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Higher FSB or MHz?

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SlowBurn

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Which is preferred between a higher FSB, or a higher MHz. I mean if I can get 2112MHz with a FSB of 183, and a multiplier of 11.5, would it be better if I could have a FSB of 190 x 11? Always wondered, but never asked.
 
I personally think that 190x11 will yield a better overall system performance as 14MHz is not noticable. I say run a few benchmarks on both settings and see which is faster. I am pretty sure that the190FSB is gonna be faster than 183, as the 14MHz is nothing.
 
Agree, provided you can run the memory at the same timings. If you have to relax timings to gain 7 mhz of FSB speed, then I would think it's not worth it. (Example: I much prefer 11x166 @ cas 2 VS 10x180 @ cas 2.5)
 
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