Overclock Bottleneck Advice!!

[Von Ribbentrop]

I feel the need for speed and really would like to purchase a PIII 700+ and overclock the crap out of it. I've had a C366@550 and currently have A C566@850. I'm reluctant to pull the trigger because I'm afaid one or more of my components will rebel at the higher FSB speeds. I really don't want to purchase anything besides a cpu. What I need is advice on my current system and from your experience what are my potential bottlenecks and what are my chances of reaching 133mhz FSB. * next to the component are the ones I think may cause me problems.

Soyo BA+IV
128mb Crucial PC133 Cas2
128mb Apacer PC133 Cas3
Voodoo5 5500
SB Live X-Gamer
Two Linksys Network cards (ICS setup)
** Adaptec 2930c SCSI card (CD-RW/Scanner)
* WD Expert 15.3Gb 7200rpm (HP ATA66 Controller)
IBM 14.4 7200rpm ATA33
Heatsink: PEP66

Any advice/recommendations appreciated.

Thanks in advance.
Scott

 

[Von Ribbentrop]

^^^

 

[Biggs]

You're 128mb Apacer PC133 Cas3 will definitely hold you back from going 2-2-2 all the way.

 

[DarkMajiq]

I checked out that mobo of yours (http://www.soyousa.com/sy6bap4.html), and it seems that you should have no trouble hitting 133MHz FSB as long as your processor and motherboard will do it. The board appears to have dividers to keep your PCI components close to spec, even at high FSB speeds. You won't be able to do CAS2 at 133MHz memory though, unless that CAS3 RAM of yours is extremely good stuff. Going higher than 141MHz FSB may cause you some problems though. I think those cards and drives you're worried about should at least be able to take 35MHz FSB, if not more.