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Lifer
I am in the process of upgrading my beloved pc. I will be replacing the mb, cpu, ram, psu, and hsf. I am planning on staying with AMD, but I would value all opinions regardless of whether one has an AMD/Intel chip. I am leaning toward a KT333 mb, the XP2200+ cpu, and XMS(2700 or 3000) ram from Corsair.
I am curious about what is the optimal settings for the cpu and for the ram. I have never o/c my pc, but if I did, is there a limit (if you have stability) as to how high you should have your settings? I thought that the cpu fsb would be the limiting factor in bandwidth transfer, but I see many claims on AT about memory settings that are much higher than the cpu's fsb. Does this help with performance? Also, I have seen that there are settings in the bios for ratios between the FSB: AGP: PCI. What is the optimal for these and what will happen is you set this incorrectly? And lastly, is there any software that will help in deciding the optimal settings?
~box
Note: This is a repost from General Hardware. I was not getting any response. Thanks!
I am curious about what is the optimal settings for the cpu and for the ram. I have never o/c my pc, but if I did, is there a limit (if you have stability) as to how high you should have your settings? I thought that the cpu fsb would be the limiting factor in bandwidth transfer, but I see many claims on AT about memory settings that are much higher than the cpu's fsb. Does this help with performance? Also, I have seen that there are settings in the bios for ratios between the FSB: AGP: PCI. What is the optimal for these and what will happen is you set this incorrectly? And lastly, is there any software that will help in deciding the optimal settings?
~box
Note: This is a repost from General Hardware. I was not getting any response. Thanks!
