> Any one here do any overclocking? Yo. 1.2GHz Tbird oc'd to 1.3 (so far) on an Abit KT7A. Handselected RAM oc'd to 166MHz. Handselected Geforce 2 MX-treme oc'd to 187MHz (heatsinked memory). Five fans, total. Good Q3A box. http://www.kcbeatdown.com/ http://www.colorcases.com/store/penguinBG.jpg http://www.theoverclockerzstore.com/ You know what they say: If you're not living on the edge, you're taking up too much space. -- .-. Michael Cox /v Linux user 199542 // \ http://counter.li.org /( ) riffraff@linuxgeekz.org ^^-^^ - Support Open Source - The best we can hope for concerning the people at large is that they be properly armed. -- Alexander Hamilton, > -----Original Message----- > From: Brian Densmore [mailto:DensmoreB@ctbsonline.com] > Sent: Wednesday, August 22, 2001 10:02 AM > To: 'Jonathan Hutchins' > Cc: KCLUG (E-mail) > Subject: Overclocking and MB optimization > > > I was referring to the BIOS optimizations. I have an ABIT K7A > (133 FSB) with > 1 CAS2 128MB SDRAM. I just turned on all the speed settings > for the RAM and > UDMA 66 harddrive. I could have overclocked the CPU right > there in the BIOS, > but my CPU fan/heatsink isn't rated high enough to use for > overclocking. > Beside, 700MHz is fast enough for me. ABit motherboards can > be overclocked > directly from the BIOS, you don't need no stinking Win9x > utility. Do be > careful if overclocking, you MUST have a GOOD fan/heatsink > rated to cool the > CPU. Any one here do any overclocking? Personally I think > it's a bad idea, > since CPUs are so cheap now. > > JMO, > Brian >