UP THE FSB OR MULTIPIER???

[YAUSSER]

Newbie here, i wish to know which is better?

uping the fsb lowering the multipier or uping the multplier and lowering the FSB. COZ I am running T-Bird 800@900 , what is the max as I want to get it to 1.1GHz :D can this be achieved using 8.5X133 or 11X100 on 1.85V???? ( which is better). I am using asus A7V board.

[ReNeG@dE]

I'd say lower the multiplier and get the FSB as high as possible as this will get you the most memory bandwidth, etc. If some other components (i.e. memory, video card, SCSI controller, etc.) start flaking out before the CPU, then up lower your FSB a bit and up the multiplier a notch and start slowly upping the FSB again.

Try and find the highest FSB you can get and then mess around with the multiplier to find the limit of your CPU and then choose something in between.

Example: your memory can't hanle more than 150MHz FSB, so if your CPU maxes at 1100MHz then you could try 7.5 x 145 (or 146 if you can adjust in 1MHz increments) to get the most out of the processor or 7 x 150 to get the most out of the memory at the cost of ~50MHz...

[William]

go with a lower multiplier and higher fsb to get to your goal. Same speed, but your bus improvement will give you a much faster comp!

[JJ32]

Asus A7V? You're screwed with higher FSB. A7V is KT133 and FSB increase is lucky to yield you 105. You can probably get 103 FSB, but anything higher and I bet you have issues. For that board you better just go higher multiplier! Some people can get over 105, but most cannot due to chipset limitations. If you have the A7V133 you can though! Has to be a KT133A chipset to get those high FSB. I had the same problem, so I bought an Abit KT7-A. FSB to 147 now! Good luck!

[Oni]

YAUSSER (Apr 11, 2001 10:33 a.m.):
Newbie here, i wish to know which is better?

uping the fsb lowering the multipier or uping the multplier and lowering the FSB. COZ I am running T-Bird 800@900 , what is the max as I want to get it to 1.1GHz :D can this be achieved using 8.5X133 or 11X100 on 1.85V???? ( which is better). I am using asus A7V board.

Personally, I'd go 11*100, and w/ the Tbird 900, you wouldn't need 1.85. I think about 1.55 or 1.60 would work for you. Good luck!

[Puter_Addict]

Higher FSB is the way to go.... you have some very good advise above... just gotta play with it

[proze]

ideally, a higher fsb is better. but, like someone has already mentioned above, the a7v is based on the kt133 chipset, which doesn't yield high fsbs.

i run a duron on an a7v, and the highest stable fsb i can get with my current air-cooling is 107mhz. a friend with a tbird 700 on an 17v can get 110mhz easily. we've run tests, and it boils down to the fact that his individual chipset can take it, and mine can't. there have been kt7 users with the fsb at 115mhz and higher. it really is a case of pot-luck as to how high your fsb will get with a board based on the kt133.

that said, get your fsb as high as you can, and then you're going to have to play with the multiplier. you can still get a really nice, high overclock, but you will suffer on the memory scoring compared to kt133a boards with high fsbs.

good luck, and have fun!

[!-=sky=-!]

hmmmmmmm strange but i m usnig the A7V too and i m using 114 fsb, no i didn't read it wrong and i m sure it's A7V b/c i just bought this board to replace my old mother board that was screwed by my power supply that blew up