An OC Question.

[Anon305]

Whats the difference between uping the fsb compared to chaning the multipiler ratio, oc wise?

[-_{MoW}_-Assasi]

higher FSB vs higher multipier, the higher FSB would be faster, also raises ram frequency with most boards(all boards cept some of the newer ones ;))

[darufe]

best way to find out wich combination is best for you is to run benchmarks.

dual spi 32meg times
memtest l1 cache speed
sandra cpu ari/multimedia tests

some times a lower fsb with a higher ram multiplier yeilds better performance.
atleast thats based from my tests i dont know if anyone else has gotten similar results.

in my case running the ram on a multiplier yields better performance increases to running the cpu on a similar freq with lower multy and similar speed ram.

From what ive seen in memtest running ram on a multi instead of 1:1 seems to oc the cache speed (wich is probably why ive seen good gains)

Best gains ive seen tho where at 425x8 1:1 4-4-4-12
but this requires over 1.5vcore to stabilize in my case. wich means i need all fans on max (very loud and annoying) and still gets me rather high temps (low to mid 60s depending on ambient)

So anyways like i was saying earlier do some benches its pretty much the only way to be sure

hope this was helpful

[Anon305]

ah, thanks alot