Voltage/multipliers/etc

[Dmorris]

All right, here's a question, and it's probably a stupid one (mama says stupid is as stupid does):

I have an Athlon 1.2 gig which came bundled with the heatsink and fan by amd...i put this baby on a fic ad11 mb which has via and 761 (i beleive) and threw on 256k ddr by crucial.

Now, I want to overclock, i know, i know, voided warranty, might die on me, who cares, another chip is only 99$ anyway, right?

So i've been reading, but now i am lost....My motherboard has switchs for the voltage, i think the default setting is like 1.475 or somesuch. Do i have to do the connect the little lines on the L1 or L7 or whatever to up the voltage? i've heard its safe at about 1.4-1.5 with this cpu? Basically i wanna crank up the juice a little without frying it?

Also, I have a visiontek gf2 pro with the 64ddr, and i've heard that you dont really want to increase the fsb because this also turns up the video bus, and thats not good?

I just d/led the nvideo overclocking tool from guru3d.com, and plan on pumping that up a little (the article i read says 10% doesn't really hurt too much, so that might be kinda fun/....

SO am i right in thinking if i overclock this thing i should leave the fsb at 133, since the chip and the mb advertise 266fsb?

or should i turn it up a little because with the videocard overclocked a little, it needs more voltage too?

Just curious and you all seem to be VERY knowledgable about all this....


Thanks in advance,

Damon

[WillysNut]

Damon:

If your motherboard supports voltage adjustments then you do not need to connect any bridges to adjust the voltage. That is required only for mobos w/o voltage adjustment...or...if you want to increase voltage above 1.85 which requires top notch cooling.

Many 1.2 and later cpu's come already unlocked so try bumping your multipler up a notch and see if your cpu boots w/ that specified multipler. If it does..your cpu is unlocked. If not, you need to connect the L1 bridges on the cpu.

As far as GeForce 2 and high agp speeds go...you've got one of the better cards on the market which is quite able to handle higher than normal agp speeds.

I would suggest you find out how high you can OC w/o changing the voltage first. Especially considering the fact your using a stock heatsink.

If you plan on raising voltage, you should really consider a Thermalright SK6 or similar copper HSF. Hope this helps..good luck!

[killem1x1]

Originally posted by WillysNut
Damon:

If your motherboard supports voltage adjustments then you do not need to connect any bridges to adjust the voltage. That is required only for mobos w/o voltage adjustment...or...if you want to increase voltage above 1.85 which requires top notch cooling.

Many 1.2 and later cpu's come already unlocked so try bumping your multipler up a notch and see if your cpu boots w/ that specified multipler. If it does..your cpu is unlocked. If not, you need to connect the L1 bridges on the cpu.

As far as GeForce 2 and high agp speeds go...you've got one of the better cards on the market which is quite able to handle higher than normal agp speeds.

I would suggest you find out how high you can OC w/o changing the voltage first. Especially considering the fact your using a stock heatsink.

If you plan on raising voltage, you should really consider a Thermalright SK6 or similar copper HSF. Hope this helps..good luck!

WillysNut is right on, and I would go a step further, and recommend you read a ton of the articles off the main page here. I know you want to dive right in and start tweaking, but unless you've got an endless cash supply, and a fire extingusher handy, I'd recommend doing more research, especially in regards to voltages,
Just MHO