a question about overclocking

[andythelandy]

for crimbo i am hoping to build a computer with an intel e7300 and http://www.ebuyer.com/product/148024 this motherboard. in the long run i am wanting to overclock it but im a bit confused. that mobo says it can support Max Bus Speed 1333 MHz or technically 333MHz

the e7300 says it has a multiplier of 10 so this means 10x333MHz will=3330 or 3.33GHz (im not 100% this is right btw)

the thing is i have heard of these chips easily hit 3.5GHz so is that mobo im looking at rubbish?

 

[Geoff]

1333MHz bus is the maximum it supports natively without overclocking. When you overclock (by raising the FSB), you may raise the FSB to say 400MHz which would give you 4GHz on your processor. You can very easily hit 3.5Ghz, most likely much higher though with adequate cooling.

 

[andythelandy]

1333MHz bus is the maximum it supports natively without overclocking. When you overclock (by raising the FSB), you may raise the FSB to say 400MHz which would give you 4GHz on your processor. You can very easily hit 3.5Ghz, most likely much higher though with adequate cooling.

ah i thought 1333MHz was the limit that makes more sense now thanks alot