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CPU vs FSB Overclock

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April 7, 2008 10:49:10 AM

Which better,

1) To get the highest CPU OC you can (safely of course and assuming that you maxed out on cpu ocing ability)

2) To get the highest FSB OC you can (by lowering cpu multiplier so as to max out on fsb. FSB Is not help back by cpu as multiplier is lowered)


I think fsb OC is better as that is the main bottleneck? am i wrong?

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April 7, 2008 12:43:23 PM

both right and wrong depend on scenario.i have an arguement/discussion about this on other threads.and here is what i conclude after gone through enormous arguements and critics:) 

Provide the CPU speed and memory speed is the same by using different multiplier for RAM and CPU,a higher FSB will have a bigger bandwidth for accessing the memory.Only if the application is so memory intensive when it needs so much memory read/write performance.In normal life you wouldnt notice the different even when you are gaming.And there are proof say that any Core 2 processor on the market, the 1066 FSB is enough for the computational need of the processor even for the extreme series that has got 3.2Ghz.
http://www.nordichardware.com/Guides/?page=1&skrivelse=...


This has been through the same arguement as ram when people battling about "HIGHER SPEED VS LOWER LATENCY"
April 8, 2008 11:50:40 PM

Before, I'd go strongly with 1, but apparently I also got into an argument with someone and now I'm in the middle of 1 and 2. I need to look further into this, and so far, I'm with iluvgillgill.

Normally, if you play games, I think option 1 would be a better choice though.
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April 8, 2008 11:58:46 PM

but higher speed of anything is a good performance gain.wouldnt you say so?
April 9, 2008 12:05:47 AM

iluvgillgill said:
but higher speed of anything is a good performance gain.wouldnt you say so?

Yeah, with higher fsb you can be sure that you're getting the max performance of the pc. But what if it places a huge strain on the motherboard? I guess it depends on how much you care about the motherboard.
April 9, 2008 12:12:28 AM

not to offend you but if people that are not enthusiast/overclocker then they should run it on stock like the manufactures so it will run nice and smooth and last long.
April 9, 2008 5:17:45 AM

well i guess there only so much you can go before diminishing returns. As you said iluvgillgill, you might not notice while gaming or maybe other intensive tasks from say a normal/high OCed fsb to an Extrememly Oced fsb. People would push the limit for benchmarking purposes. well this debate might die down with nahelam anyways with its new architecture
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