FSB Question

Whats is better:

running a P4 with a stock 400 FSB (quad pumped 100 FSB)
OR
user defined FSB (maybe up to 225 FSB) with higher multiplier

its a 2.4 Northwood and I am happy with the performance so an overclock of under 3 gig is ok.

FBS

Run the FBS as high as it can as long it is stable all the time.
Watch your Main board temps and turn it down if it gets too hot.

higher multiplier? they are locked on the P4's

I didn't really get your question;

Make yourself more clear on what your asking, maybe you can list your specs and people can start helping you out.

FBS

I should have requested more specs before replying as well.

Cpu ? step0-1-2? I.D.?
Motherboard?
Ram? type?

Be very specific please so you get the right info.

First of all, your multiplier is locked on the P4 unless you have an ES (engineering Sample ) chip.

second of all, run your FSB as high as possible as long as it is stabe, but make sure your memory is running at 1:1 ratio because that gives you the best performance. Laster on you can change your ratio and then maybe increase your FSB. Though I highly doubt that your chip will go up to 225 FSB because on the intel 2.4 with 400Mhz bus, its multiplier is locked at 24, and therefor, 225 * 24 = 5.4GHz.

What i think your getting confused about is that, even tho the FSB is User Defined, the quad pumped will still apply so with a FSB of 225 * 4 = 900FSB. So just use user defined, and raise your FSB from 100 to whatever is stable for you.


Raven

Thanks for the info guys...

Yup, everytime I increased the FSB in the MoBo setup the thing would lock up and refuse to boot. Back to 24 x 100 for now!

Ok, we need to know what motherboard you have. If there is a way to fix or lock the PCI/AGP to default speed (33/66), then that's the first thing to do. How high are you trying to set the FSB? With a 24X multiplier, a really high FSB just plain won't work. Try a small increase at first to just see what happens, like maybe 108 FSB (that will give you almost 2.6 gig).