best currently available option is probably the Taichi and although I really don't like the design atheistic I can look past that if nothing else in that range is proving to be an exceptional choice.

Any thoughts?
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Currently, the Asrock boards have been giving the best results. Especially getting your ram to run at full speed. I'm sure others will catch up with their bios at some point. But as of today Asrock has the lead.
 
scannall said:
Currently, the Asrock boards have been giving the best results. Especially getting your ram to run at full speed. I'm sure others will catch up with their bios at some point. But as of today Asrock has the lead.
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True, my kit has been running at 2667 since the last bios update from Asrock, before that it was at 2133, 1-2 more bioses and i will be happily running at 3000.
 
IEC said:
I have the EK Supremacy MX AM4 block on my test bench. It is massively overkill. I imagine it's pretty much margin of error or at best 1-2°C in terms of performance versus EVO as well. 🙂

Having that giant copper contact area for a waterblock and the mounting system that screws into the stock AM4 backplate make install with the MX block easy and great.
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IEC is spot on! I have the SAME waterblock and it is VERY easy AND uses the stock C6H backplate, thus eliminating the "dreaded" backplate problems.
 
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crashtech said:
Grabbed these for $157.49 shipped. Still too much money, but I'm impatient, and who knows, prices might go up even more...

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@DrMrLordX , sorry for not taking your advice, but the info you provided did actually put me on the right track, so thank you.
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It's okay, no skin off my nose. As long as you are happy with the heatspreaders, you'll be fine. That is most likely b-die in there.
 
IEC said:
you can sometimes snag them at $140 per 16GB kit or less.
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It's wacky at how high memory prices has shot up. I got G-Skill 3000+ Hynix when the increased pricing was kicking in. Thankfully I got my 16GB 3000+ memory @ $86 shipped or so and can also run at 2933mhz @ 14-14-15-14. on my Asus Prime B350 mobo. A volatile market ram is. Phones looks to be the biggest reason for the high pricing.
 
Well crap. My case, video card and ram all went out of stock. Sometimes I hate Newegg


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Crosshair VI Hero beta BIOSes using AGESA 1.0.0.6 now available:
http://www.overclock.net/t/1624603/rog-crosshair-vi-overclocking-thread/15900#post_26106654

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Support for dividers up to DDR4-4000. Some people having success running 2x16GB or 4x8GB Hynix AFR sticks at 3200+ when previously was not possible for them.
 
Give reddit a look. People is going crazy. This must be the biggest bios hype of all time.

I dont know how amd will end this. Anticipations will stay there for next releases and people will mingle with bios and make crash and complains for years to get the next 100 MHz.

Me too! Lol
 
Well, lots of people getting 3600MHz+ with Samsung B-die with the new beta BIOS. I don't blame people for being excited! Seems like the May AGESA update is the big leap for memory performance.

Once ASRock releases a stable BIOS with the AGESA 1.0.0.6 updates I will try my DDR4-3600 B-die kit and see if it will load with XMP.
 
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