Can someone explain something?

[spuddyt]

Currently I run an e2160 @ 3.0 ghz 375*8, but when I was originally getting the settings sorted out I discovered that 333*9 was an unstable setting, with the same voltages and everything, despite the fact it results in the same clockspeed - now what confused me is that although I thought I could understand going the other way (when the FSB increases so does the memory speed and the memory might be unable to handle it), but the multiplier I thought would only affect the speed the processer runs at in relation to the FSB, and would be functionally identical if it ends up at the same clock speed. This confuses me completely to be honest, and since I have little else to do I decided to ask, so here I am

 

[o1die]

It all depends on your motherboard. Some have built in dividers for the memory, and these may not be listed in the bios adjustments. You can bump up the memory voltage on some boards and then try increasing the cpu fsb. Be sure to check your memory specs even with higher rated stuff, such as pc8500. I've never had any luck manually setting the timings when I was overclocking. I let the board decide.

 

[spuddyt]

It isn't that i'm unhappy with my current performance, I am just curious as to why in particular it might work this way, as my limited knowledge of how a computer works would assume that this would not occur.

 

[Idontcare]

FSB Strap explained