Hey guys, I had trouble getting to overclock Ryzen 5 1600X. Granted, mine is not the golden chip sample because I can't even go more than 3.9 without having to put 1.45 on Vcore. I am very new to the whole overclocking community, so it would help tremendously if someone could guide me and point out to me what is wrong with my settings.

And as I specified in the title, 2 of my cores are unstable. When I tested a few times using Cinebench, CPU usage was 100% with all cores and threads fully utilize. But when I stress test it using Prime95, after around 15 minutes, 2 of the threads shows irregularity as shown in the picture. I thought it was only a temporary problem so I ignored it and let it run.



Here are my specs:
CPU : Ryzen 5 1600X 3.85GHz @ 1.4Vcore
MOBO : ASUS X370 Crosshair VI Hero bios 6201
RAM : G.Skill Trident Z RGB 32GB (8GBx4) @ 2933MHz
Cooler : ML MasterLiquid 120
GPU : Galax GTX 1060 6GB OC
PSU : Segotep GP700G FM

Just for the record, apart from the CPU speed, Vcore and RAM speed, I did not temper with any other settings.

Oh, and I forgot to mention, I didn't plug in the 4 pins additional CPU cable to the mobo because my PSU just doesn't have it. Anyone can confirm for me if this could be one of the reason why I couldn't get my OC to stabilize?

Thanks!!

This post has been edited by eesyam: Nov 7 2018, 05:02 AM