Better method for overclocking?

[N3rot0xin]

Been looking over the CPU OCDB stickyed here, and noticed something. A lot of the entries (for AMD chips anyways) have high CPU multipliers and low bus speed. While other are the opposite. Lower multipliers and higher bus speeds. My current OC on my FX6300 Black is a multiplier of 21.00 with a bus speed of 200.00mhz. Are there any (even if its just one more) benefits or advantages to using either of the two methods, either high multi/low FSB or high FSB/low multi , to achieve a given overclock? My only guess is that maybe power consumption would be lower with a lowered multiplier for some reason. Any thoughts or input would be appreciated.

[i_build_nanosuits]

Been looking over the CPU OCDB stickyed here, and noticed something. A lot of the entries (for AMD chips anyways) have high CPU multipliers and low bus speed. While other are the opposite. Lower multipliers and higher bus speeds. My current OC on my FX6300 Black is a multiplier of 21.00 with a bus speed of 200.00mhz. Are there any (even if its just one more) benefits or advantages to using either of the two methods, either high multi/low FSB or high FSB/low multi , to achieve a given overclock? My only guess is that maybe power consumption would be lower with a lowered multiplier for some reason. Any thoughts or input would be appreciated.

multiplier overclock is easier, there is no power consumption difference between both at same voltages...the result is the same wheter you oc through bus vs oc through multiplier. Juts stick to overclocking the multi and adjusting voltages.

[jmaster299]

On the Intel side of things the bus speeds are set rather low and are not supposed to be changed. Adjusting the multiplier is the only way you are supposed to overclock them.