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[west1]

Well first off i just bought a AMD duron 1.8. figured it was cheap and had read great things on these boards about how easy they are to OC. Now my two questions are: 1. whats a safe OC range for this CPU? i want to OC it as much as i can safely. 2. Any mobo in particular i should look at? i dont want to spend a ton of cash as this is just a back up, but i want it to reach its potential. Any suggestions would be appreciated.

[icedogg9999]

I've read around a couple tech sites, and it seems that around 2.1ghz is a safe OC range for your chip. Just don't raise that voltage to high ;)
As for the a good "cheap" mobo, I'd suggest that you get the Abit NF7 or the Abit NF7-S. Get the NF7-S v2.0 if you can, the NF7-S is one of the best socket A OCing boards out. Hope this helps ya out.

[v8vega350]

if you duron is anything like my 1600's you should be able to get to 2100 with stock volts my 1600's will do 2100~2200 @1.5v just dont let your temps get out of hand. if you have a good cooler you shouldnt have to worry about your temps

if it is like my 1400 you will barly see 2000 @1.5v

[west1]

not bad at all, thats about what i had hoped for, cant expect too too much for the price. And im gonna check out those mobo's