Is Full Mult. the Best Way to Find Max CPU Speed?

lorkp

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In the first stages of overclocking, when you are determining the fastest that your particular processor will go, is it always a good idea to use the highest multiplier possible? Is it possible that a lower multiplier will find a higher speed?
 

Furen

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If you're not limited by the clock generator (which you will be if you use a multi 4 or something) then the lower multiplier possible SHOULD give you the highest speed possible. Of course, the difference should be less than the (MAXmulti - USEDmulti)MHz so it's not really worth the effort, if you ask me. You will almost never want to max out because that would mean you're on the edge of stability. I always bump down like 30-50MHz from my max stable overclock to avoid having any problems in the long run.
 

n7

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Follow the well-written guide a few posts up.
Here.

First find max HTT, then max CPU (usually that's with the highest multi, though depending on how high your HTT can go, it doesn't have to be.
Then find max RAM :)
 

Lonyo

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Yeah, start of with high multi as it will reduce the impact of RAM speed limitations and FSB equivelant limitations.
Instead of stressing the board/RAM you will be stressing the CPU's limits.