i own an old GIgabyte board that was once at the top of the MoBo foodchain in its time, but died a quick and ugly death with rapid advancements (8INXP using Intel E7205 - granite bay)... anyway, it is good enough to run with the best of systems now in most regards, I have 10K SATA RAID 0; 3+Ghz CPU; now the X800 XT....
But, i also have high end Corsair DDR rated for 400 running at 266... Apparently, my chipset will easily support the bump to a 200FSB, however, my particular board will not allow it... so, i just found the otherwise equivelant Asus board on ebay (+on board 1394 and -a lot of extra junk)... i also ordered the P4/Northwood/200FSB/3.2
so, my question is, will i notice any improvement in anything from this? there is an article on toms HardON that shows exactly how to make the change to FSB using same board, and he says the Northbridge stays cool... based on CPU speed, obviously, there is not much of a change here - but will i notice anything in games or otherwise from the FSB? also, since my FSB is specced for 133 and i would already be pushing it to 200, is there any way to bump my CPU without increasing FSB, etc? i thought i may be able to change the multiplier or something, but honestly, though i have played around with this stuff, there are a lot of gaps in my knowledge here... the CPU supposedly will run stable slightly above 3.6... but i don't think i can push my FSB further than 400...
any FAQs or anything on this stuff? for someone who has done as much tinkering as i have, i am still missing some fundamentals i think...
But, i also have high end Corsair DDR rated for 400 running at 266... Apparently, my chipset will easily support the bump to a 200FSB, however, my particular board will not allow it... so, i just found the otherwise equivelant Asus board on ebay (+on board 1394 and -a lot of extra junk)... i also ordered the P4/Northwood/200FSB/3.2
so, my question is, will i notice any improvement in anything from this? there is an article on toms HardON that shows exactly how to make the change to FSB using same board, and he says the Northbridge stays cool... based on CPU speed, obviously, there is not much of a change here - but will i notice anything in games or otherwise from the FSB? also, since my FSB is specced for 133 and i would already be pushing it to 200, is there any way to bump my CPU without increasing FSB, etc? i thought i may be able to change the multiplier or something, but honestly, though i have played around with this stuff, there are a lot of gaps in my knowledge here... the CPU supposedly will run stable slightly above 3.6... but i don't think i can push my FSB further than 400...
any FAQs or anything on this stuff? for someone who has done as much tinkering as i have, i am still missing some fundamentals i think...
