Beginners Guide to Overclocking

As a new to OC, i have just OC my E2200 2.2Ghz stock to 2.92Ghz at stock cooler.
my mobo is Asus P5gc-Mx/1333
i am getting 11*266 = 2.92 also accidently OC my RAm Corsair XMX s DHX 2GB. it was running at 400 clock and jumped a little with now running at 433.
But the tips found here are absolutly amazing and you guys rock....!
 
After having a go at overclcoking my qx9650, I realized that there isnt a quick and dirty way to do it!

I would love to get as much out of my cpu as possible but remain within safe margins.

You guide states two things: Finding Max CPU Clockspeed and Finding Max FSB.

Do we start with Finding max cpu clock speed, by upping fsb? My cpu has an unlocked multiplier, when do we start playing with the multipliers?
 
Hello, ive oc'd from 3 to 3.1 now (taking it slow) ive got 2 question my dram is staying the same is this ok, do i need to increase the voltage? its currently on 1.625 but if i increase it jumps to 1.750 obviously thats a large jump is that ok? im looking to get to around 3.4 could i stay at that voltage?
 
This is a very well written and very useful guide. As a complete Overclocking novice I will be using it to do some overclocking on some new hardware very soon and thank Jokester for writing it!
 
I'm attempting to overclock my asrock dual vsta mobo and e6600. The only settings I can find in the bios is a fsb mhz adjuster. I can't see any option for either ram divider or cpu multiplier. Anyone know this hardware and could shed a little advice?

EDIT - Ok, scratch that it looks like my motherboard updates the Ram Divider automatically and the Cpu multiplier appears to be locked on my E6600. Completed my first Cpu overclock last week, stable at 2.8(up from 2.4)and also completed my first Gpu overclock this morning with amazing results(core speed increased from 600mhz to 670, Memory increased from 400 to 440mhz). I found Jokesters guide extremely helpful. Well done!
 
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I agree with Mal X - This sounds like a good guide, but it's just too advanced for a beginner. It assumes that the user already knows so much, so either it needs an introduction specifying prerequisites such as knowing what the BIOS is and how to work with it (which I don't), or the guide needs to start from the absolute first step.

At the very least, links to acquiring the knowledge required before starting this guide would be helpful.
 
I used this guide as a basis for oc ing my chip, its very good.

Overclocking by the sheer nature of the beast assumes a certain user level before anything can be done. If your not sure what the cpu voltage is, or how to access the bios, then you need someone to sit next to you while you give it a go.

and its not just knowing what your doing that is important. equally, you need kit that is stable at overclock speeds, i see a lot of lads on here loosing their rag because they cant get above a certain speed. if your doing everything else right, its most likely because your hardware simply cant do it
 
I don't suppose this is likely to be updated for SB, is it? I'm told Intel have done some horrors to the 'normal' means of overclocking the new chips. I'm getting one pre-overclocked, but if I add RAM or change the graphics card I'll need to restabilise it, I guess...
 
Howdy,

I've been trying to guide my brother along with some overclocking but when I was showing him my BIOS settings I couldn't remember why I set some settings to their current state.

For example, my Refresh to Act Delay is set to 0, but the default is 36. I don't know why I set it to 0 but my computer has run fine for years like that. I've dabbled in overclocking but I still consider myself a bit of a newbie to it. Does that seem okay?

Setup is:
E6600 @ 3GHz (9x334)
OCZ 4GB Reaper PC2-9200
Gigabyte DS3 Rev.1
 
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