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mutiny

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Simple question: Purely from a gaming stand point. Which is better? A higher Multiplier or a higher Base Clock?
 
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Well, I believe the base clock is also related to the speed of the RAM and buses, so raising the base clock would boost the speed of more components than just the CPU. Because of this, it's also more likely to become unstable, so this is why people overclock with the multiplier.

Are you planning on overclocking? Or did you just see those options in the BIOS and got curious?
 
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mutiny

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No I've been overclocking for a while now. I'm running an AMD FX8350 with a Gigabyte G1 Gaming 990FX (Rev 1.1) motherboard. My over clock settings are this: 220 BCLK + 23.0x Multiplier resulting in these specs. 4840MHz core,
2480MHz NB,
2840MHz HT Link,
1720MHz ram.
Stock specs are: 200 BCLK +20.0x multiplier resulting in.
4000MHz core,
2200MHz NB,
2600MHz HT Link,
1600MHz ram.
I ran prime95 in blend for several hours. Found it was stable.

I'm curious if I left the BCLK alone and just rose the multiplier to 25.0x giving me 5000MHz core. If that would be more benficial for gaming than my current setup.
 
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mutiny

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Ya I can hit 5.0GHz stable, but i'll be reducing all the other clocks which is why i'm here asking. Since I work 50 hours a week and don't have substantial amounts of time to poke and prod and my computer. I just wanted to know if for gaming one setup was better than the other.
 
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