Amd 5600 5800 or 6000(3100)

[tonij1960]

My motherboard only allows me to overclock my cpu by raising the fsb.The multiplier stays at 13x.It currently has an amd 5000+ and with ntune I can raise the core to 3094 (238*13) the ram speed hits 964 at 244*13 and thats that.Im using ddr800 gskill pi black 2x2gb.What Im wondering is if an amd 5600 5800 or 6000+3100 (I cant go over 89w) would be an upgrade for me or which one is the best

 

[AKM880]

If you can overclock in the BIOS, its always better than software. And all multi's are locked unless you have a BE (Black Edition) CPU. Or Extreme (Intel)

 

[r-sky]

If it's stable, just use your 5000.

You won't get a lot more out of the others.

 

[mindless728]

stick to your 5000+, that clock speed is close to the 6000+, so you won't really see much of an upgrade, and with the 6000+, you more than likely won't be able to go much further than stock

 

[tonij1960]

I had heard some people say they got to 3400 or 3500 with a 6000 (3100).The main thing is once I get so far raising the fsb Im pretty sure its because the ram cant go so far over 950 its ddr800.So I was just thinking the 5600 5800 or 6000 would start out with the ram back at 800 again and by the time I raised the fsb over that 244 point the ram still would be under 950 again,so I could go a little further.I know ideally I need a better motherboard but its what I have.Maybe a quad core I like to do a lot of video transcoding dvd shrink vso converter winavi etc

 

[mindless728]

change the memory down to DDR2-667, it would then take your memory down to DDR2-793 and allow for more OC'ing (if your cpu can handle it)

 

[tonij1960]

I had read that too I went into the bios and there were three settings for the ram.auto manual and limit.I tried limit there was no 667 so I put it at 533.The next time I brought up ntune and set the fsb at 238 it showed the memory right back at 964 mhz again anyway.Maybe I should go ahead and try to go over that point anyway and disregard what its reporting in ntune.