Processor decisions

[killswitch83]

hmmm, I sure wouldn't mind seeing a 3 GHz clock on a 170 with W/C...hmmmm.......oh jeez, the notions I entertain sometimes, lol

[fps justin]

just go geta mobo that surpasses 300 fsb and you'd be fine

[Tyreal]

Originally Posted by killswitch83

hmmm, I sure wouldn't mind seeing a 3 GHz clock on a 170 with W/C...hmmmm.......oh jeez, the notions I entertain sometimes, lol

Well. Not on a 170 but..
http://www.ocforums.com/showthread.php?t=446534

this guy is hitting 3.1 ghz on his Opty 144.

[gwhea38411]

Give a **** a bone, whats the deal with multipliers?

[Capper]

The 144 is a single core CPU..... and I simply won't recommend a single core to anyone unless their budget is scraping the bottom.

[Tyreal]

Hahaha. Thats me! I not even scraping the bottom, I AM THE BOTTOM! 8)

And I don't mind. :oops:

[killswitch83]

damn skippy, dual-core is silky smooth goodness, of course I'll have to settle for a single core for a bit when I get mine finished, but I don't mind at all

[fps justin]

wow

[Capper]

The frequency at which a processor (CPU) operates is determined by applying a clock multiplier to the front side bus (FSB) speed. A processor running at 2000MHz (2.0GHz) is using a 200MHz FSB. This means there is an internal clock multiplier setting of 10 (10x 200MHz=2.0GHz). By varying either the FSB or the multiplier, different CPU speeds can be achieved.

[killswitch83]

And, it should also be mentioned at this point that whenever you overclock your processor, you're also overclocking your memory too as you usually adjust the FSB, something the memory shares with the CPU so to speak (DDR 400= 200 FSB X 2). some memory can't take OC's without either a voltage adjustment, FSB adjustment, loosening timings, or even using a memory divider to lower the memory clock in relation to the processor. Also, at least with AMD setups, whenever you adjust the FSB, the HyperTransport bus frequency goes up too, thus you can't really, theoretically, OC past 250 FSB without the HT bus going past 1000 MHz, which is what you need to keep that bus at in order to maintain overall system stability, though some have the HT bus OC'd slightly, it's just something I wouldn't do. Of course, there's a fix for that too, by adjusting a setting called the LDT, which should be set by default at 5x for a 200 FSB (200 X 5= 1000 MHz). I wouldn't go past 205 ideally before I would switch the LDT to 4x, 3x when you go past 250 FSB.

note: this is for beginners only, as I'm sure that the rest of us understand these concepts, I just thought I would add that bit of info from my experience.