New Overclocker - Some Questions

[Nathan124]

I am going to get an Athlon 1.4 and I was wondering...

1) How high can I get it (Stable and Not) with a Soyo SY-K7V Dragon Plus Motherboard, 256-512 MB DDR PC2100 Ram, and a Voodoo 2 Banshee (PCI) Vidio card?

2) What is it's temperature High and Low (Overclocked and Not)?

3) Is it locked?

4) If it is locked, How do I unlock it?

5) What kind of HSF should I get if I am going to overclock it?

Thanks - Nathan

 

[Wind]

<< I am going to get an Athlon 1.4 and I was wondering...

1) How high can I get it (Stable and Not) with a Soyo SY-K7V Dragon Plus Motherboard, 256-512 MB DDR PC2100 Ram, and a Voodoo 2 Banshee (PCI) Vidio card? >>


Generally AYHJA 1.4 Ghz (if u have one) will O/C to around 1.6 Ghz w/ some decent setup.



<< 2) What is it's temperature High and Low (Overclocked and Not)? >>


All depends on ur ambient & case temp. Generally the CPU is about 10C hotter than the case temp. I personally dun like temp over 65C.


<< 3) Is it locked? >>


Most 1.4 Ghz is unlocked. U have to looked at those L1 bridges to be sure.

4) If it is locked, How do I unlock it?
See here. Unlocking the Duron is the same as unlocking the Athlon.



<< 5) What kind of HSF should I get if I am going to overclock it? >>


Depend on ur budget & how high u wish to get. Generally, some for u to look at is sk-6, alpha, swiftech, GW.
Thanks - Nathan [/i] >>