What's better? Higher FSB & Lower Clock Multiplier or Lower FSB and Higher Clock Multiplier?

[devilfire]

hmmm...question is pretty much in the title...also...what do you guys think of the Lian-Li cases?

[Diablo]

Higher FSB because your system in a whole is overclocked compared to an increased multiplier which only gives more performance from your cpu. Increasing the fsb increases everything cpu, memory, ect...

[kat]

I think its more of a balance ;D

[Hoot]

Kat is right, it is a balancing act. Certainly, you should strive for an aggressive FSB and memory timings, but the golden rule is: Never trade overall speed for an FSB bump. IE 10x133 versus 9.5x136. That's just my personal opinion.

Hoot

[asmodean]

I disagree somewhat with Hoot... I go for higher FSB, if possible, but not at too big difference, meaning like 50MHz (CPU) or so.
Besides, there's more choice in the FSB-world than in multiplier-world, adding more tweaking time... :)

[Boy914]

Lian-Li makes a beautiful case (the PC60, for example), but they are a tad expensive. I would also check out the 4732PX at http://www.a-pro.com/ for a cheaper all-aluminum alternative. Both are 100% aluminum, come apart easily, and come with extra case fans. Also, the 4732 has front USB, speaker jack, mic, etc., so you can save some money on a LiveDrive if you were thinking of SB Live! card (I'm probably just projecting here).
Of course, I'm avoiding the question of which is the better case for over clocking. This is because I don't have either yet, but I'm planning on getting the 4732. From what I've read (and what they claim) both cases have good air circulation, so I would imagine that either would be a good overclocker.

[KILLorBE]

I Don't have an answer, just results.

PIII 733@803 (5.5*146) 3DMark2k 4765
PIII 600@803 (6*133) 3DMark2k 4734
Both tested on the same system, P3V4X, 128Mb Mushkin rev.3, GF 2 MXR (Quadro mod).
I don't think there's much (or any) difference.

Note: '803' according to MBM5.

[theflyingrat]

Go higher FSB speeds if you can, but bear in mind that the stability of the VIA KT133 chipsets most people have their Durons and TBirds running on is not very good over 105 or so.....in fact, they kinda suck for frontside bus overclocking. If you have the KT133A, then it appears as if it will go up to about 145 (from def. 133) before crapping out. Somebody please correct me if I'm wrong - I'm checking out KT133A boards myself.

[oc jason]

LikuidFusion agrees with KAT, yes there better pareormance with a higher FSB, but to take you gotta give, so for a totally stable system id go for a balance of multiplier and FSB. That way there is not such a great chance or frying you PCI devices witha multiplier of 4 and a FSB of like 199( just an example)