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MuppetMaster Nov 29, 2018 @ 7:27pm
Msi bios : gameboost question
I have a b350m mobo and a ryzen 3 1300x, ive read that gameboost is the best thing to use, can anyone confirm whether or not i should or shouldnt use it and why?
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Originally posted by ShadyDay:
This page is the right one.

https://www.msi.com/Motherboard/support/B350M-GAMING-PRO

Ive got the ATX version of the same board
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ShadyDay Nov 29, 2018 @ 8:00pm 
If you do use it update your BIOS early my MSI B350 board had issues if you turned game boost on. I personally dont use it because of that.
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MuppetMaster Nov 30, 2018 @ 1:28pm 
I tried manually oc my cpu without using gameboost and my pc no longer displays an image on my monitor, so i gotta reset my cmos, but i didnt oc it more than what game boost did so i dont know what the issue was with that
I got my board like 7 months ago and havent touched my bios in terms of updating, do so scares me cause i dont want to ♥♥♥♥ it up beyond repair
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ShadyDay Nov 30, 2018 @ 1:32pm 
Yeah you need to update it. Lots of udates for faster ram speeds and other benifits. Turning game boost on and off messed with my CPU voltages until I updated my bios.
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Venlord Nov 30, 2018 @ 3:02pm 
I'm using a MSI X370 motherboard, I keep it off because when I turn it on the voltages were set pretty high and the fans curve was pretty aggressive. I think it clock my 1700 at 3.4Ghz when I could have just set manually set it to 3.7Ghz at 1.225V which was much lower voltage then what I saw when had it on. I don't remember the exact voltage when I had it on because I have had it off for while but I remember it being pretty high.

I would definately update your bios they have made a lot of good changes. My memory finally runs at the rated speed, and everything just seems more stable for the most part.
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MuppetMaster Dec 1, 2018 @ 10:17am 
Are the updates for the b350m pro and the b350m the same?

Thanks for the help so far guys! Really appreciate it
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ShadyDay Dec 1, 2018 @ 10:46am 
You should be on your specific motherboard page on the msi website. It should show yours. Mine is a b350 gaming plus. I think they only had a couple b350 matx boards. If it's not your board don't use it!
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MuppetMaster Dec 2, 2018 @ 12:30am 
Originally posted by ShadyDay:
You should be on your specific motherboard page on the msi website. It should show yours. Mine is a b350 gaming plus. I think they only had a couple b350 matx boards. If it's not your board don't use it!
Alright cool deal, thank you for the help all, really appreciate it
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MuppetMaster Dec 4, 2018 @ 2:43pm 
alright i think i have just one more quick question, the box for my mobo says its an amd b350m gaming pro, and msi's website has multiple b350m mobo with different names, i just want to make sure im getting the right download. The one im looking at right now is called "amd b350m gaming pro" I assume its the right one just wanted to double check
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ShadyDay Dec 4, 2018 @ 3:01pm 
This page is the right one.

https://www.msi.com/Motherboard/support/B350M-GAMING-PRO

Ive got the ATX version of the same board
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MuppetMaster Dec 4, 2018 @ 3:04pm 
Originally posted by ShadyDay:
This page is the right one.

https://www.msi.com/Motherboard/support/B350M-GAMING-PRO

Ive got the ATX version of the same board
Awesome! thank you so much! thats the one i downloaded, just wanted to make sure i was gonna use the right one
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ShadyDay Dec 4, 2018 @ 3:15pm 
Easy way to overclock it is set it to 3900 3.9GHz and set the VCore to 1.35. See if it boots and test it. I set a more aggressive fan profile in the BIOS when I was using the supplied air cooler on my 1600. Also whats your RAM and what speed is it rated? Set that manually in the BIOS and you've got a quick overclock to test out. You almost always have to bump RAM voltage up to get the rated speed (1.40v).
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MuppetMaster Dec 4, 2018 @ 5:19pm 
Originally posted by ShadyDay:
Easy way to overclock it is set it to 3900 3.9GHz and set the VCore to 1.35. See if it boots and test it. I set a more aggressive fan profile in the BIOS when I was using the supplied air cooler on my 1600. Also whats your RAM and what speed is it rated? Set that manually in the BIOS and you've got a quick overclock to test out. You almost always have to bump RAM voltage up to get the rated speed (1.40v).
ive no idea what my ram is rated, i just saw it had really great reviews and made sure it was compatible with my set up, ive got 2 sticks of coursair 8gb, ill have to do manual oc in a couple weeks when my semester comes to an end, my pc was down for a couple weeks before i had the chance to fix it today, a lot of my school work is on this machine so i gotta keep it safe for atleast a little bit longer, thanks for the tips though ill be sure to do some testing
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