Can a noob get help overclocking?

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Hi Guys.

Thought id take the plunge and see if i cant squeeze a little more outta my CPU.

What do you think i will get out of it and what settings should i use. Dont wanna go to extreme maybe 3ghz - 3.2ghz

Current details are below.

Idle CPu Temp: 35 degrees on air

CPU details:

Number of cores 4 (max 4)
Number of threads 4 (max 4)
Name Intel Core 2 Quad Q6700
Codename Kentsfield
Specification Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Quad CPU Q6700 @ 2.66GHz
Package (platform ID) Socket 775 LGA (0x4)
CPUID 6.F.B
Extended CPUID 6.F
Core Stepping G0
Technology 65 nm
Core Speed 1631.9 MHz
Multiplier x FSB 6.0 x 272.0 MHz
Rated Bus speed 1087.9 MHz
Stock frequency 2666 MHz
Instructions sets MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, EM64T, VT-x
L1 Data cache 4 x 32 KBytes, 8-way set associative, 64-byte line size
L1 Instruction cache 4 x 32 KBytes, 8-way set associative, 64-byte line size
L2 cache 2 x 4096 KBytes, 16-way set associative, 64-byte line size
FID/VID Control yes
FID range 6.0x - 10.0x
Max VID 1.263 V

Memory:

Northbridge Intel P35/G33/G31 rev. A2
Southbridge Intel 82801IR (ICH9R) rev. 02
Graphic Interface PCI-Express
PCI-E Link Width x16
PCI-E Max Link Width x16
Memory Type DDR2
Memory Size 4096 MBytes
Channels Dual, (Symmetric)
Memory Frequency 408.0 MHz (2:3)
CAS# latency (CL) 5.0
RAS# to CAS# delay (tRCD) 5
RAS# Precharge (tRP) 5
Cycle Time (tRAS) 18
Row Refresh Cycle Time (tRFC) 52
Command Rate (CR) 2T
MCHBAR I/O Base address 0x0FED14000
MCHBAR I/O Size 4096

motherboard:

Mainboard Model IP35 PRO(P35+ICH9R) (0x000004A5 - 0xF69FBC69)

Voltages:

Voltage 0 1.13 Volts [0x71] (CPU Core)
Voltage 1 1.94 Volts [0x61] (DDR2)
Voltage 2 0.97 Volts [0x61] (DDR2 VTT)
Voltage 3 1.20 Volts [0x78] (CPU VTT 1.2V)
Voltage 4 1.25 Volts [0x7D] (MCH 1.25V)
Voltage 5 1.51 Volts [0x97] (ICHIO 1.5V)
Voltage 6 1.05 Volts [0x69] (ICH 1.05V)
Voltage 7 12.00 Volts [0xC8] (ATX +12V (24-Pin))
Voltage 8 12.00 Volts [0xC8] (ATX +12V (8-Pin))
Voltage 9 4.98 Volts [0xA6] (ATX +5V)
Voltage 10 3.32 Volts [0xA6] (+3.3V)
Voltage 11 5.01 Volts [0xA7] (5VSB)
 
Leave the multiplier at 10 for now. Start to increase the fsb in the BIOS by increments of about 5 and reboot. Continue to do this until the system fails to boot. At this point revert back to your previous value before failure. Check your temps. You should be using aftermarket cooling as the stock one sucks! Also check for stability with Intel Burn Test.
If all is well increase your vcore very slightly and start the process again.
See how you get on with that for now. Hope this helps.
 
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