Overclocking a 266MHZ FSB AMD CPU

[Ausm]

I am in the process of buying an AMD T-bird and I need some advice. If I buy the 1.2 gig 266MHZ FSB CPU would this limit my overclocking potential as oppsed to purchasing a 200 MHZ FSB 1.2 gig t-birs cpu?

Ausm

 

[Dulanic]

Look here

http://forums.anandtech.com/messageview.cfm?catid=27&threadid=332561

I run a 800 T-Bird at 7x150 so yes they can take it

Edit: Sorry I misread....

I would buy a 200 and OC it... you can always lower the multiplier on the CPU and raise the FSB.

 

[confounded]

Think about the mulitplier options of the board you will be using. At 266 and 1.2 gig the multiplier will be 9. I know that some boards will support a multiplier of at least 12 to accomodate 200 T-birds. Question is will these 266 parts have more overhead than the current 200 MHZ parts. I'd sit still until I saw a review or two highlighting the overclock capability of these new parts with available moboards!

 

[Dulanic]

IMO the 266 and 200 CPUs are the exact same.... I havent seena 200FSB CPU not run 266.

 

[Insane3D]

I agree with Dulanic. My 1.2ghz runs just fine at 9X150.....at lower than default voltage even (1.7v).

 

[Ausm]

Interesting Answers thx alot guys...I will look into all my options before purchasing the CPU

Ausm

 

[erub]

you may want to go with a 200 MHz CPU, because there are some articles floating around the net how FSB overclocking (because it increases the speed the memory is running at) to the same clock speed is better than multiplier overclocking.