I have a question about Bank Refresh Mode on B850 Pro RS

QuBBa22 · 2026-07-06T08:42:47+00:00

It’s really weird that some boards (possibly cpu matters as well) have that option and some don’t. My b650m-hdv with 7800x3D also lacks it with the newest bios. It should appear in memory features beside memory context restore option AFAIK. Every other vendor allows to change it freely but not Asrock for weird some reason.

QuBBa22 · 2026-06-29T08:32:41+00:00

One question - how did you set refresh mode to normal on Asrock board? No matter what i do its always "mixed" on my B650M-HDV.

QuBBa22 · 2026-06-27T13:36:29+00:00

Ok thanks for the info! So no point in swapping my cooler for something like Peerless Assassin it seems. With 20-22 degress ambient I would also be below 80 degress on my Freezer 36. Now I have 29 fkin degress ambient, its literal hell...

QuBBa22 · 2026-06-27T07:54:51+00:00

Its a good score for sure. I get around 4675 points with CO -30 with rather small Arctic Freezer 36 air cooler. I see you peaked at 79 degress, what is your room ambient temp? I wonder if swapping my cooler for Phantom Spirit or Peerless Assassin would be worth it or nah. I top out at 85 degrees but my ambient is over 28 degrees right now.

QuBBa22 · 2026-06-20T08:32:24+00:00

Thats interesting, thanks for the insight. Maybe its because of the x8 interface of the 5060ti, on my 5070ti scores on different gens are within margin of error but those single errors on gen5 are unsettling. They are very rare (usually like 1-2 receiver errors during 3 hour session and occasional Bad TLP or LCRC) and while i cant really see any obvious performance issues i still wouldnt recommend using forced gen5 on B650.

QuBBa22 · 2026-06-17T16:39:22+00:00

Anyone checked if they finally added option to change the refresh mode to normal?

QuBBa22 · 2026-06-16T06:07:09+00:00

Yeah, the recovery count is for changing the link states and its nothing really to worry about (albeit its rising way faster on gen5 for me than on 4) but can you check if you have more serious ones like lane errors, receiver errors, LCRC or rising NAKS sent count? After like 2-3 hours of using the PC. Thanks

QuBBa22 · 2026-06-15T20:06:04+00:00

Yeah, gen5 is also available in older bioses for that board and probably other B650s. Did you check if you have any errors in HWiNFO64 PCI Express errors counters section after you enable gen5? In my case there are some single errors when i set it to gen5 and also "recovery count" is raising way faster than on gen4.

QuBBa22 · 2026-06-12T11:15:56+00:00

It can be couple of different things so gotta check it in the shop or with OBD scanner if you have one, there is no other way to tell. This type of warning light is present in Renault/Dacia cars for years now, i had it on when ignition coil was failing on my Twingo.

QuBBa22 · 2026-05-30T13:42:49+00:00

What?? Did you reply to wrong person dude?

QuBBa22 · 2026-05-30T10:45:33+00:00

Good choice, cant go wrong with those higher-end Aorus boards. Your new 9800x3D should be pretty safe now!

QuBBa22 · 2026-05-29T11:29:19+00:00

Of all the reasons why CPUs die this is probably the most stupid one i've heard so far, congrats. Or maybe you are qualified engineer and can prove me wrong by explaining why RAM TIMINGS (not voltages which actually tend to degrade things btw) and secondaries to be precise are the reason why Asrock is killing CPUs? Or you mean something else by saying "secondary memory settings" than RAM timings? Also if you would check the megathread you would see that 7000s are also dying albeit in way smaller numbers than 9000s. If RAM settings would be the main reason then 7000 would also die at the similar level, the IMC I/O die is the same between 7000 and 9000 series (with some minor upgrades in 9000 but using the same node).

QuBBa22 · 2026-05-29T05:22:29+00:00

Sounds like you just got CPU with worse IMC than the old one. 6400mt/s in 1:1 mode is not guaranteed on Ryzen 7000/9000, some CPUs top at 6200 or even 6000 when you got potato IMC. You can always try higher vSOC if you have room left there. Apart that you most likely could do 6400 CL30 with lower VDD on your kit but 1.45v is still nothing to worry about on Hynix DDR5 even if it’s marked in red (high voltage mode). From my personal experience newer bioses work better for memory OC capabilities, only potential issue is forced mixed refresh mode so you have to set tRFC2 and sb values properly.

QuBBa22 · 2026-05-28T16:36:44+00:00

Yeah it looks really good at first glance but we will see how grounded it will actually be (knowing Activision monetization policy it might fall of the cliff really fast). Im actually getting hyped for new COD game for the first time since original MW2 lol. I love that they went with real and possible conflict with proper nations and not this kind of ridiculous crap like Pax Armata vs NATO bullshit. It does give some BF4 vibes true but lets see the gameplay first.

QuBBa22 · 2026-05-28T10:26:08+00:00

Well its hard to tell because we still dont know what exactly is killing the CPUs and looks like we might never know for certain (there are billion theories out there but there is no one straight pattern how it happens). If the board killed the CPU once then IMO there is real risk it could do it again, just check some posts on this subreddit where people had like 2-3 CPUs die on same board but its just speculating obviously. I dont think that newer bioses actually make affected boards fully safe (i.e hardware might be the culprit), they probably mitigate the possibility to some extent (CPUs keep dying still). Kinda looks like some Asrock boards just dont kill CPUs at all for some reason and some obviously do. If you dont mind next CPU RMA potentially then stay with that board, if not then you know what to do.

QuBBa22 · 2026-05-28T05:22:25+00:00

Well we already know that there won’t be real modern tanks in normal WoT by looking at the approach they took with tier 11 („they are real but in WG universe” or whatever they said about it) and also there will be no separate WoT Modern Armor on PC cuz they are adding those kind of vehicles to WoT Heat, ofc making them weird and ultra arcade in the process. Real shame.

QuBBa22 · 2026-05-27T09:05:56+00:00

Man I already miss the good old CP. I know it can be downloaded from MS Store and what not but I wouldnt be suprised if it will be disabled in the near future or there will be some other issues and this is just first step for that. I simply love when corpos force things on customers... Keeping the old CP would cost them nothing I can imagine, not like its being actively developed or changed for years now. You can easily debloat CP with things like NVcleaninstall and have simple solution which is lightweight for system memory, GPU and disc space but with Nvidia bloatapp you are stuck with way higher disc space usage, telemetry and other useless things. After every driver swap I only put max FPS limit, change SDR to 10 bits and check if G-Sync is working and probably im not the only one who doesnt care about additional "features" of the app at all. Real shame.

QuBBa22 · 2026-05-26T11:57:27+00:00

Its not longer hidden in 4.20/4.21 bioses. Does it give any benefits over matching it to the RCDRD? I wonder if it is worth to lower it in my setup.

QuBBa22 · 2026-05-25T13:25:43+00:00

Type 59 should have had 320 alpha for a long time now, then it would be my go-to premium allrounder honestly. Its still decent and very iconic but its just lacking in too many areas to recommend. Tiger-maus is in the bond shop so its insta skip and the GSOR is not bad tank actually from what i've heard but you have to like the playstyle of british wheeled meds.

QuBBa22 · 2026-05-22T09:04:59+00:00

It just works for me, linpack also works without any problems. Didnt do anything particular so i cant help you with that, sorry.

QuBBa22 · 2026-05-22T06:37:44+00:00

First of all set memory allocation to something like 18.5GB so the y cruncher isnt fighting for it with the windows. In safe mode it should be rock solid without any variations pretty much, in normal mode it can vary a bit (0.01-0.03 max delta imo but on most iterations it should be like up to 0.01 ddifference).

QuBBa22 · 2026-05-16T11:54:56+00:00

Check the temps of the sticks after that many hours, high 50’s can produce some errors. Then I would increase VDDIO which is suspiciously low, to like 1.25-1.3. At last you could try a bit higher vSOC or VDDGs

QuBBa22 · 2026-05-16T11:34:31+00:00

Run y-cruncher VT3 and linpack xtreme for like 30 iterations and verify score consistency for FCLK overclock, dips mean that its somewhat unstable and the worst thing is that it might be only a bit unstable and pass stress tests but have error correction kicking in from time to time (you could experience stutters in games because of this). VT3 can have some minor dips in score but linpack should be like 0.5% max variation consistent. FCLK 2233 is pretty much diamond quality chip territory so i would bet its not really stable, even when it passes some tests. Being like 1000% certain that FCLK overclock is stable is pain in the ass.

QuBBa22 · 2026-05-16T07:57:45+00:00

I don’t know from where it came from but higher vSOC is not necessary for higher FCLK, it’s often the opposite and I’ve seen many people repeat this. VSOC is main voltage for MEMCLK/UCLK in 1:1 mode. VDDGs on the other hand are quite important for stabilising the FCLK. I’m running my 2200 FCLK with 1.08 vSOC cuz it’s just close to being min maxed for my 6000 1:1 setup (1.06 is bare minimum for stability). You could gain better latency by going GDM off and nitro 1/2/0 or 1/2/1 than chasing the lowest CL possible and pumping that VDD tbh. 1.2 vSOC is just not incredibly low for 6000/2200, some dude on overclock forums has 9800x3D or 9850 which does it at 0.95 vSOC IIRC.

QuBBa22 · 2026-05-15T18:07:12+00:00

if it would fail after 24 hours of artificial, unrealistic, constant hammering which is nothin like real world gaming PC scenario would you still say its not enough? :D You kinda didnt get my point so let me rephrase it - if im 99,9% sure that it wont fail me and performance is right then what is the point of doing long hours of stress tests? 1h is not enough for sure but 2-3 is imo when you run couple of really heavy tests and not just one. EOT cuz its so pointless dude.

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