We covered the deep dive details of the Ryzen 3000 chip design in our AMD Ryzen 9 3900X and Ryzen 7 3700X review, so head there for more information on the 3800X's architecture, which is identical to the Ryzen 7 3700X. Question about memory though... shouldn't we have the 3800/1900 Limit instead of 3866 for the "perfect ratio" with IF? I've been trying to get the 3800 but i can't ... need to try loosening my timings more ( using Dram calc ). So far IMHO there seems to be no rhyme or reason to get to the 1900 IF on the CPU - many say this is down to the silicon lottery but if you are waiting on an AIO and you are using the Wraith cooler then maybe the AIO will help. Please remember that any mention of competitors, hinting at competitors or offering to provide details of competitors will result in an account suspension. The full rules can be found under the 'Terms and Rules' link in the bottom right corner of your screen. Just don't mention competitors in any way, shape or form and you'll be OK.

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cLDO VDDG - 0.950v Most likely your auto settings set this to high,use recommended setting from DRAM Calculator for Ryzen max on idle is fine as long as it's max not average. Just looked at my HWinfo64 and 1.5 across the board. See Jay2cents for lowering the voltage to somewhere where he thought it should be. Hey … so I finalized my build … or almost, still waiting for a 360 aio … but meanwhile i'm "playing around" with the system.I'm no bencher … I mean, until I get to a setup I like, I bench but just to see how much improvements I get, but other than that... I don't do it AMD has done a very good job with the algorithm getting best possible performance just by letting the CPU do it's thing in BIOS. Given you can get just about the same performance by OCing a 3700X (and the 3800X doesn't OC really at all), I don't really see why AMD even released this chip - especially considering how much more they are asking for it. The value just isn't there.

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You are fine with the Ram the way it is then,I just seems to me that you are not experienced in how the Ram works and that is fine.Just by looking at the Ram you own ,that Ram is capable of tighter timings no problem and could do CL14 3733Mhz but again it is not needed for your Ryzen and do not waste your time chasing tighter timings for zero or little 1% performance gains.Your system is fine. SOC - 1.12v -Set to max from DRAM Calculator for Ryzen for now.I use lower than max on my system for stability.Exactly what Panos said. I would also suggest trying the Performance Enhancer option and setting it to 3 or 4. So I wasn't able to get 3800/1900 on the memory, as soon as I get to that speed I have no Post. The max I have is 3733 16-16-16-32 1T @ 1867 IF. Good enough! Since you have DDR4 4500Mhz your good there.Adjusting all Ram timings tighter is the way to go.Even if you game at lower resolutions like 1920x1080 there will not be much difference between tight timings on 3200Mhz compared to tight timings on 3733Mhz in 98% of games. CL14 for me is not possible, but again, since I don't know the relations of the Timmins, it may be possible just by tweaking some secondary or tertiary timings, dunno ... vs 16b ??From what I can find that applies to all Ryzen 3K chips with a single compute die, in which case yes it'd be the same for the 3800X.

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nitrium said:Given you can get just about the same performance by OCing a 3700X (and the 3800X doesn't OC really at all), I don't really see why AMD even released this chip - especially considering how much more they are asking for it. The value just isn't there. So best base settings for your Motherboard and you would have to test every BIOS and Powerplan ,which will not make much difference at all then just letting the CPU do it's thing. IF you have the best CPU and best GPU and are running FHD resolutions or lower in PC gaming then ram choice can make a difference in some game from 0%-20% in FPS.When running normal everyday working mans mid tier CPU and GPU at FHD and lower does not make much of a difference. In thaiphoon burner export your XMP profile with complete HTML Report and save delays in nanoseconds to desktop or somewhere you would remember. Now if your like me and play games at higher than 1920x1080 and have normal CPU and GPU then adjusting Ram timings is the way to go,even latency does not matter .So if someone has some knowledge and google skills,they could adjust ram timings instead of trading in there DDR4 3000Mhz Ram and save some cash ,they could put extra money towards GPU and profit in FPS.AMD Ryzen 3800X voltages for synced 1:1:1 MEMCLK/FCLK/UCLK at 3866Mhz or 1933Mhz for highest performance. pretty much what i expected from all the Ryzen 3000 series so far. i am not disappointed at all in what i am seeing.