overclocking

[halem111]

ok im new to oc'ing and im not entirely sure how to do, mainly i want to know how to change the speed of memory from 400mhz to 333. Also how to change the speed of the cpu thanx.

 

[svol]

Well it would help if you tell us which CPU and motherboard you own.

My CPU fan spins so fast that it creates a wormhole

 

[halem111]

at the mo i have a sis 730 mobo and 1700+athlon but im upgradin soon to a barton 2500 and nf7-s.

 

[svol]

The CPU speed can be changed by the multiplier or with the FSB. The multiplier can only be changed if the CPU is unlocked (the 2500+ is unlocked for all multipliers of 12.5x and below... the XP1700+ is probably locked if it is an old CPU). CPU speed=multiplier*FSB

Increasing the FSB will also increase the memory speed and with most mobo's also the PCI and AGP bus speed.

Some motherboards also support memory speed increasement without increasing the FSB (often called memory speed or frequency inside the BIOS). This doesn't give much extra performance though because the memory will still be limited by the FSB.

My CPU fan spins so fast that it creates a wormhole

 

[Crashman]

I don't think it's running at PC3200 speed right now, because I doubt your board runs dividers like that. It's probably running at PC2100 speed right now!

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