Cpu

[francomanko]

is this overclocking safe?

[Muhammed_Hamed]

That CPU is running at under one Volt, this is actually way lower than what is used out of box.. XFR will use voltages like 1.42 and higher to go above 4 GHz on a few cores, you can check on that
I mean this OC is safer than the voltages used by default ? And the CPU runs cooler as well
So yeah it is 100% safe and covered by AMD and Asus warranties..
Most of the boards use overclocking features, specially the ones I mentioned to Bobby. They can handle more extreme settings than this.
Even if you mess up with voltages, the board turns off at 95 degrees and prior to that it warns you before you apply the settings..
The only way you can fry your CPU or board or both, is turning off all the safety features and running the CPU hot for a while
And if you ever RMA the CPU or board, there is no way for AMD or Asus to know if you did any overclocking (unless you fried the chip/CPU)
Say if something else happened, and you wanted to RMA the board.. they will not be able to know if you OCed or not.

[rusteberg]

Bobby get 3990x you won't regret it, just be sure you get proper cooling for it.

what cooling system would you recommend? i have one sitting on a board and I can barely get to bios before it shuts down.

[rusteberg]

So I put a 'cooler master wraith ripper' on the 3990x and just rendered an interior scene in 20 minutes that was taking around 2 hours on a 2990wx.... I'd say that's a win

[Morbid Angel]

I am thinking about 3990x too. But what is proper cooling according to you? I have a friend that have standard air fan for TR4 on 3990X. Another with water cooling, not sure if its NZXT or what, but all is pretty similar. And finaly another with custom loop. Every gear works, of course temperature is best on custom loop. But what do you think what is good cooling for it? Thank you.

You need Noctua TR4 specific cooler then its all fine. https://www.amazon.ca/Noctua-NH-U14S.../dp/B074DX2SX7

[rusteberg]

interesting... I had originally put a nzxt on the 3990. the heatsink fan options are the only ones that seem to cover the entire surface area of that specific cpu. I hate computers.

[Jiri.Matys]

NZXT is probably small on every single product right? But is standard fan efficient enough to cool down 3990X? I mean in a lot of renderings and long term.

[rusteberg]

only one way to find out

[waaazoo]

That CPU is running at under one Volt, this is actually way lower than what is used out of box.. XFR will use voltages like 1.42 and higher to go above 4 GHz on a few cores, you can check on that
I mean this OC is safer than the voltages used by default ? And the CPU runs cooler as well
So yeah it is 100% safe and covered by AMD and Asus warranties..
Most of the boards use overclocking features, specially the ones I mentioned to Bobby. They can handle more extreme settings than this.
Even if you mess up with voltages, the board turns off at 95 degrees and prior to that it warns you before you apply the settings..
The only way you can fry your CPU or board or both, is turning off all the safety features and running the CPU hot for a while
And if you ever RMA the CPU or board, there is no way for AMD or Asus to know if you did any overclocking (unless you fried the chip/CPU)
Say if something else happened, and you wanted to RMA the board.. they will not be able to know if you OCed or not.

Hi Muhammed,
What cooling do you have for the 3990x ? I'm currently looking and no cooling option seems perfect. Either you have good ones, but not with a Threadripper sized plate, either other ones with bad reviews (Enermax Liqtech TR4 II for example)... Hard to find something you can rely on.
Up to now, I always had Noctua Air coolers. I'm also lurking at the ProSiphon Elite 240 which seems to be an "in between" solution but pretty optimized for the Threadripper.

Who has a 3990X and is super happy with the cooling system ??

[seandunderdale]

I recently bought a 3990x with this cooler
Coolermaster LiquidML360 RGB TR4

It was the only one on the spec list the build website would use. They said all others on the list were insufficient for the cpu. Ive got a large be quiet dark base pro 900 rev 2 case which has beefy fans and lots of airflow space. So far so good!

Temperatures at full load are around 70C. Idles around 40C ish.

[Jiri.Matys]

Where you find 3990X? Everywhere is out of stock.

[waaazoo]

Where you find 3990X? Everywhere is out of stock.

in Germany you can find some

[waaazoo]

I recently bought a 3990x with this cooler
Coolermaster LiquidML360 RGB TR4

It was the only one on the spec list the build website would use. They said all others on the list were insufficient for the cpu. Ive got a large be quiet dark base pro 900 rev 2 case which has beefy fans and lots of airflow space. So far so good!

Temperatures at full load are around 70C. Idles around 40C ish.

Thanks, that's interesting. For how long is your system running ? And what is your Vray Bench score, if I may ask ?

[seandunderdale]

Where you find 3990X? Everywhere is out of stock.

I bought it from here...it does actually say out of stock right now. But I called them up and they said they usually get some in fairly quick. Had one for me a day or two later.
https://www.pcspecialist.co.uk/computers/amd-trx40-pc/

[seandunderdale]

Thanks, that's interesting. For how long is your system running ? And what is your Vray Bench score, if I may ask ?

I bought it about 3 weeks ago. Bought it on a Thursday, it got delivered on the next Wednesday.

Its running Vray RT or production renders 6 - 8hrs a day. Can go up to 20ish hrs if its rendering overnight. Vray benchmark using the new benchmark (very different scores to the old one) was about 55,000 I think.