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CPU FSB and Multiplier question

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ike2010

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Hello all. First post here. I have a question regarding the settings I should use for my new comptuer (arriving today!!). Here are my system specs to get started:

Mobo: Soltek 75FRN-L "Golden Flame" w/ 8x AGP 333/266/200 FSB and nForce2
RAM: 512 MB Kingston PC-2700
CPU: AMD 2400 /266 ATHLON XP TBRED
Graphics Card: ABIT Siluro GF4 TI4200 w/ 8x AGP
CPU Fan: VOLCANO 7
HD: Maxtor 120 GB 7200

Ok, here's my question. The CPU is rated at 266 FSB, the mobo is rated at 333/266/200 and the RAM can go up to 400. I've seen some people use similar hardware and have settings like 12.5 Multiplier with 179 FSB. Here's my question: Wouldn't it be better to set the FSB at 266 and set the Multiplier at around 8? Forget overclocking, I'm just interested in why people have lower FSB settings and higher Multiplier settings. It seems to me that if the CPU and Mobo have 266 ratings, then that is the FSB I should select. Any ideas? Thanks.
 
That 12x 179MHz FSB you see is actually giving a CPU freq. of 2148MHz. That 179MHz FSB is actually 358MHz (compared to the 266MHz you talk about). They are overclocking their system. Remember the whole DDR thing?
 
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