Overclocking advice/help

[Tonk3h]

Right, firstly, do i even NEED to overclock? obviously id like to, but comparing my result to other 8800gts 320mb results ive seen on the forum, mines pretty good?

http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c320/Tonk3h/3dmarkscore.jpg

ive also had a look at the kinda speeds some people on the forums have overclocked their 8800gts 320mb to, but im not sure if i can get to these kind of speeds?

here is my rig..

--Intel Dual Core 2 Duo E6600 2.4ghz overclocked to 3.0 ghz
--BFG Nvidia 8800GTS 320mb OC PCI-E
--Asus P5N-E SLI mobo nforce 650
--2gb Geil Ram 5-5-5-15 PC6400C5 800MHz
--Corsair 520watt PSU
--320GB Seagate Barracuda 7200rpm SATA-II
--Lian-Li PC-7 PLUS Aluminium Case- Black
--Noctua NH-U12F Heatsink

Any help would be GREATLY appreciated, as im here pondering over ATItool and Ntune to speed it all up, but aint got the guts haha!

 

[Tonk3h]

bump =)

 

[Tonk3h]

what kinda max temp under load should i be looking at for the CPU? i remember when my friend and i did it last time, we stopped because it was getting a little warm.

also. have u got any general advice on overclocking the graphics card... i dont wanna mess it all up. ive heard ATItool is the best cause i can check for artifacts easily. but im still scared lmao

 

[Tonk3h]

my cpu already runs at 45 idle...both cores...

 

[Tonk3h]

im guessin im probably really annoyin u haha but one last thing... (i think)

is that too high for my cpu to idle at? :S ive overclocked my gfx card now to 600/900 and got 10100 on 3dmark , gunna try a bit higher

 

[Tonk3h]

ive overclocked my 8800gts now. got a 3dmark score of 10505 with 634/954...

i was informed that these cards are fine even up to 100degrees C... not sure how much truth there is in that, anyway, so the 84/85 deg C i was getting under full load at these clock speeds didnt worry me...

started to play some TDU, and after a while smelt burning :| i think it was anyway. so ive dropped it down a bit now