smallest bit in OC helps seti time

[Burning Phoenix]

I was having problems yesterday with overheating my cpu while runnning Unreal for hours. I usually can run 1700@1870 but only windows apps. I run it at 1785 most of the time with stock heat sink and fan. Anyways i was getting average seti times 3:50 to 4:10 using 105 FSB which gets me 1785 mhz. So after yesterday i turned it back to 1700 stock settings and let seti run all night. I just looked my last nights seti times and they are only between 4:20 to 4:35 now. I didn't think that small amount of overclocking would take so much time off. Can't wait to install a peltier/waterblock to see what happens.

[chawken]

Just the smallest adjustments can affect your crunching times. On my Palomino board, an increase of just 2mhz on the fsb can reduce my times about 5-10 minutes.

[killem1x1]

WoW, I had no idea. Time to get home and get that new system online, and crurururunchin ;) Thanks for that nFo.

[chawken]

Originally posted by killem1x1
WoW, I had no idea. Time to get home and get that new system online, and crurururunchin ;) Thanks for that nFo.

No prob. Just remember - raising the multiplier on the CPU is less effective than leaving the Multiplier at default and increasing the fsb as high as possible. More bandwidth = faster WU times.