Ok so I've got this Ryzen 5 1600x....

[TotemicWeevil]

As the title says, I've gone and gotten ahold of a Ryzen 5 1600x, 16gb of ram and an Asus Prime B350M-A motherboard.

Now if I'm reading all of this information correctly (remember I'm a TOTAL newbie so please treat me as though I'm a complete idiot - which basically, when it comes to this stuff I am!) my ram is running at 3200 ghz, the processor speed says (via the BIOS) that its running at 3.9 ghz although cpu-z says its running at 2194.... and under task manager on windows 10 (I know, I know) the speed never goes above 2 ghz...

I can't for the life of me get the thing to overclock.. I've watched youtube videos and followed the instructions as best I can - all to no avail! :cry2:

I managed to reset the BIOS back to default although that was a task in itself.. Yes, I really am that clueless.. So please help me sort this thing out - All I'd like is to get it to a point where its stable enough at 4 ghz or faster.

Thank you for reading this far, assuming you have and to those that offer advice, thank you in advance, although I will be sure to thank you again in a subsequent post!

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Oh, before I forget, I've been watching people's videos using cinebench and they are scoring anywhere from 1500 to 1700 and for some reason I'm getting no higher than 753.. what gives?

 

[TotemicWeevil]

I tried to edit my signature, but was unable to, guess I don't have the permissions to do that yet so here are my specs:

Cooler Master MasterBox Lite 5 Tower PC Gaming Case, Mid Tower Computer Chassis, with Window, ATX | MicroATX | Mini-ITX, 120mm Fan, USB3.0, MCW-L5S3-KANN-01

Corsair Vengeance RAM Module - 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) - DDR4 SDRAM, 3000 MHz
DDR4-3000/PC4-24000 - 1.35 V - Unbuffered - CL15 - 288-pin - DIMM

Cooler Master MasterWatt Lite 700 PSU, 700w, 80plus White, 85% efficiency, UK Cable, MPX-7001-ACABW-UK

be quiet! Pure Rock Compact Intel/AMD CPU Air Cooler, 4 Heatpipes, 1x120mm Silence-Optimised PWM Fan, 130W TDP, Intel/AM, BK009

1TB Seagate FireCuda Desktop Hybrid Hard Drive (SSHD) 3.5" SATA III 6GB's 7200RPM 64MB Cache, SATA - 7200rpm - 64 MB Buffer

AMD Ryzen™ 5 1600X 6 Core AM4 CPU, Six Core, 12 Thread, 3.6GHz, 4.0GHz Turbo, 16MB Cache, 95W

Asus PRIME B350M-A AM4 Motherboard,B350 Chipset,4x DDR4 Slots,ATX Form Factor

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Hope this helps any wouldbe helper

 

[Warchild]

I think your forum limitations at the moment are due to post count. In the beginning it may need to be moderated but eventually you will have more control over your account

 

[MacLeod]

If the BIOS says 3.9 then that's where you're at. Ryzen chips don't run at like 3.9 all the time (depending on BIOS settings) and will slow down and speed up depending on your application so monitors will show the speed when it's not at its peak. All CPU Meter is a gadget left over from the Windows 7 days and it's the only one I've used that shows my chip at 3.9.