Athlon overclocking

[Gum]

I'm actually quite mixed-up after reading some Athlon o/c articles. Pls help to clarify some doubts b4 I decide to take the Athlon plunge...
How do you actually use the PCB connectors say, from TrinityMicro, to o/c the Athlon? By changing the multiplier, FSB and voltage via those dip-switches? If this is so, then how does this work in conjunction with the mutiplier and FSB settings on SoftJumper in the BIOS? Would'nt they somehow "crashes" due to double settings?

If you were to o/c, say a Athlon 500Mhz to 600Mhz using those PCB connectors from TrinityMicro, will you be able to further o/c the CPU by using higher FSB settings on a overclockable Athlon mobo like Asus K7M? After o/c to 600Mhz, then set FSB to 110Mhz to make it run at 660Mhz?

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[OuTpaTienT]

The device for o/c the Athlon will only alter it's multiplier, voltage, and I believe it can also change the speed ratio at which the L2 cache runs. (L2 cache runs at 1/2 chip speed up until about 700mhz, beyond that the L2 needs to be a bit slower, like 2/5 or 1/3 chip speed.)

And you are correct about o/c the FSB. Example: If you take a 500mhz Athlon and clock it to 600mhz then run the FSB at 110mhz (which is really 220mhz to the Athlon and m/b controller) and end up with a 660mhz machine.

[KillerBug]

the overclocking devices are easy to make, except for the PCB connector.