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IF so what is the highest it could be overclocked using just the fsb? I am using the best ram(ddr-400) and whet is said to be the best mobo(NF7-S). I want to get to at least 2300.
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Raiders4ever said:But the default is 13, the newegg ones at least.
Raiders4ever said:IF so what is the highest it could be overclocked using just the fsb? I am using the best ram(ddr-400) and whet is said to be the best mobo(NF7-S). I want to get to at least 2300.
z3r0 said:You would ATLEAST be able to get 2.5ghz
Hoot said:Depending upon the "luck of the draw", 2500 Mhz Stable is optimistic even with water cooling. You never know, until you buy it, whether your particular CPU and motherboard will allow you to make much more than 2400, regardless of cooling. I've had one 2500 and two 2600s and none of them ran 2500 Mhz on either of my NF7-S 2.0 boards, nor my A7N8X 2.0 board. It wasn't for lack of high quality cooling or beefy power supply either. Oh, they would boot, run MemTest86, even sometimes pass 3D Mark 2001se, but when it came time to run Prime95 Torture Priority 10, they always fell. One try they might make it for only 9 minutes, the next try, with the same settings they might make it 2-1/2 hourss, but never more than that. it didn't matter whether I was shooting for that speed with high multiplier, high FSB, or medium both, I just haven't been among the lucky few to get that with these Bartons.
Hoot
I don't fully agree with this. Prime priority 10 just affects the CPU temperature. If you reach the critical point you crash. You may see the same effect with a speed controled fan.
If you know the temp limit for an specific overclock and you stay below it you will be stable.