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Ok I can't seem to get a definte answer to this question. So here goes one more time.
I'm getting an Athlon XP 2500+ and DDR400 memory. The 2500+ has a FSB of 333mhz(166mhz). Now in order to synchronize the FSB and the ram I need to bumb the FSB to 400mhz(200mhz). Now the case is, the recent 2500+ have a locked multiplier, so If I raise the FSB to 200 its going to be 11x200=2200ghz, which is overkill and may burn out my cpu. My intention was to lower the multiplier to 10 so that I'm playing it safe. But because of the locked issue I can't.
The question is, will lowering the voltage after raising the FSB to 200 help the overheating issue?
The Gigabyte board(which people say is best for overclockers) is the "GA-7N400-L" model.
I'm getting an Athlon XP 2500+ and DDR400 memory. The 2500+ has a FSB of 333mhz(166mhz). Now in order to synchronize the FSB and the ram I need to bumb the FSB to 400mhz(200mhz). Now the case is, the recent 2500+ have a locked multiplier, so If I raise the FSB to 200 its going to be 11x200=2200ghz, which is overkill and may burn out my cpu. My intention was to lower the multiplier to 10 so that I'm playing it safe. But because of the locked issue I can't.
The question is, will lowering the voltage after raising the FSB to 200 help the overheating issue?
The Gigabyte board(which people say is best for overclockers) is the "GA-7N400-L" model.