Quick BIOS options question

[firefoxx04]

what is HT frequency, and the values for it are 200-1000 with 200mhz intervals, but what is the significance to this and what role will it play in overclocking a cpu

PCI spread spectrum, what is this, bios says it reduces EMi, so i leave it enabled but will it effect an OC?
thanks

oh, and when i clear the cmos the HT frequency goes to 200 but i change it to auto because when got the board it was on auto and when i tell it to do default settings it goes to auto. hm, the board is a ECS GF8200A and the CPU being oced is a AMD 5000 2.6. not the greatest setup for OCing but i dint plan on doing it.

edit, i think i posted this in the wrong forum- so to make it relevent, if i change my CPU frewuency to anything higher than 220 and my multiplier is locked at 13. what would i do with my HT frequency. (voltage would be at 1.32v on the CPU) i have not made any changes for the RAM timings as the RAM is kingston RAM so should i just leave that at auto

 

[firefoxx04]

well, i got bored and went into bios and changed ht frequency to 800mhz, (im thinking that means 4x) regardless, then i put CPU frequency to 230 and voltage to 1.32 and booted fine at 3.1ghz, im gonna run orthos but, is there any problem with what i just did!! its kind of drastic i think but im gonna run orthos now

 

[blackpanther26]

probaly not. Just make sure it is stable.

 

[firefoxx04]

probaly not. Just make sure it is stable.

i did notice that my CPU temps when running orthos went up to 65C is that normal, my idle is 40C on stock cooler
25 degree difference here, ill run orthos then if im good ill lower the Voltage and check for stability at least until i get a better cooler, im looking at the artic freazer 64.

 

[BenSheriff]

Yes but i recommend its new daddy as i got it for christmas and its a dream come true , keeps my idle temp @ 15*C and max @ 35*C (applied with silver therm 5)
Its called : Artic Xtreme Freezer Cooler (priced @ just £2o to 25 on www.overclockers.co.uk)
Hopefully it should fit to youre mobo+cpu perfect (but the install mounting part is a son of a gun!)

Anyways depending on you're cpu you dont want to gop 70^ , 85 max is even to much for long periods make sure you set the mobo speaker alarm to go off @ 60 to 70 depending on youre make/model.

Hope this information / advice helps.

Achmed will return!