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Thank you. this clears things up for me. So basically getting better cooling could get me higher stable clock speeds? I know there are no guarantees. For example I found this link: http://pctechreviews.com.au/2018/08/01/reviewed-asrock-b450m-pro4-motherboard/ He could get 4.2 ghz stable with same mobo and cpu but an aftermarket cooler.

Hi, I experimented a bit with overclocking my ryzen 5 2600 with the stock cooler for a bit. Just for fun. Not really planning the keep the overclock, but just out of curiosity. The rest of my hardware: Asrock b450m pro4 mobo Seasonic golde 550w cpu rx 580 Samsung 860 SSD I could not get 4100 mhz even with 1.425 volt. The machine would freeze during cinebench r15. This wasn't due to overheating because my temps stayed below 85 c during the benchmark. According to amd this cpu will not throttle under 95 c. I managed to get 4000 mhz with 1.34375 volt. Anything below that voltage would not be stable. This seems a bit high because other people on the internetz tell that they could get 4000 mhz with 1.3 volt stable. Is this just silicon lottery bad luck or is there more going on? By the way, I did replace the stock cooler thermal paste with arctic mx-4 because I messed up the mounting of the cooler the first time ?

What about this? PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant Type Item Price CPU AMD - Ryzen 5 2600 3.4GHz 6-Core Processor $159.89 @ OutletPC Motherboard MSI - B450-A PRO ATX AM4 Motherboard $69.99 @ B&H Memory G.Skill - Aegis 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3000 Memory $114.99 @ Newegg Storage Samsung - 860 Evo 500GB 2.5" Solid State Drive $86.99 @ Amazon Storage Seagate - Barracuda 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive $58.89 @ OutletPC Video Card MSI - Radeon RX 580 8GB ARMOR MK2 OC Video Card $224.98 @ Newegg Case Fractal Design - Define S w/Window ATX Mid Tower Case $104.32 @ Newegg Power Supply SeaSonic - FOCUS Plus Gold 550W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply $79.40 @ Newegg Business Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts Total (before mail-in rebates) $929.45 Mail-in rebates -$30.00 Total $899.45 Generated by PCPartPicker 2018-10-24 02:34 EDT-0400 I raised my max price by a bit. I can get the Define S case for €61 so no need to change it. From what I have seen the corsair psu you mentioned is reviewed quite badly. People complain about it making clicking noises. Any other recommendations for PSU?

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PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant Type Item Price CPU AMD - Ryzen 5 2600 3.4GHz 6-Core Processor $159.89 @ OutletPC Motherboard MSI - B450-A PRO ATX AM4 Motherboard $69.99 @ B&H Memory G.Skill - Aegis 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3000 Memory $114.99 @ Newegg Storage Samsung - 860 Evo 500GB 2.5" Solid State Drive $86.99 @ Amazon Storage Seagate - Barracuda 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive $58.89 @ OutletPC Video Card Gigabyte - GeForce GTX 1050 Ti 4GB Windforce OC Video Card $174.98 @ Newegg Case Fractal Design - Define S ATX Mid Tower Case $89.98 @ Newegg Power Supply Corsair - CXM (2015) 450W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply $49.89 @ OutletPC Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts Total (before mail-in rebates) $855.60 Mail-in rebates -$50.00 Total $805.60 Generated by PCPartPicker 2018-10-23 20:20 EDT-0400 I did everything on my laptop up until now. https://www.asus.com/Laptops/N550JV/ The most demanding software I will be running will probably be Fusion360, Android Studio, Lightroom and chrome. No gaming. Can I improve this within my budget of 800? Edit: changed from 8GB of ram to 16GB.