Is my CPU or MB bottlenecking my RAM

[quorp]

My ram is rated for 3200MHz however according to task manager (idk if thats the best way to look) its only running at 2400MHz, Im not sure whether its being held back in a way where I can change it manually or if I have to upgrade my MB or CPU. Im currently using a Ryzen 3 1300X in a A520M DS3H. Anyone able to answer?

[Alinz]

Have you enabled the XMP profile in your bios?

 

[aDoomGuy]

1st gen Ryzen doesn't support 3200 MT/s memory. You can run it at that speed but it is technically an overclock. You need to head into your BIOS and see what XMP settings you can enable.

[jaslion]

You have to enable xmp to make it run at 3200mhz. HOWEVER ryzen 1000 has a poor memory controller so even getting to 3000mhz is usually already quite hard

[DeadnightWarrior]

40 minutes ago, aDoomGuy said:

1st gen Ryzen doesn't support 3200 MT/s memory. You can run it at that speed but it is technically an overclock. You need to head into your BIOS and see what XMP settings you can enable.

They do support 3200 MT/s but it's a bit tricky to achieve...
I have a Ryzen 5 2400G, which is basically a 1st gen Ryzen with a GPU slapped on it: I can run rock solid 3200 MT/s RAM on a B350 board, but the truth is I had to go through 3 kits of memory to finally get to that stable speed.
G:Skill Ripjaws4 3200 were a no-go and wouldn't clock higher than 2800, G.Skill TridentZs got to 3200 but seemed a bit unstable and finally, I got a Patriot Viper4 kit to hit 3200 from day one withouth a hitch.

One would think the very expensive TridentZs would work better than the relatively cheap Viper4s but nope, it's exactly the opposite, at least in my case,

 

The A520 chipset should be very much compatible with RAM speeds so I guess it depends on the 1300X's memory controller.
Anyways I'd just try different RAM brands / models, as with Ryzen 1000 you can never know which combination is gonna hit the advertised speed.