Advice on first overclock?

[davedudes]

Im new to all this so any advice would be great, just please dont laugh

 

[marley82]

Posting the rest of your system spec is helpful, Do you have a decent cpu cooler? should be able to reach 4ghz on that chip.

 

[davedudes]

Posting the rest of your system spec is helpful, Do you have a decent cpu cooler? should be able to reach 4ghz on that chip.

Sorry yeah here it is

P5Q Deluxe
Vista Ultimate 64
Core 2 Duo E8400 @ 3000Mhz
8Gb Kingston Hyper Ram
XFX 4890
WD SATA Black 640GIG HD
OCZ 700W PSU

Im using Noctua NH-U12P cpu cooler

 

[davedudes]

Im at 3.8Ghz, gonna have a go at breaking 4 tomorrow, any further advice would be great

 

[BriT]

I have the same CPU..how do you overclock it?? ive never overclocked anything before so i have no idea.

 

[reygjabla]

Check your temp first before you up the clock.

 

[Temi_D]

Try to do it at stock volts