Need Advice!

[Kramerica]

Hi, sorry about the title, but I have a few questions which are somewhat urgent. I have an Asus A7A266 mobo (w/ dip switches), and an AXIA 1.2 ghz Thunderbird. I was able to push it up to 1.4 ghz (now it won't go beyond 1.322, for some reason). Any higher, and the computer would show the win 2k version of the BSOD as it booted into windows. What my question is, what exactly would the limiting factor be in this equation? If I was to get a good cooler, and some DDR RAM (which I am planning on doing shortly), would I be able to push it up higher? Or am I just stuck at 1.322 ghz? I know overclocking is no science, but just thought maybe someone could give me a little input. Thanks

 

[bruce]

you generally run into you're first hurdle with cooling when you're overclocking, after that if your ram is rated to handle the fsb, then you're pci cards will slow you down. Monitor your temps and post them, we should be able to tell you if they're too high and suggest proper cooling. I've never overclocked with DDR ram but in general the faster you're ram is rated, the faster you can go, if you got it to 1.4 before, I doubt it's the ram, but you need to post your temps to be sure.