Unintentionally upgraded to AM5. With RAM prices the way they are I had no intention on upgrading from my 5950X running 3733Mhz CL14 fully tuned timings any time soon, then I came across a deal on these 2x24GB GSkill Ripjaws S5 6400Mhz CL32 dimms for $400, so snagged them up as I felt that was a decent deal given the sticks new are about $900 at the moment. Next day I came across a deal on an X870E Carbon Wifi for $280, so decided to get that. I intended on waiting for prices on the 9950X3D2 to come down a little, then a buddy sent me a deal on an open box 9850X3D for $400, so decided to get it. My buddy said he would purchase the 9850X3D from me when I upgrade to the X3D2, but in the mean time I think this will certainly do.
Got all my parts in a day ago, and what an adventure that was with the CPU getting lost for a few days in shipping, then the first motherboard I got being bad, but all that matters is everything works as expected in the end, or even a little be better than expected. Spent my 4th of July tuning RAM. Got my timings I began with from this post here, then tuned things further. I had tested good on RAM the first day at CL30 with these timings, then spent half the day yesterday chasing my tail due to instability and errors that were happening in tests 8 & 9. Figured out I had pushed my PBO – offset too far. Brought it back down to -22 (CB R23 a -33 offset) with a +75Mhz boost, and that stopped my errors in 8 and 9, then started getting an error that pointed to voltages or overheating, but my DIMM temps never got over 37C, so figured I was pushing too high VDD at 1.5, so brought it down to 1.45, and now we are here.
So, how do things look? To note, full system cooling with a 12K BTU AC with a custom 3D printed duct, which some of you might have seen before, to explain my temps. (Been running it for 3 years now, so I know what I'm doing to keep moisture at bay, as well I live in the desert)
New to AM5 and DDR5 tuning, but studied up quite a bit on those of you who have paved the way before me, so I was not flying blind. To that, I thank all of you for making this tuning journey soooo much easier than my DDR4 tuning.