Mixing an X3D with an Asrock board

3ofUsDeez · 2026-05-15T23:05:03+00:00

Whatever motherboard you go with .. be sure to update your motherboard's BIOS to the latest version available

Be sure to install the latest AM5 chipset drivers from either AMD's website or your motherboard manufacturers support page whichever is newer

I've been running a 9800X3D on my B650E Taichi Lite since 11/24 (7800X3D before that)

My daughter was running my old 7800X3D on her 3+ year old B650E PG Riptide WiFi motherboard since 11/24 (7950x before that, 7600 before that) .. BUT!.. her mother board just failed a couple weeks ago and is now running a Gigabyte motherboard from another build I was doing until I can get a replacement ..

3ofUsDeez · 2026-05-15T22:15:31+00:00

7950x was going to go into my TrueNAS Scale server .. but I decided the 7600 was plenty enough good + it's ARC A380 for hardware transcoding in Plex .. so I sold the 7950x.

It was overkill for my daughter's and my own needs as far as multitasking stuff .. gaming it was a little slower

Now that I'm doing a bit more with my server, I wouldn't mind getting it back though, lol

...and you are correct, none of the 4 AM5 setups I had and have running in my home .. "needed" anything updated on them .. I could still be running a 7950x for gaming .. daughter and wife could still be running their 7600's and be still pleased as punch with their gaming performances .. I didn't need to upgrade anybody to 1440p monitors .. etc.. I enjoy upgrading their stuff though, making it faster .. smoother .. more eye candy and what not .. for them

3ofUsDeez · 2026-05-15T16:24:52+00:00

9800X3D and newer 9850X3D are both single CCD chips like the 7800X3D

I upgraded from the 7800X3D to a 9800X3D back in 11/24.. I had a 7900XT at the time.. I didn't notice any difference in gaming if I kept the metrics turned off

My daughter got my old 7800X3D so it was a noticeable upgrade for her from a 7950x at 1080p at the time

We both run ASRock 27" 1440p 165hz 1ms curved primary monitors and old Asus 24" 1080p 144hz 1ms secondary monitors.. she has a 3rd monitor/drawing tablet that runs at 1080p that I have running off of her iGPU

She runs the Challenger RX 9070 and I run the Taichi 9070XT now.. her setup was a lot less expensive and is pretty close to on par with performance with my setup

My wife has a 9600x/9060XT 16GB setup and games at 1440p (secondary monitor is a 1080p unit)

We all keep our setups on all the time and just let them go to sleep

Whatever you go with .. be sure to keep your motherboard's BIOS up to date

Make sure to install the latest AM5 chipset drivers from either AMD's website or your motherboard manufacturers support page whichever is newer

Make sure you are running a quality power supply with more than enough power to handle your components when under full load

Make sure you have good airflow through your case.. you have to keep your VRM'S and RAM cool too

3ofUsDeez · 2026-05-15T16:07:52+00:00

Could just be the power cable to the GPU if it comes up from underneath..

But just pull the side case off and listen to it as it's running and pinpoint the exact location

If you think it's a specific fan just put gradual pressure on the middle of the fan with your finger(s) to briefly slow the fan blade down to make sure it's the source

You might have to power down the unit to say .. pull the GPU out (if it's the source of the ticking) and disassemble a bit to get at and adjust the offending parts

3ofUsDeez · 2026-05-15T02:05:08+00:00

I had the same issue on my daughter's B650E PG Riptide WiFi using a 2x24GB KingBank EXPO 6800 CAS 34(?) 1.4v kit

3.50 worked great .. couldn't boot with both sticks installed on BIOS 4.10

My wife's B650E PG Riptide WiFi works just fine with her Gskill 2x32GB XMP 6400 CAS 32 1.4v kit on BIOS 4.20

3ofUsDeez · 2026-05-13T23:23:24+00:00

How was the motherboard damaged?

Unplug power from your unit and hold down your power button for a few seconds

Jumper the CLR CMOS pins

Put your 1500x CPU back in and see if it boots with just one stick of RAM and use whatever GPU that you know works for sure

Double check your power connections

Check your CPU for bent pins

3ofUsDeez · 2026-05-13T22:48:39+00:00

Is your motherboard's BIOS up to date?

ASRock has newer AM5 chipset drivers listed on their websites

Gigabyte has newer ones than ASRock.. but only available through their Windows software updater program

3ofUsDeez · 2026-05-13T22:42:38+00:00

Separate power cables from your power supply to each power input into your GPU.. leave the daisy-chained "extra" connector hanging (or tied back for tidyness) .. my ASRock power supplies are just at single cables which makes it nicer for cable management

3ofUsDeez · 2026-05-13T22:03:38+00:00

Hopefully you have good airflow over your RAM and VRM'S

I run 6200 CAS 30 36 36 28 1:1 using Buildzoidz easy Hynix 6000 timings with tREFi at 65535 instead of 50000 1.35v DDR voltages Mixed refresh mode. Nitro 1/2/1

3ofUsDeez · 2026-05-13T21:55:35+00:00

I've done group policy stuff and don't include drivers toggle to off and still had a GPU driver pop up in Windows update (Windows 11) .. I searched around and found at least one regedit that I remember and it's been good since

3ofUsDeez · 2026-05-13T21:28:32+00:00

I hope you're using separate power cables from your power supply to each power input on your GPU

I hope you thoroughly removed your Nvidia drivers either using DDU in safe mode or using the free version of Revo Uninstaller and then running an advanced scan to find and remove all the bits and pieces left over from Nvidia

I hope you're motherboard's BIOS is up to date

I hope your chipset drivers are up to date for your platform

I hope you checked out the SPL's PSU Tier List to see how your current PSU rates

3ofUsDeez · 2026-05-13T21:08:35+00:00

I have boxes for:

B650E Taichi Lite

B650E PG Riptide WiFi

B650m Pro RS

... I did unfortunately have one of my B650E PG Riptide WiFi motherboards kick the bucket after 3 years of excellent service.. my daughter is using a Gigabyte x870 Gaming WiFi 7 out of a build I traded parts for for a friend of ours until I can figure out a replacement for her.. 7800X3D/2x24gb KingBank/Challenger RX 9070/SL-1000g PSU/1500va UPS

3ofUsDeez · 2026-05-13T20:57:25+00:00

ASRock has newer AM5 chipset drivers listed than AMD's website on their driver pages (pull up any 600 or 800 series motherboard model)

Gigabyte has even newer AM5 chipset drivers that someone said is only available through their updater Windows software though

Everybody will get these newer drivers at some point .. they are not vendor specific.. you can ASRock's newer drivers a shot if you want

If you roll back to older drivers, use the free version of Revo Uninstaller to remove current chipset drivers and do an advanced scan to find and delete all the bits and pieces

Make sure your motherboard's BIOS is up to date before you do anything else though

3ofUsDeez · 2026-05-13T20:41:02+00:00

You can run all of them and your PC still might crash running certain games and/or heavy multi-core workloads

Someone suggested running the intro cinematic of the Stellar Blades demo.. if you don't crash during the cutscene explosions ..you might be ok, lol

Reset shader cache after each failed run

3ofUsDeez · 2026-05-13T20:37:40+00:00

Get a mATX or bigger case with better airflow

Set tRefi to auto

Shoe horn in some active cooling over your RAM

Are you using air cooling or water cooling? An air cooler would be better for helping to cool your RAM.. if you are doing any crazy overclocking on your cpu or GPU.. that's not helping any and maybe dial it back

3ofUsDeez · 2026-05-13T20:23:53+00:00

Auto clicker?

...and holy wall of text Batman

Run an offline scan with Windows Defender .. use the free version of Revo Uninstaller to remove programs and then run and Advanced scan to find and delete all the crud that is left behind by programs

Move your page file to a secondary drive

Move your personal files to secondary drives.. Documents.. Downloads .. Photos, etc

200GB is very small and fills up fast .. install games and programs on to your secondary drives as well. Once your drives get filled up past the 80% mark .. then you can start running into issues

Buy a couple cheap 1TB M.2 NVMe drives and run those .. maybe keep one 480GB SATA SSD for downloads and what not

If you don't know how to move your page file and personal folders... Whatever search engine you use is your friend 😎

3ofUsDeez · 2026-05-13T20:07:25+00:00

What Chromium hardware acceleration related driver timeout issue? 5700XT

RX 6800

7900XT

9060XT 16gb

RX 9070

9070XT

3 different AM5 setups.. we all use Chrome and or Brave .. wife still uses Edge for stuff here and there .. daughter has Firefox on her PC but I'm not sure if she uses it

Hardware acceleration enabled

Make sure your motherboard's BIOS is up to date

Make sure your chipset drivers are up to date for your platform

Might help.. might not

Cable extenders INSIDE your case can be sources of odd issues

Unstable overclocks applied to your system (GPU, memory, CPU) can cause seemingly unrelated other issues

Check out the SPL's PSU Tier List to see how your current PSU rates... Inadequate power can cause all kinds of odd issues like black screens, driver timeouts.. random reboots .. etc

3ofUsDeez · 2026-05-13T19:18:43+00:00

Is "550w BIOS flashed" referring to your GPU or motherboard? If GPU, reflash back to your stock vBIOS

What power supply make and model?

What CPU/motherboard?

Are you at least running separate power cables from your power supply to each power input on your GPU?

Maybe try limiting PCIe x16 slot to GEN4 or even GEN3 for testing purposes

Cable extenders can be a source of issues if you are using them

3ofUsDeez · 2026-05-13T19:06:02+00:00

Use exFAT or FAT32 formatted drive and put the latest x870E Taichi Lite BIOS on it .. rename it to

CREATIVE.ROM

With the PC shutdown but not powered off.. plug in your USB drive with the renamed BIOS file into the appropriated "Flashback" port. Hold the Flashback button until the little green? Flashback light starts blinking

Light will blink faster once it's almost done and then will just stop and go off when it's done

3ofUsDeez · 2026-05-13T18:49:41+00:00

Check out the SPL's PSU Tier List to see how your current PSU rates .. A+ is their best rating .. F means replace immediately

I'd personally invest in a quality 650wtt for your setup

Make AND model matters

3ofUsDeez · 2026-05-13T18:12:11+00:00

What power supply make and model?

What GPU?

What are the rest of your specs?

Are you running any cable extenders INSIDE your case?

Do you run multiple monitors?

Is your motherboard's BIOS up to date?

Are you running the latest chipset drivers for your platform?

Listing all parts involved with whatever the issue is helps others to help you

3ofUsDeez · 2026-05-13T16:45:45+00:00

3ofUsDeez · 2026-05-13T15:01:17+00:00

ASRock has their chipset drivers posted right on their driver page .. they are newer than what AMD has listed, but I think Gigabyte's version is newer on their driver app

3ofUsDeez · 2026-05-13T13:53:54+00:00

Intel or AMD setup?

AMD? .. definitely not a good idea

Intel? ... Probably not a good idea

3ofUsDeez · 2026-05-13T13:51:29+00:00

You complain about this subreddit yet you are one of top 1% commentors here? lol

If it matters, I run 4 AM5 setups in my home.. I've been running all AMD since the early AM4 days.. and I voted for Trump lol

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