Low NB Frequency problem

[RadeonMaster]

Hello guys, so about week ago i swapped my motherboard with new one.. Windows 10 did his thing and installed drivers for new motherboard (i think so) although yesterday i was checking something on CPU-Z and i saw that NB Frequency was running at 199 MHz!!!! I remember that on my old Motherboard NB Frequency was something like 1700MHz... I dont konw if there is something missing or why is NB running so low... i downloaded latest drivers for chipset but still CPU-Z was showing 199 MHz
NEW MOTHERBOARD: GIGABYTE GA-F2A55M-S1
OLD MOTHERBOARD: Asus A55BM-K
CPU: AMD Athlon x4 860K
RAM: 8GB Hyperx fury 1888MHz (although CPU-Z is showing 931MHz)
GPU: Radeon HD 7770 2GB

 

[spooky2th]

You are most likely OK. 932MHz is 1862MHz with dual channel memory. Your CPU might be in power saving mode. It will or should speed up when in use.

 

[RadeonMaster]

CPU is running fine, NB frequency is what i am worried about.. My friend has same motherboard and on his PC NB is 1800MHz.
I Check in BIOS and NB frequency was on auto (1800MHz) I also Downloaded Speccy and there is also 199MHz on NB..
I was playing metal gear solid V on max setting but NB was cold (which i think is not normal) I dont konw what is causing CPU-Z or any other similar app to show that number... (power saving mode is not turned on)
I dont even know what NB Frequency is to be honest!

 

[spooky2th]

Are you able to still play metal gear on max settings? NB frequency is the speed at which the IMC in the CPU is running. Unless you set up all of the three power settings, windows will slow down the CPU if not busy.

 

[RadeonMaster]

Yes, I am playing metal gear solid 5 max setting on 40 fps.. I thought NB Frequency was North bridge frequency or something like that.
Bu still i dont understand why is it showing 199MHz instead of 1800MHz (which was confirmed in BIOS)

 

[spooky2th]

It might be specific with your CPU? Maybe only the 199MHz is enough for the memory controller to do what it is supposed to do, a more efficient MC. Internal Memory Controller.

 

[RadeonMaster]

Okay, so I manually adjusted nb frequency to 1800 MHz thought BIOS and now CPU-Z is actually showing 1800mhz but NB is now allways running at that speed, could that be harmful for something and will overclocking it improve performance?

 

[spooky2th]

There's probably no need to OC the CPU. Set optimized defaults in BIOS, then check - set up memory speed & timings. See what the optimzed settings are afterwards.