system build and choices

Brutherb

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I am building a system to overclock and play with. Need some help deciding here is my hardware

ga-m575sli-s4 rev 2.0 is this a good board for overclocking, and is it better to use easytune or bios changes for overclocking? I have read pushing ctrl f1 brings up hidden setting is this while you are in the bios or during boot up.

choice of processors athlon 5600+ or phenom x4 9550
cruicial 2X2gb pc5300 667mhz ddr2

400 watt psu
asus 4650 512mb gpu

stock cooling
windows 7


 

Brutherb

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I am just looking for some tips to get the most out of what i have. With this mobo If you put the phenom in it drops it to ht 1.0 but if I put the 5600+ in it uses ht 3.0 not sure how this will affect over all performance. Which will give better results for overclocking