noobie question

Runningkid · 1 Mar 2006 at 15:29

i have read from a guide that i should lock my PCI at 33mhz and my PCIE at 100mhz

y is this? and it ssays i will gain less performance.

One final thing, do i leave it locked at these speed after i finsehd overclocking? or do i unlock it?

Raikiri · 1 Mar 2006 at 15:43

You should have them locked at that speed all the time.

The PCI, PCI-e etc. are all linked so increasing one too far can cause instability and things like data corruption and will also limit your overclock. Lock them and keep them locked.

iraiguana · 1 Mar 2006 at 15:50

^^ what he said, it will oc the pci bus and leads to instability so should always be locked.

Runningkid · 1 Mar 2006 at 15:52

oh, i havent locked it so far and i voerclocked a little aready, should i clock the CPU? down? then lock them and start again?

Raikiri · 1 Mar 2006 at 16:25

Runningkid said:
oh, i havent locked it so far and i voerclocked a little aready, should i clock the CPU? down? then lock them and start again?

Should be able to set them to certain speeds seperately. If not then put it back to default FSB and lock them. Then start clocking again.

Runningkid · 1 Mar 2006 at 16:37

yea i can seperatly lock them but what i mean is should i clock the CPU down 1st b4 locking for safty or something.