Can I Overclock Northbridge

[Isack]

Hi, I've recently overclcoked my FX-6300 to 4.6 GHz (i was surprised) but noticed a setting in the bios labeled N/B frequency multiplier. I was wondering if overclocking the Northridge would increase my CPU speed. I don't have any experience with overclocking the Northridge so I have no idea what to do, and have the idea that someone reading this does. And also is there a maximum voltage combination between the CPU frequency and the Northridge frequency or are they completely separate? Another thing I noticed is that when going to performance in task manager, it still says I'm running 3.5-3.7 GHz, while in CPU-z it says 4.6 GHz. Did I do something wrong? (I slowly moved the voltage and CPU frequency up together until I got acceptable temps with low voltage but great speed) Thanks and any help is much appreciated.

 

[bicycle_repair_man]

The Northbridge is the connector between the CPU and the RAM, and I suspect the frequency multiplier you're referring to is the FSB.

Increasing the FSB does result in an overclock of the CPU, however, it also results in an overclock of the RAM, PCIe slots and pretty much everything else you care to imagine. Before the days of unlocked CPU multipliers, increasing the FSB was how people overclocked. These days, you just need to adjust the CPU multiplier and voltage, as you have been.