FSB and Multiplier

Inazuma

Inazuma

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I'm trying out overclocking and am doing a stress test on my AMD X2 4600+ @ 2.6Mhz on 1.36v as I speak. I've heard some people before talking about lowering the multiplier and increasing the FSB. What difference would this make? Also what speed do most people OC their AMD X2s to?
 
I just read a few articles and they showed a use of 1.5v at my overclock level. I'm just wondering what happens if I undervolt my CPU?
 
SebC said:
I just read a few articles and they showed a use of 1.5v at my overclock level. I'm just wondering what happens if I undervolt my CPU?
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Ideally you want to use as few volts as possible since more volts means more heat. If you're too far undervolted it won't be stable.

A higher FSB typically means more memory bandwidth which may or may be beneficial to what you're trying to do. Experimentation is the best way to find out what's best.
 
Thanks for the response.

I ran SP2004 on both cores for 9 hours, so it seems stable enough.

What do you mean by memory bandwidth?
 
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