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System Name | Still not a thread ripper but pretty good. |
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Processor | Ryzen 9 7950x, Thermal Grizzly AM5 Offset Mounting Kit, Thermal Grizzly Extreme Paste |
Motherboard | ASRock B650 LiveMixer (BIOS/UEFI version P3.08, AGESA 1.2.0.2) |
Cooling | EK-Quantum Velocity, EK-Quantum Reflection PC-O11, D5 PWM, EK-CoolStream PE 360, XSPC TX360 |
Memory | Micron DDR5-5600 ECC Unbuffered Memory (2 sticks, 64GB, MTC20C2085S1EC56BD1) + JONSBO NF-1 |
Video Card(s) | XFX Radeon RX 5700 & EK-Quantum Vector Radeon RX 5700 +XT & Backplate |
Storage | Samsung 4TB 980 PRO, 2 x Optane 905p 1.5TB (striped), AMD Radeon RAMDisk |
Display(s) | 2 x 4K LG 27UL600-W (and HUANUO Dual Monitor Mount) |
Case | Lian Li PC-O11 Dynamic Black (original model) |
Audio Device(s) | Corsair Commander Pro for Fans, RGB, & Temp Sensors (x4) |
Power Supply | Corsair RM750x |
Mouse | Logitech M575 |
Keyboard | Corsair Strafe RGB MK.2 |
Software | Windows 10 Professional (64bit) |
Benchmark Scores | RIP Ryzen 9 5950x, ASRock X570 Taichi (v1.06), 128GB Micron DDR4-3200 ECC UDIMM (18ASF4G72AZ-3G2F1) |
So I was tinkering with PBO on my 5950x for the first time tonight, nothing special just tweaking PPT, TDC, and EDC limits, everything else auto.
Wasn't expecting anything special to happen other than a bit higher CPU temps and maybe slightly better clocks and after some time started to notice a strange smell.
I didn't notice the smell right away because my PC is sitting on a rack above my monitors and it was perhaps 15-30 minutes into an all core testing already.
I would say it did NOT smell like typical electronics overheating.
At the time I was monitoring CPU's temps and my UPS wattage. Nothing seemed particularly abnormal. CPU was popping up to 89c (which is higher than usual but not unexpected) and I was pulling under 360 watts system total (don't remember the exact number) according to the UPS. Two temps I didn't manage to get were VRM temps and Water temps before hastily turning everything off in panic mode to check for fire hazards in the house.
CPU:
- Ryzen 9 5950x
Motherboard:
- ASRock X470 Master SLI/AC (revision 1.02, BIOS/UEFI version P4.53)
Cooling:
- EK-FB ASRock X470 Gaming K4 RGB Monoblock, EK-Quantum Reflection PC-O11 D5 PWM, EK-CoolStream PE 360
(monoblock includes VRM cooling)
What's more likely?
1) Melting the thermal pads on the VRM's ( I have read the VRM's on this motherboard are basically trash, didn't know that before I bought it. I had replaced and used some leftover EK thermal pads from my GPU block in my custom loop maintenance back in June. They were maybe 2yrs old but were in very good condition )
2) Microleak in Radiator ( the most concentrated smell seems to be coming from near the ports of the radiator however that is also above to the VRM's under the monoblock, there is no indication of fluid leakage or loss so far )
3) Component burnout somewhere ( the PC didn't crash or exabit any other issues before shutdown so I kind of doubt this )
4) Overheated thermal paste, perhaps some little excess burning off?
It took a good hour to clear the smell out of my house.
So I'm on my backup PC for now while it sits in the garage airing out.
I suspect #2. EK clear fluid already has a particularly strong smell and I can only imagine what it must smell like when it becomes heated and vaporized.
I'm thinking I'm going to have to do a complete teardown to investigate to be sure.
Anyone want to place their bets.
(edit)
TLDR. No problem. Turns out I was wrong. It was #3. See the thread for some nice pictures.
Wasn't expecting anything special to happen other than a bit higher CPU temps and maybe slightly better clocks and after some time started to notice a strange smell.
I didn't notice the smell right away because my PC is sitting on a rack above my monitors and it was perhaps 15-30 minutes into an all core testing already.
I would say it did NOT smell like typical electronics overheating.
At the time I was monitoring CPU's temps and my UPS wattage. Nothing seemed particularly abnormal. CPU was popping up to 89c (which is higher than usual but not unexpected) and I was pulling under 360 watts system total (don't remember the exact number) according to the UPS. Two temps I didn't manage to get were VRM temps and Water temps before hastily turning everything off in panic mode to check for fire hazards in the house.
CPU:
- Ryzen 9 5950x
Motherboard:
- ASRock X470 Master SLI/AC (revision 1.02, BIOS/UEFI version P4.53)
Cooling:
- EK-FB ASRock X470 Gaming K4 RGB Monoblock, EK-Quantum Reflection PC-O11 D5 PWM, EK-CoolStream PE 360
(monoblock includes VRM cooling)
What's more likely?
1) Melting the thermal pads on the VRM's ( I have read the VRM's on this motherboard are basically trash, didn't know that before I bought it. I had replaced and used some leftover EK thermal pads from my GPU block in my custom loop maintenance back in June. They were maybe 2yrs old but were in very good condition )
2) Microleak in Radiator ( the most concentrated smell seems to be coming from near the ports of the radiator however that is also above to the VRM's under the monoblock, there is no indication of fluid leakage or loss so far )
3) Component burnout somewhere ( the PC didn't crash or exabit any other issues before shutdown so I kind of doubt this )
4) Overheated thermal paste, perhaps some little excess burning off?
It took a good hour to clear the smell out of my house.
So I'm on my backup PC for now while it sits in the garage airing out.
I suspect #2. EK clear fluid already has a particularly strong smell and I can only imagine what it must smell like when it becomes heated and vaporized.
I'm thinking I'm going to have to do a complete teardown to investigate to be sure.
Anyone want to place their bets.
(edit)
TLDR. No problem. Turns out I was wrong. It was #3. See the thread for some nice pictures.
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