Which thing is limiting my overclocking?

[Spitfire_x86]

I was talking about official SMP support.

Since K7 architecture supports SMP, then it's possible to do SMP even with Slot-A Athlon classic CPUs. But there's no mobo/chipset for slot-A SMP

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[Spitfire_x86]

I've pushed my CPU to 1.2 GHz @ 1.80V (memory still @ 2.0-2-2-5). Once it locked up within 5 minutes, once it showed BSOD. Haven't run prime95, just booting windows and navigating through drives/folders. Now I'm back to 1.15 GHz @ 1.80V, it's rock stable again.

Temp. is not problem. Today ambient temp is lower 'cause of heavy rainfall for ~4 hours.

Will overvolting to 1.85V help? Yesterday 1.15 GHz @ default 1.75V was much more stable today's 1.2 GHz @ 1.80V. (1h 45 min prime95 vs. 5 min typical usage). What's the problem? Is my generic PC2100 CL2.0 unable to handle 2.0-2-2-5 @ PC1920? or the CPU itself is close to the limit?

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[pIII_Man]

if you can keep cool temps...overvolting will help until you give it .5 volts over stock (based on my encounters with other processors)...however...you probably will not be able to cool it on air in that situation...

sp yes it will help if you can keep down the temps...

If i put my k6 in a Ferrari it would be faster than your your pentium 4 or Athlon XP :tongue: