First post, by gaffa2002
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Hi,
Another quick question from someone which never had much experience overclocking back in the day... right now I have a V72MA motherboard (Ali M1542 chipset) and a Pentium MMX 200mhz CPU installed. Until now I was using the CPU in stock settings, meaning 66mhz FSB on both CPU and motherboard and 3.0 multiplier. But then I decided to tweak it a little bit by setting the FSB to 100mhz and the multiplier to 2.0. Now the CPU is shown as a 200mhz Pentium MMX as usual, but there was some noticeable performance boost that way.
Question is, does using the 100mhz FSB instead of the intended 66mhz for the CPU reduce it's lifespan? In addition, may I go even further and set its multiplier to 2.5 and have 250mhz without affecting it too much? Note that for that option to work, I have to increase the voltage from 2.8 to 3.2 volts. What would be the best option considering I want to take it easy on that CPU?
Thanks in advance
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