help - basic overclocking question

[mercutio80]

I am looking to get a new CPU and a new motherboard and from what i here the AMD (Durron/Athlon) setup is superior to the Intel (Celeron) one. What i need to know is the specs a motherboard must have to be overclockable. If the motherboard only supports up to a 500 mHz CPU then you can't put a 600 mHz CPU in it but you can put a 500 mHz CPU in and then overclock to well over that speed. Is this correct? What makes that possible and why can't you just stick a faster CPU in the motherboard?

 

[mercutio80]

by the way. I know you overclock the CPU and not the motherboard. The way i worded that sentence made it sound as if i didn't.

 

[paulip88]

If you are planning to buy an AMD CPU, get either the Asus A7V or the ABit KT7 (I think that is what its called). These are the only two reputable boards that support overclocking.