FSB Speed Questions

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Originally Posted by Phage0070

I recently rebuild my computer but being a novice at CPU optimization I wanted to plumb the depths of the Cellar's knowledge in this area. My CPU seemed to be running a little slower than expected so I ran a progam called CPU-Z to find the relevant configuration info.

Before you can decide what to fix, first learn what is causing slowness. Task manager is one source of those numbers. Another program from Microsoft called Process Explorer written by Mark Russinovich can be helpful.

First learn what is the bottleneck. Meanwhile, FSB speed would be limited by hardware. Run it too fast and errors (failure) results. Choosen would be a number that maximizes the FSB speed for that motherboard design. Yes, the FSB can be run faster - and the computer may then crash more often. More often, the trivial amount of speed improvement causes a major increase in crashes. You don't like their number? Then (if possible) increase the FSB speed and test.

If slowness exists, then the number that defines that slowness should be located. Otherwise every suggested solution will be nothing more than wild speculation.

[mbpark]

Tom,

Also, running Autoruns, also available from www.sysinternals.com, will give you an idea of what's running at startup, and will let you know what you should and should not disable to make your machine more efficient.

Thanks,

Mitch