cpu multiplier and overclocking
By sramanujam
@sramanujam (299)
India
January 9, 2008 2:32am CST
what is the need for overclocking the cpu? also what is the significance of cpu multiplier?
1 response
@chunter (1758)
• Singapore
9 Jan 08
There's not exactly a need to overclock the CPU, unless you want to.
If you understand the meaning of overclock, it means to make the CPU runs faster.
To quote from Wikipedia, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clock_multiplier
The clock multiplier (or CPU multiplier) is the ratio of CPU clockspeed to front-side bus or northbridge clockspeed. A system with a CPU multiplier of 10x will have its CPU execute 10 complete cycles for every cycle of its FSB.
In a system with a FSB running at 133MHz and a clock multiplier of 10x, the CPU will run at 1.33GHz.
@sramanujam (299)
• India
9 Jan 08
hi,
but why should there be an option for overclocking of cpu? will not the cpu, by default, work at its full speed?
@chunter (1758)
• Singapore
9 Jan 08
Your question can apply to many things, such as car engines.
Sure, by default it is already running at this speed. But people just want to try something different. Any limit can be excelled as long as the components don't melt - meaning put in coolant to counter the heat from overclocking.
