DopeFish, Please be careful if you want to O/C
Overclocking should not be taken lightly. Extra Cooling is a MUST!. Most processors these days have locked multipliers. Which pretty much limits you to changing the FSB, (Front Side Bus). You really must have a MB that allows you to change certain things. Example, On my Abit BX6 2.0 with my Celeron 400 processor. I have a dual fan on the processor (Slot 1), a case fan, and a slot fan.
The multiplier is locked at 6. The default FSB is 66mhz. The AGP bus runs at 1 to 1 (66mhz) The PCI bus runs at a 1/2 divider (33mhz)
So 6 x 66mhz = 396 (a 400mhz processor)
Now if I upped my FSB from 66mhz to 100mhz = 600mhz processor 6 x 100mhz
I can run my AGP bus at 2/3 =66mhz
I can run my PCI bus at 1/3 =33mhz
The problem is that my processor wont run that fast...
I can run my FSB at 83mhz x 6 = 498 (500mhz)
Now if I run my AGP bus at 83mhz(1 to 1)..pretty far out of specs, (remember the default is 66mhz) or at 2/3 = 55mhz
I have been able to run it at 83mhz.. but it gets pretty hot.
The real problem I run into is the PCI bus. If the FSB is at 83mhz, I set the PCI bus at a 1/2 divider, 83/2= 41.5mhz
Again, pretty far out of specs since the default for the PCI bus is 33mhz. It did work, but caused some problems with my PCI NIC (Network Interface Card)
I settled for the following
FSB=75mhz x 6 = 450mhz
AGP at 1 to 1 ratio = 75mhz
PCI at 1/2 divider = 37.5 mhz
I did not have to boost the voltage to get my over clocking to work. Sometimes it is required, and sometimes the overclocking will NOT work, no matter what you do The problem you run into by boosting the voltage is that it causes more heat, and if your not careful, you can burn up your processor. Just ask Skumboy...
The point is that your motherboard has to allow you to make these changes, and you should give it some serious thought and quite a bit of research prior to any endeavor such as overclocking.
[Edited by Stosh on January 23rd, 2001 at 10:32 AM]