Update:
Our feedback regarding last configuration we had tried to mount. I would like to share my experiment for people that want to use this kind of configuration.
Ryzen 3700X + Gigabyte X570 I Aorus Pro WiFi
Motherboard side:
The motherboard we had, had a lot of difficulties to boot. The first boot has been obtained after the board itself did a factory reset.
After that, standard windows installation, reboot and ... nothing !
I achieved to install windows by flashing previously the bios prior to windows. Last bios was not working, so "I pick one" .
After that, standard installation of software into windows, driver installation. I made some thermal test, playing some hours with the CPU setting & unfortunately I tried to re-update the bios.
--> Bad idea as the board is impossible to boot now !!
I can't even flash the bios anymore. I sent back the board.
I had an other one (two PC to do for a company), and this one has never boot at all withtout reset of the bios.
Same fate for this one !!
CPU side:
I haven't have a lot of time to really test the CPU and try to optimize the behaviour but my feedback below:
- CPU iddle power & temperature are high ... I don't know how to optimize it but you can have more than 20/25W and 45/50°C in iddle
- Temperatures are really high regarding power consumption.
The TDP seems to be optimized (80-90W for me depending of software) but temperatures are really high.
It's a lot worst than any Intel CPU I tested so far.
It's a lot worst than any Ryzen 2000 also ...
--> More than 85°C on the Die with fan at full speed. It's clearly not normal !!
- I checked over the web, a lot of people have trouble, even with watercooling.
- The frequencies goes down directly close to 4.0Ghz when temperatures rise.
My conclusion:
Regarding X570 motherboard, I recommend to not use this Gigabyte reference.
I haven't had any problem with older gen. So for now I will still recommend to use B450 or X470 board.
Also, the older gen board has no active fan on the chipset. I modified the heatsink for one of the board for my purpose but it's not easy (you need some tooling), and also you loose the warranty. Other point, even if you find a motherboard compatible in standard, the fan can be heard at any speed. At Full speed, It's quiet annoying for a fanlessPC.
For The CPU, I think that it's not fitting nicely for the First. Temperatures are really high and so it's not the best in a Fanless PC.
For my needs & my customer, we moved to a 9700KF & Asrock Z390m-itx board.
The CPU will even perform better for most application due to higher stable frequencies.
Maybe
@Nord1ing could complete my post ? You had tested deeper than me.