AMD AXIA 1Ghz CPU and ABIT KT7A RAID mobo

[ecnirp]

Just purchased an AMD ATHLON AXIA 1Ghz CPU and ABIT KT7A RAID mobo, with a coolermaster fan rated upto 1.33Ghz. Plan to build at the weekend, was wondering how far i could overclock the CPU, and the best way to do it....... first new system build since a Pentium 166, so not had much experience of this new hardware ), all help much appreciated rather than frying all my savings on a rainy day in England )

 

[UnseenMenace]

is the CPU unlocked if not you need to unlock the Level 1 bridges.
You can get a good indication of possible speeds from the CPU database on the front of overclockers.com, however nobody can tell you the best way to overclock as all CPU's are different, and the performance obtained by other may be not obtainable by yourself.

I would suggest reading the beginners guides on the front of overclockers.com as these will inform you of the task a head. If you have any specific question we will try to help you..and please try to give us as much information on your system as you can.. what speed ram are you using?, what PSU are you running? what tempratures do you have.. etc.

A good bit of advice though is read the manual carefully and get the system running first before attempting to overclock