Given all the posts here to the effect that oc'ing a 1.6a to 2.4 is not all that difficult, I think I am going to change my original plan to go with an AMD 1900+ and give this a try.
I have never done this, so I have a few basic questions.
1) From what I can gather, the fundamental way you increase your CPU speed is by increasing the FSB from the mb. So 1.6a @ 100MHz FSB (default) is 1.6GHz. Increasing FSB to 150 = 1.5x1.66 = 2.4, right?
2) Does increasing the FSB also increase the bandwidth to memory?
3) What role does vcore, which I am assuming is core voltage, play? From what I can gather, generally faster clock speeds require more voltage, so as I increase FSB I need to give the cpu more juice. But with increased voltage comes increased heat, so the trick is to give it enough voltage to be stable while keeping temp under about 45c. Is this correct?
4) I have heard about the "clock multiplier". Is this the number that is multiplied against the FSB to determine the cpu speed? I have also heard about it being "locked" on Intel cpus. Is this why we must use FSB to oc?
Thanks for all your help folks. This is the highest s/n ratio board I have ever seen, and I can already feel the oc obsession starting to kick in here. 2.4Ghz for $120? My god.
Jeff
I have never done this, so I have a few basic questions.
1) From what I can gather, the fundamental way you increase your CPU speed is by increasing the FSB from the mb. So 1.6a @ 100MHz FSB (default) is 1.6GHz. Increasing FSB to 150 = 1.5x1.66 = 2.4, right?
2) Does increasing the FSB also increase the bandwidth to memory?
3) What role does vcore, which I am assuming is core voltage, play? From what I can gather, generally faster clock speeds require more voltage, so as I increase FSB I need to give the cpu more juice. But with increased voltage comes increased heat, so the trick is to give it enough voltage to be stable while keeping temp under about 45c. Is this correct?
4) I have heard about the "clock multiplier". Is this the number that is multiplied against the FSB to determine the cpu speed? I have also heard about it being "locked" on Intel cpus. Is this why we must use FSB to oc?
Thanks for all your help folks. This is the highest s/n ratio board I have ever seen, and I can already feel the oc obsession starting to kick in here. 2.4Ghz for $120? My god.
Jeff
