OC'ing a T-Bird 1.2 on a Abit KT7A-RAID can someone please explain?

Nebakanezzar

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Hey all,

gotta make this quick cuz i hear thunder in the distance, i was reading a post on oc'ing a Tb 1.2 with the new abit kt7a and i have a few questons.

First off i guess i need the basics, like what is the multiplyer clock? and how does the multiplyerclock*the FSB speed affect the speed of the CPU?

second, how does the speed of the memory bus work with the FSB? does the speed of the memory affect the FSB or CPU at all? is having pc150 (kingmax) gona give you a faster system than pc133(mushkin rev2) memeory?

third, the post i was reading said you could buy a TB 1.2 that came "factory unlocked", is this a special chip? or do all TB 1.2's come factory unlocked?

Dug made this post:
"As of right now I don't see spending $350 for a 1.2Ghz 266, $400 for 256MB of DDR 2100, and $200 for the board.($950 total) When you could get a 1.3Ghz guaranteed overclocked for about $250 and a KT133a for about $160 and run that chip at 133fsb. (Total $410 assuming you already have ram, $530 if you don't)"

does anyone know what chip would be guarenteed oc'd to 1.3? (1g, 1.1g. or 1.2g tb?) and also does anyone know of reputable sites one could find these deals?

Im new a OC'ing, so i apolagize for the probobly trivial questions.

thanx for any help you can give me.
 

cpars

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Mine is factory unlocked because it is retail form monarch, I believe compuwiz told me that all oem's have to have the bridges connected. And that has been my experience, but I did get 900 tbird retail that was locked had to connect the bridges so maybe it is just the 1.1 or 1.2 gig.

If I have misquoted you compuwiz just let me know and I will correct it ;)

The for sale and trade forum is your best bet for overclocked and tested cpu's (look up compuwiz) then there are many retailers that sell combos, I chose monarch computers and am very happy with my combo from them but you just take your chances with how much you can overclock.
 

Regalk

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The "thunder" must have been all round. That's the trouble on these forums - same post here and on other forums as well. Aaah impatience and youth.