200 x 12 or 166 x 15:

[Zenobia]

Working with this system and looking to overclock to ~2400MHz, what's best, most stable, not so hot, etc: 200 x 12 OR 166 x 15? Thanks!

 

[Sid59]

i'd go with 12 x 200 .. more memory bandwidth the better.

 

[DerwenArtos12]

Originally posted by: Sid59
i'd go with 12 x 200 .. more memory bandwidth the better.

 

[Corporate Thug]

200*12 will prolly be slightly faster

 

[edmundoab]

go for the higher fsb
and get ram in sync...(100%

definately better than 166

 

[Metalloid]

Originally posted by: edmundoab
go for the higher fsb
and get ram in sync...(100%

definately better than 166

Yeah no matter what, make sure your FSB and RAM are in sync... so we will need to know what speed that RAM is.

I am assuming PC2700, in which case I would try like 13.5x178 (FSB at 178 with RAM at 1:1). If it happens to be PC3200 then 12x200 is your best bet...

 

[Zenobia]

I got 3 sticks of RAM, all Samsung. 2 @ 256 and 1 @ 512, all PC 2700.

 

[DarkMask]

for sure 200x12... what you are going for is more bandwidth and thats what you'll get... just pump that processor with as much bandwidth as possible without sacrificing multiplier too much and you'll do fine.

 

[slaves123]

I would go for 200 x 12 the most important is the Bus, Why? Because with the bus your modifying the hole system speed, not only the processor one, a very fast processor is useless in a machine that can't go with it, so you must learn the rule "Low Multiplier, High FSB" but the best would be "High Multiplier, High FSB" but these is not a perfect world so choose a high FSB the temperature changes won't be high, at leat in the processor but keep in mind you're also forcing up every card in your computer, AGP, PCI or ISA, everything, and in some cases to force it too much may cuase data corruption, that perhaps you don't know but the CPU would have to ask more than one time to get the correct data, don't scare, just test the system after that with a good testing Software, like SAndra or better, the Microscope, good luck, and tell me your results

Mauro

PS: You have an AMD God will help you