Overclocking both proccesor and video card (the proccesor that is...not the DAC) is looked upon as some sort of esoteric madness by many . Not so , the failure of overclocked chips is almost unknown as long as the abused part is cooled properly .
I could go on at length about the details of overclocking your system but few have people have put things as clearly as Tom so I'll leave you in his hands, but to reduce his load you are free to mail me with questions .
My System
I have a P_Pro 180 on an Asus P/I-P6NP5 motherboard and an STB Velocity 3D video card . The P_Pro (a Malayan one) I have, ran almost stone cold at 180mhz (with the substantial heatsink-fan on) . At 233mhz it runs just warm , and since I took the case fan from its dumb position at the front of the case , where it just causes turbulence for the proccesor fan (I have done extensive tests) and stuck it on the back where it sucks air through the case , not only is the proccesor back to almost cold but the S3 chip on my video card runs cool at 66mhz (up from 50mhz) , where it was too hot to touch with the stock airflow at 50mhz.
Yes , a little thought and some experiments will show you the best setup for your system . I find the "sucking fan" works well on most systems , you do need to get three or four slot covers in a row on the back free and if the video chip can be facing the slot leading to the free'd up slot covers you can get lots of cooling .
With NO cooling my system runs about 10 minutes 'till it crashes !
This setup has been stable for over six months , it will run for days on end with no problems at all , and the case (the "sucking fan" again) is cold to the touch !
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