In this thread i read that the RAM can be a real bottleneck when overclocking your CPU. Is this true? http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/forum/240001-11-howto-overclock-quads-duals-guide I currently have Kingston 2 GB 1333Mhz RAM. Accordin to the above guide if i divide 1333/4=333. Does it mean the max FSB to which i can overclock my CPU is 333. So if if use a multiplier of 9x and FSB 333 i will get only 3.0Ghz. Cant i overclock beyond 3Ghz? My PSU is 450W. Can this limit me from overclocking?
First Question - no this wont limit you - just change the FSB/RAM Ratio. Second Question - shouldn't do, as long as it's a decent branded PSU.
Does this mean that what is in the guide is wrong? And I cant change the FSB/RAM ratio. There is no such option in BIOS.
you can change the ratio. Never mind, just googled the bios window of that board, good that is a simple interface.
Well, if you want to do some overclocking, i suggest you change your motherboard. I'm not familiar with this particular one, but all of Intel's motherboards are not meant for overclocking, they stick to their own specifications. It could be perfectly possible that there is no option on your board to change the ratio.
it's the fastest you can run in synchronous mode, which depending on your luck can have a massive effect on your overclock, even with the option to change your ratio. i have never used an intel board, so i cant advise on that front. but if you are looking to overclock, sounds like you need a new board. and given that you already have ddr3, and buying a socket 775 mobo is kinda...eh. might want to sell the quad, and grab an i5 or i7 rig.
Is 9x the maximum multiplier? It would seem that you could just turn it to 10x and run 3.33GHz or 11x and be 3.66GHz and so on.
re-read my post, i mention to disregard it. I had a look at your bios and its extremely limited, i have seen more options on budget motherboards! Doing a deeper search on your motherboard found that its pretty useless for overclocking, that is the hard truth. If you want to overclock further you are going to have to change that board.
you fail to understand basic limits of overclocking, unless you can post something constructive please don't confuse matters by posting.
What?? Only the extreme edition CPUs allow you to increase[b/] the multiplier past the default. Thats in the intel range anyway, I'm not really up to speed with the AMD stuff so I'm not sure which of theirs have unlocked multipliers.
Nilushan has already said that 9x is it. Very politely and concisely. Unless you can post something constructive please don't confuse matters further by posting redundant answers to questions.
