Front Side Bus Speeds?

[parttimetechie]

What does the FSB do, and what does a faster or slower FSB speed mean in terms of performance?

 

[Vicenarian]

I think the FSB is what the PCI-E and CPU bus use to derive their clock speeds...not sure on this...all I know is that you can raise your FSB to overclock your CPU...something I have done before

 

[KM@ Dave]

What does the FSB do, and what does a faster or slower FSB speed mean in terms of performance?

Frontside Bus... The FSB connects the Computer's Processor to the System Memory (RAM) and other components on the motherboard. These components include the System Chipset, AGP card, PCI & PCI-E Devices, and other Peripherals. Because the FSB serves as the main path from the Processor to the rest of the Motherboard, it is also called the "System Bus"

Slower FSB Speed = Slower PC. Faster FSB Speed = Faster PC.

I hope this sums it up

 

[parttimetechie]

Is increasing the FSB the same as Over clocking? If so, how do I do so?

 

[vdub12]

Is increasing the FSB the same as Over clocking? If so, how do I do so?

Be careful overclocking the FSB. By doing this you are overclocking everything not just the processor. This would include any PCI and PCI-e cards, chipset, memory, even the IDE and/or Sata controller.

The processor also runs on a multiple. So whatever the multiple is you will be increasing its speed by a divisor based on how much you overclock the FSB. For example a multiple of 13 on the processor with a FSB overclock of 10Mhz would increase your processor by 130Mhz. Also modern FSB works on dual data rate so you would be increasing the FSB X2 respectively. I honestly would not recommend overclocking the FSB unless you have a motherboard designed for it that you can change the PCI bus multiple with. Otherwise you can find yourself with a lot of dead video cards and even a dead motherboard.

You might get more bang for your buck just changing the CPU multiplier. That way you will get the added performance without sacrificing everything on the system bus.

 

[parttimetechie]

I looked into the CPU and it said 200. Since I had no idea what that meant, I left it as disabled. What does that number mean?

 

[vdub12]

I looked into the CPU and it said 200. Since I had no idea what that meant, I left it as disabled. What does that number mean?

That sounds to me like an older system with a 100Mhz DDR FSB. Unless you are talking about a 200Mhz system.

 

[parttimetechie]

Not sure what you are asking, but here are my CPU specs per System Info for Windows

 

[B Trevathan]

Here is some sites you may want to read:

Beginners Guides: Overclocking the CPU, Motherboard & Memory
http://www.pcstats.com/articleview.cfm?articleID=1804

General Overclocking Topics
http://www.overclockersclub.com/pages/overclock_faq/

How to Overclock a PC
http://www.wikihow.com/Overclock-a-PC

Overclocking Forum
http://forums.extremeoverclocking.com/


Here is a drawing that shows the FSB bus, notice in the drawing the FSB runs between the CPU and the Northbridge/MCH