1.2GHz O'clocking?

[Guest]

Read the nice article about building a system overclocked from 800 to 1000. I have decided to fork over the $280 to get a 1.2GHz Thunderbird, since it is based on a copper core... seemingly why those 700-900s only want to go to 1050. Tom suggests a 1.2GHz could go to 1.4. Okay, that sounds great... however, doesn't the Asus A7V mainboard only go to 12.5x in multipliers? wouldn't one have to move the FSB speed up to get there?

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[Crashman]

Hey, at 12.5x, you still only need 112 MHZ to do it! Completely plausable, especially with the new VIA chipset supporting higher bus speeds.

Suicide is painless...........

 

[Guest]

Thanks for the info. I decided against my earlier decision... sort of makes me sound wishy-washy... ;-) and went with an 850, as it was the difference between $109 and $289. I hope to make it to 1GHz+. Down the road, when the 1.2 Chip falls to $100, I'll pop that one in (or something better) and sell the 850 on Ebay.