Just build a new rig. Specs as follow:
AMD 3900X
Asus Crosshair VIII Formula
G.skill 32GB Trident Z Neo 3600 CL16
Zotac 1080Ti FE
Samsung 960 M.2 Nvme
Corsair HX1000i
Lian Li PC-011
Custom loop = 10mm ID hardline, 3 x 360mm slim rads, D5, tube rez, antec prism fan (running @ 1200 to 1900rpm)
I’ve a tonne of heat issues despite my overkill cooling solution.
Prob 1: Asus Extreme Tweaker
The bios will overvolt vcore to 1.4V & above after I picked “DOCP Standard” to run my RAM @ 3600MHz. This in turn caused the CPU to idle between 40 to 55c @ 30c+ room temp. My coolant temp will settle down to 39.
I’m currently setting a -0.125 offset to force the vcore below 1.3V, disable PBO & LLC to level 1, but this slightly reduces performance. All core boost to only 4066MHz. Also the vcore @ idle state never goes below 1V which is really weird.
Max CPU temp running Cinebench R20 & AIDA64 stress test is 70c & 78c, respectively. Why are my temp still so high? Furthermore, should I be concentrating on CPU, CPU Die or CPU Package temp?
Can someone please explain to me how to get the mobo to run my 3900X @ default vcore for now? I’ll overclock after my loop is fully bleed & thermal paste cured.
Prob 2: Asus AI Suite 3
All I’m interested in is the Fan Xpert which makes tuning fan curve a lot easier than the bios, but AI Suite is always defaulted to “Performance” mode. This causes the CPU to run @ higher clock speed & heat. Is there a standalone app for Fan Expert? Can I run AI Suite 3 without it interfering with the CPU speed?
Prob 3: Aura Sync
I’m running Asus Armoury Crate to configure Aura Sync. Restarting the rig often causes my ARGB fans connected to ARGB header 1 to flicker. The only way to solve this problem is to shut down the system completely. Any idea what is wrong?
Prob 4: Temp monitoring
AIDA64 is unable to detect 3 temp sensors - - water in, water out, and t_sensor. Only Asus AI Suite is able to display these temps, but it causes other probs like I mentioned above.
Thanks.
Phil
