yup, 5x is normal, as 200hmz * 5 is 1000hmz. The A8N32 does allow you to run at a slightly higher HT than a lot of other boards, perhaps to 1200mhz. I saw some website somewhere that did some testing with different HT speeds and it's didn't seem to have too much of an impact at all. I run mine at 780mhz at the moment out of sheer lazyness.