Here is some info I had about overclocking which might be of interest: Will it damage my CPU or other components? There are a number of things that could happen to your system through overclocking but, with a little common sense, you can remove most of the risk. Heat is the primary concern. The CPU is the system component that is most likely to suffer from excess heat. Higher clock speeds and/or higher voltage create more heat. Extreme heat can literally fry the CPU. Keeping the voltage as close as possible to the default of 2.0 volts and using a quality heatsink and fan will keep the CPU temperature within reasonable limits. Long term effects of higher current produced by faster clock speeds can have more subtle effects. A process called electro-migration can slowly erode the microscopic circuits inside the CPU--causing the traces to spread and the semi-conductor junctions to break down--until the CPU eventually fails. This is a very slow process and it takes years. A modern CPU has a design life of 10 to 15 years. While the life of your overclocked CPU may be somewhat shortened, do you really expect to be using your current 300 MHz processor, even overclocked to 450 MHz, in even as little as 5 years? By then we'll all be overclocking 1000 MHz (giga-Hz) CPU's. Since BX motherboards like the BH6 and P2B are designed for a 100 MHz bus speed, you are not likely to hurt the mainboard with speeds up to 100 MHz. The other components, however, can be negatively affected by bus speeds other than the standard speeds of 66 or 100 MHz. At all other speeds the PCI and AGP clocks are higher than normal (see the table below). Besides the obvious effects of increased heat generation, some peripheral devices are especially sensitive to timing problems when the PCI bus is over clocked. Some harddrives will trash your data if the PCI bus is clocked too high . FSB PCI FSB Ratio AGP FSB Ratio 66 MHz 33 MHz 2 to 1 66 MHz 1 to 1 75 MHz 37.5 MHz 2 to 1 75 MHz 1 to 1 83 MHz 41.5 MHz 2 to 1 83 MHz 1 to 1 100 MHz 33.3 MHz 3 to 1 66 MHz 3 to 2 112 MHz 37.3 MHz 3 to 1 74.6 MHz 3 to 2 124 MHz 41.3 MHz 3 to 1 82.6 MHz 3 to 2 133 MHz 33 MHz 4 to 1 88.6 MHz 3 to 2 siri

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