Once you are satisfied with the stress test, go back into the BIOS, head over to OC, and search for the AMD Cool’n’QuietAMD option. Once you’ve made it into your Operating System, perform a stress test again to check the stability of the system. You can increase the voltage up to 1.45V without doing any harm to your CPU. You click the + button right next to the CPU Core Voltage tab or you can do it manually by simply adding the 0.0125 into 1.35V. Go back into the BIOS, head over to the CPU Core Voltage section, and increase the voltage in small increments, usually 0.0125V. On contrary, if your system crashes, it means that your CPU needs more voltage to become stable. Once your computer logs into Windows without any problem, it means that you have successfully overclocked the Ryzen 7 2700X. Also, there would be a pop-up of changes that you have made in your BIOS.
Once you are done with setting the values, it’s time to save your new configurations and restart your computer. Let’s assume we set the CPU Core Voltage at 1.35V, now we can overclock the CPU at a clock speed of more than 3900 MHz. Let say if the values in the stress test were 3900 MHz at 1.28V, so to run at a higher clock speed, we will need more than 1.28V. Now you remember the voltage values that were displayed during stress testing. This refers to the amount of voltage supplied to the processor. Once you have set the CPU Load Line Calibration values, go back to the OC section and scroll down to the CPU Core Voltage Section. Move down to CPU Load-Line Calibration Control under the DigitALL section and change the values to Mode 4. Usually, when the CPU is under load, the LLC provides the CPU with extra voltage for stability. Load Line Calibration is the feature that supports the processor with extra voltage when needed. Now change the CPU Ratio from Auto to 42.
If you using the MSI X470 Carbon Pro motherboard, then head over to the “CPU Ratio” under the OC tab.
Once you are done with the stress test, it’s time to restart your PC and enter into BIOS. So overall, there should be 25☌ to 30☌ of thermal headroom at stock clock speed before doing any overclocking stuff. AMD recommends 85☌ as a safe temperature range for overclocking Ryzen 7 2700X.
Once you stress test your processor using this software, note the voltage frequency and temperature when your processor is running at its full potential.
By doing so, you can get insights into different factors like the clock speed, voltage, and temperature of each core.Īpplications like Prime95 and Cinebench are ideal for stress testing your CPU. In stress testing, you push your CPU to its maximum capacity. Now as you are aware of the overclocking limit of your CPU, it’s time to stress test. Now there isn’t enough headroom to overclock your CPU, but still, you can manage the Ryzen 7 2700X to achieve clock speed up to 4.3 GHz. The Ryzen 7 2700X is a CPU with a base clock speed of 3.7 GHz base clock speed and a boost clock speed up to 4.3 GHz. Ryzen 7 2700X CPU on a Motherboard Setting Your Ryzen 7 2700X to Overclock