- Jul 24, 2014
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Hey guys,
I was wanting to upgrade my (ancient, i know) ddr2 system, but i have a p31 mobo that isnt a very good overclocker, it can run max at 1333fsb (cpuz calls it Rated FSB?), which is the default clock of my cpu (333fsb, xeon e5430 with x8 multiplier at 2.66ghz).
I was hoping with a good motherboard (i was told that a P5Q board is a good overclocker) i could go up to, say, 3.6ghz, but i checked its specs, and it goes only up to 1600fsb, and honestly, i couldnt find a ddr2 board that goes over that.
Now im kinda getting scared that i wont be able to get over 3.2GHz even with a good OC board (400 cpu fsb)? Is that true?
Also, i have 800mhz 2x2gb RAM and i was told that running fsb above 1:1 is not really great and id need to overclock ram too (but could it even go up to 1066 on sticks without coolers?)
Another thing im not really sure about, is, say, i buy 1066mhz ram, so in theory i could push my CPU to 533fsb x 8=4.2GHz? But thatd mean that the (rated) mobo fsb would go up to 2132? Even if max is at 1600 for pretty much any (good) board. Is that how its at?
Sorry if my questions are all over the place, im not really good at english
Cheers
I was wanting to upgrade my (ancient, i know) ddr2 system, but i have a p31 mobo that isnt a very good overclocker, it can run max at 1333fsb (cpuz calls it Rated FSB?), which is the default clock of my cpu (333fsb, xeon e5430 with x8 multiplier at 2.66ghz).
I was hoping with a good motherboard (i was told that a P5Q board is a good overclocker) i could go up to, say, 3.6ghz, but i checked its specs, and it goes only up to 1600fsb, and honestly, i couldnt find a ddr2 board that goes over that.
Now im kinda getting scared that i wont be able to get over 3.2GHz even with a good OC board (400 cpu fsb)? Is that true?
Also, i have 800mhz 2x2gb RAM and i was told that running fsb above 1:1 is not really great and id need to overclock ram too (but could it even go up to 1066 on sticks without coolers?)
Another thing im not really sure about, is, say, i buy 1066mhz ram, so in theory i could push my CPU to 533fsb x 8=4.2GHz? But thatd mean that the (rated) mobo fsb would go up to 2132? Even if max is at 1600 for pretty much any (good) board. Is that how its at?
Sorry if my questions are all over the place, im not really good at english
Cheers
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