First Ever Overclock - Finally doing it! E7200

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Hello

I have just brought a new HSF and thermal paste

I have a Artic Freezer 7 Pro and Artic Silver Thermal Compound.

Current System is

Gigabyte P35-S3L
4GB XMS2 800Mhz (5-5-5-18) Ram
E7200 CPU
ATI 3650 Graphics Card
250GB Seagate Baracuda 16MB Cache Hardrive.
Antec Sonata Case - 2x120MM Fans.

Room Temperture is quite high in my room though which sucks - Not sure on estimate though.

Anyway I am planning to overclock now - just wondering if I use 400*9.5 multiplier (3.8ghz) - will I need to increase voltage - if so what is a safe amount?

As a newbie it might be best I dont' increase voltate so maybe 333x9.5 multiplier (3.6Ghz) - I'm assuming I can do that on stock voltage? - will that decrease my RAM speed though? (quite possibly a v.dumb question) I am unsure what the RAM ratio 2.0/3.5 etc means can someone explains in dumbest term poss?

Also is it possible/recommended to overclock my RAM to 1066Mhz? or not a good idea?

I am a completele newbie and given as much information as I can... if you can provide me wiht a some setting to edit in BIOS and I'll run the system testing software to make sure its stable?

I've read the guides and have a sort of understanding, just like clarification and some extra guidance from the experts lol
 
Thats the sort of info I want, If you were feeling really brave - what would you do to get to 3.8ghz - that wya memory is running at its full speed then as well...

Also why do peopleoverclock CPU if below 3.8 if it slows down the memory?
 
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