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Well, there's a couple reasons why you're likely not getting any higher with your overclock. One, is heat. If your CPU gets too hot, you start to lose stability. Keeping your CPU under 55C full load is a good idea, and lower is always better. Increases in clock speed and voltage add to heat, and will compound that problem. What HSF are you currently using? How about your case fans? How many, where are they located?
Also, depending on the revision of your mobo, the nForce2 chipset northbridge you are currently using may or may not be able to handle a 200MHz FSB. If you're using the newer nForce2 Ultra 400 northbridge, then you're set. If not, then it's pretty much a crap-shoot as to whether or not you will be able to attain a 200MHz FSB at any CPU speed.
What I would do, in order to better identify what component is causing your overclock to hit the ceiling, would be to turn the multi for the CPU down to around 9, and increase the front side bus a few MHz at a time, until you start experiencing instability. At that point, turn down the FSB a notch or two, and then start increasing the CPU multiplier, by .5x at a time, until you start experiencing instability. At that point, you can try increasing the VCore to compensate, or back the multiplier off a little bit. As far as what you will be able to attain, it really all depends on the CPU and the motherboard. You have good memory for overclocking, and the nForce2 boards are as good as it gets for AMD overclocking. If you have a T-BredB revision chip, that's good too. But, no two chips, even cut from the same piece of silicon, are created equal, and your results will vary. Just watch the heat, and increase everything only a few MHz at a time, and you'll be lookin pretty good.
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