AM2+ overclocking

Hades · 12 Aug 2009 at 19:46

I'm tempted to try a 955BE on an AM2+ mobo as I already have 8gb DDR2. However my DDR2 is PC6400.

How does memory speed affect your overclock on an AM2+ chipset? In the old s939 nForce days I could run the memory completely independant of the CPU speed. Is this still the case on AMD platforms?

Also is an AM2+ mobo likely to overclock any worse than anb AM3?

Pneumonic · 12 Aug 2009 at 20:43

955BE is unlocked multi so you could clock purely on multi rather than FSB

Hades · 12 Aug 2009 at 21:16

Very good point I had forgotten. In the AMD world does it make much difference in performance by clocking the multi? In the old Intel days you gained more by upping the FSB.

Pneumonic · 12 Aug 2009 at 21:50

you will gain by upping the FSB, however you can clock the NB and HT independantly from the CPU & FSB so you don't have to increase FSB to gain the same performance