Abit BX133-RAID MoBo, can I overclock?

[ravahbOi]

Greetings! I'm looking into overclocking my Pentium III 800MHz Coppermine processor. Is it possible to do this with the Abit motherboard (BX133-RAID) that I own? Any help at all would be much appreciated. Thanks in advance!

Also, can the FSB be overclocked as well? Thanks again...

 

[shiznut123]

yes, of course
it is like the best mobo.
i like it because of the 1mhz increments for the fsb

 

[acroig]

Yes!! Like shiznut123 said it is one of the best overclocking mobo's out there. Go to the BIOS and then to the CPU settings, select user defined and go from there. The P3 800 has an 8x multiplier so set it at 8. 2/3 for AGP and keep the PCI at 1/3 until (if) you pass 112FSB. Your CPU may require more voltage to run at a higher speed.

If this is all new to you www.sharkyextreme.com just put up a nice CPU overclocking article.

Hope this helps

 

[ravahbOi]

Thanks you guys! If you can help me with any more settings or things I can do to tweaking, I'd really appreciate it! Anyone know how high I can OC an 800 by chance?

 

[shiznut123]

youll probably get 900mhz or more. 800e's are not known to overclock that high.
you will need some good cooling. i suggest a fop32

 

[ravahbOi]

Actually, mine's the P III 800EB... Does that help or hinder anything?

 

[Viperoni]

THe "b" part does.
It means the procesor is already running @ 133fsb....which is good because you get a much better memory bandwidth....but bad for overclocking because you have (almost) no headroom to go faster.
Since Intel CPU's are multiplier LOCKED, your only choice is FSB overclocking.
You might be able to 140 or so if you have good ram....