How much is too much (overclocking a 1ghz thunderbird)

[Maverick762]

All i am willing to do right now is modify the fsb setting. It's currently at 110, but i am cautious about taking it too much higher than that (mainly i have heard bad things about the pci bus going any higher than 37mhz. Anyone have any experience with FSB modification? How high can I take it without damaging components, or is the only thing I have to worry about instability? I would love to be able to push it to 120 FSB.

the specs are a 1ghz athlon thunderbird on a Gigabyte GA-7ZX-1 mobo (KT133 chipset)

 

[Viper GTS]

You'll hit instability before you do any damage, so crank it until it starts crashing. Personally I'd try to pick up a KT133A board, then you don't have to worry about out of spec buses until 133 MHz. 1 GHz @ 1.4+ is a very nice overclock.

Viper GTS

 

[Kenmitch]

I doubt you'll be able to get the FSB much higher....I too would recommend getting another MB or just unlock the L1's and set the birdy free

 

[White Widow]

Too much is when it won't POST. Just kepp going until it crashes too much.

-Aaron

 

[Renob]

I have been running my system fsb as high as posible since the day the t-birds came I have had around 15 diff boards in this system and all my pci cards are working just fine. so dont worry and crank it up.

 

[bonkers325]

u need a kt133a or ddr mobo