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I had a 1.2 Athlon (bought in summer 2001 too, replaced in summer 2007), but I do not remember the FSB...
It would not increase performance a lot to upgrade the CPU. One potential problem is the heat: the 1.2 and especially the 1.4 are quite hot; but being a HP computer and not one "custom made" I guess it was well designed to dissipate the heat.
If you go in the BIOS maybe you will find options to change the FSB. Check if you can change it (possibly by switching from automatic to manual mode). Of course do not save these settings, but it will allow you to see if the option is really there.
It would not increase performance a lot to upgrade the CPU. One potential problem is the heat: the 1.2 and especially the 1.4 are quite hot; but being a HP computer and not one "custom made" I guess it was well designed to dissipate the heat.
If you go in the BIOS maybe you will find options to change the FSB. Check if you can change it (possibly by switching from automatic to manual mode). Of course do not save these settings, but it will allow you to see if the option is really there.