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I'm new to P4 overclocking and I want to make sure I've understood what I'm attempting to do, before I order some components. I'm looking at a 2.8C & Asus P4P800-E Deluxe.
Are my following deductions of overclocking the 865 chipset correct?
1. FSB can be set between 100 to 250+, often in 1 MHz increments up to 200 MHz and then often in slightly larger increments.
2. AGP and PCI busses can be locked at 66/33 or higher if required. i.e. they are completely independent of FSB or memory speed.
3. The thing I'm definitely not clear about is how the Memory settings work! When I set the memory clock, is it an absolute value or is it a ratio of the FSB?
i.e. in the Asus BIOS you can choose between 266 and 533 or Auto. So if my FSB is 250 and I set my RAM to 400 will the RAM setting be 400 or 250/200 * 400 = 500?
I know synchronous RAM is best for performance, but I'm not yet sure if it's worth me paying the premium for PC4000 over PC3200!
I don't want to spend the extra on PC4000 and find that I can't run the CPU and RAM synchronously at high FSB settings. i.e. The CPU can't handle a FSB of 250, so I'm forced to use say 240 FSB and the RAM then will then either be set to PC3200 (asynchronous) or PC3840 (synchronous). Help!
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Smiling Crow
Are my following deductions of overclocking the 865 chipset correct?
1. FSB can be set between 100 to 250+, often in 1 MHz increments up to 200 MHz and then often in slightly larger increments.
2. AGP and PCI busses can be locked at 66/33 or higher if required. i.e. they are completely independent of FSB or memory speed.
3. The thing I'm definitely not clear about is how the Memory settings work! When I set the memory clock, is it an absolute value or is it a ratio of the FSB?
i.e. in the Asus BIOS you can choose between 266 and 533 or Auto. So if my FSB is 250 and I set my RAM to 400 will the RAM setting be 400 or 250/200 * 400 = 500?
I know synchronous RAM is best for performance, but I'm not yet sure if it's worth me paying the premium for PC4000 over PC3200!
I don't want to spend the extra on PC4000 and find that I can't run the CPU and RAM synchronously at high FSB settings. i.e. The CPU can't handle a FSB of 250, so I'm forced to use say 240 FSB and the RAM then will then either be set to PC3200 (asynchronous) or PC3840 (synchronous). Help!
Love
Smiling Crow