Motherboard ASRock X370 Gaming-ITX/ac and AB350 Gaming-ITX/ac

[ChinStrap]

Memory: G.SKILL Ripjaws V - F4-3200C14D-16GVR
https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820232229

(i'd like to add, that kit was like $130 when I bought it. WOW)

It has run @ listed XMP on 3.00 and 4.51A beta - I moved to the beta last night after reading positive reports. Thank you for contributing to this thread (everyone).

 

[Phuncz]

Generally DDR4-3200 with CAS14 is Samsung B-die and will have no issue running at DDR4-3200 spec (or higher) on Ryzen 1xxx or 2xxxG.

DDR4-3200 CAS16 and DDR4-3000 CAS15 are most likely SK Hynix and run DDR4-2666 to 2933 on Ryzen 1xxx, and up to DDR4-3200 (not always) on Ryzen 2xxxG.

 

[m_42]

Running G.Skill Flare X DIMM Kit 16GB, DDR4-3200, CL14-14-14-34 (F4-3200C14D-16GFX) @ 3200 (XMP Profile) on the AB350 Gaming-ITX/ac. These are Samsung B-die of course.

 

[AV-Gurus]

Generally DDR4-3200 with CAS14 is Samsung B-die and will have no issue running at DDR4-3200 spec (or higher) on Ryzen 1xxx or 2xxxG.

DDR4-3200 CAS16 and DDR4-3000 CAS15 are most likely SK Hynix and run DDR4-2666 to 2933 on Ryzen 1xxx, and up to DDR4-3200 (not always) on Ryzen 2xxxG.

On this MBO (Asrock AB350 Gaming-ITX) my G.Skill Trident Z 16GB DDR4 16GTZB Kit 3200 CL16 (2x8GB) run on 3200MHz and it is SK Hynix (def is 2133MHz).

 

[aquelito]

What is the distance between the motherboard PCB and the top of the CPU when seated in its socket ?

For Intel it's around 8 mm.

Thanks !

 

[theGryphon]

What is the distance between the motherboard PCB and the top of the CPU when seated in its socket ?

For Intel it's around 8 mm.

Thanks !

I had measured it at closer to 7.5mm for my 1800X on Asrock AB350 ITX board.

 

[microking4u]

yep I just tried it and got the same error, I'm curious this is the first raid array I've setup what benefit is there to updating the raid drivers?

Sorry late response, so updating the drivers would hopefully give the best performance and stability. But have been emailing with AMD support and they say this is not a compatable configuration and this is the reason for that message being thrown up! My experience with Ryzen and this setup has been pretty sucky to say the least. I also have the GSkill 3200 2x8GB kit that will not run stable on any of the newer BIOS revs at XMP settings without going back to Auto which drops it to 2132, so must have the SK Hynix nand on there that so many have been talking about. Also, you should try and do file transfers from your NVME SSD to the RAID array, I was getting just crazy slow 30-40MBs transfer rates. Im on 4.51a BIOS by the way, no stability improvements memory wise. I wish I could return this board, memory and CPU to Microcenter in OC. But I am past the return date. This whole experience has really soured my thougts on using AMD hardware, I was really hoping this would be a great experience as I havent had an AMD processor since their first AMD 64. At this point I think I may have to go back to Intel for stability reasons. Anyone want to buy my motherboard and 1700 cpu DM me. ;-(

 

[nick_w]

I'm sorry to hear your having so much trouble, I'm seeing initial speeds of 700MBs(I don't think my old hdds can even write at that speed) then it drops to about 200-150MBs maybe less if its a bunch of small files, we have the same motherboard, cpu and raid configuration so I can't think whats causing these issues. if it helps I have the b350 board with p3.10 bios, win 10 pro, GSkill fortis F4-2400C15-16GFT 32GB ram, teamgroup pcie m.2 240GB ssd and 2 SAMSUNG HD103SJ 1TB 7200rpm hdds.

 

[Phuncz]

@microking4u you've been having problems with your build for a while now and nobody here seems to be able to help you. Either something is defective or set incorrectly and you should let a 3rd party (specialist) take a look at it or let the store figure it out.

 

[Hifihedgehog]

it drops to about 200-150MBs maybe less if its a bunch of small files

Not to break the flow of the conversation, but this is normal behavior for your setup. In any system when many small files are being accessed in a transfer, the latency required to access each file causes the effective rate to drop from the maximum sustained rate. This is compounded with mechanical drives where the latency is even higher than SSDs since the disc platters have to spin up and the arm has to physically shift to the correct location on the platter. Even with RAID 0 on mechanical drives, the latency from many small files which repeat such disc accesses over and over especially slows down effective throughput.

 

[RedArt]

Hello, do you guys think that the temp on TMPIN 6 is something I should worry about? I mean is this normal on this board or?

 

[Phuncz]

It's probably interpreting it incorrectly, because the temperatures read from the board are all static it seems. Either check that you have the latest version of the software or test with another application to verify it's not OK.

 

[RedArt]

It's probably interpreting it incorrectly, because the temperatures read from the board are all static it seems. Either check that you have the latest version of the software or test with another application to verify it's not OK.

Thansk for the reply. I used Hwmonitor (with different versions since it is a problem that I have from the beginning) do you have any suggestion of another application that usually works good?

 

[Phuncz]

I would suggest AIDA64 since it's updated often and sometimes ahead of hardware releases.

 

[theGryphon]

I use HWiNFO64 (latest version) and I know that it reads Ryzen temps and other info more accurately than anything else, including Aida64.

 

[jmarin]

Hello, do you guys think that the temp on TMPIN 6 is something I should worry about? I mean is this normal on this board or?

I get that same problem, so it's most likely the software misreading it

 

[RedArt]

Thanks everyone for the replies. I tried both HWiNFO64 and AIDA64, these are the results:

They look consistent, should I worry about it or do you still think it might be fine?

 

[Phuncz]

Most VRMs can easily exceed 100°C but 107°C is still high if using CPU air cooling. Does the VRM heatsink get any airflow ?

 

[RedArt]

Most VRMs can easily exceed 100°C but 107°C is still high if using CPU air cooling. Does the VRM heatsink get any airflow ?

Im using the Silverstone ML08 so I guess it does since it has a vent just over the mainboard. I dont know if you know this case.

 

[Phuncz]

Which CPU cooler are you using for this build ? Perhaps also link a photo of it without the panel that's covering the motherboard.