OC newbie Multipler Question

[Fraczish]

trying to get my head round Multipliers, when I want to Overclock my E8500, if I can get my FSB stable at say 400x6 for EG, will it automaticly be stable at 400x9.5?

what I'm trying to work out is what effects multipliers have and what they effect? Ive read some posts where people can acheive 450-500 FSB, but using a lower multiplier, I thought the multipier only effected the end product I.E actuall end OC, however if this was the case surley people would always max out the multipier?

confused!! lol any help welcome

Apologies for the rubbish spelling

 

[Adrianr]

Higher multi requires more Vcore, unfortunately you cant just magically keep multiplying the fsb! More Vcore obviously means more heat, which is usually the barrier for most of us!

 

[AgedIdiot]

Bit more complicated than I'm about to say BUT - my interpretation is - dependant upon the motherboard/cpu/voltages(cpu/northbidge/ram etc)/ram you may get a higher overclock by running a higher fsb with a lower mutiplier (e.g 500x8)than with the cpu running at its highest multiplier and the fsb running slower(e.g 400x9.5).

It all depends on your components.

It is NOT the case that because the cpu is happy at fsb x 6 it will be happy at same fsb x a greater mutiplier - unfortunately

Usually the higher the mutiplier your cpu has the better as you can , more often than not, actually get a better result (stable overclock) because you do not have to overclock as much to get the same speed.

Hope the above helps - Would someone with better understanding please amend if any statement made is wrong - Thanks

 

[Fraczish]

Bit more complicated than I'm about to say BUT - my interpretation is - dependant upon the motherboard/cpu/voltages(cpu/northbidge/ram etc)/ram you may get a higher overclock by running a higher fsb with a lower mutiplier (e.g 500x8)than with the cpu running at its highest multiplier and the fsb running slower(e.g 400x9.5).

It all depends on your components.

It is NOT the case that because the cpu is happy at fsb x 6 it will be happy at same fsb x a greater mutiplier - unfortunately

Usually the higher the mutiplier your cpu has the better as you can , more often than not, actually get a better result (stable overclock) because you do not have to overclock as much to get the same speed.

Hope the above helps - Would someone with better understanding please amend if any statement made is wrong - Thanks

Thanks for this, Great post cleared it for me without confusing things! Top Bombing!