Overclocking options with my proposed spec...

[davejm]

I wonder if anyone can help me clarifiy my clocking options with the following spec... hopefully the components I've chosen will let me oc slightly, but I'm not 100% sure on the RAM. I've heard it's good for overclocking, but I've been warned off it because faster ram means that "i'll be able to push the c2d and keep the ram at 1:1 easily". I'm not too sure what that means. I've been advised to get ocz ram because "ocz's guarantee allows for vdimm voltage increase over stock". but again, I'm not too sure what this means. Is this crucial RAM going to be fast enough for me?

Anything else of note from this proposed spec before I order?

I've been advised to change the motherboard to this:-
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MB-222-AS&groupid=701&catid=5&subcat=

... and the cooling fan to the Arctic Cooling Freezer 7, which is cheaper. Any thoughts on these?

 

[davejm]

I'm a bit confused now. Should I be looking at RAM that is better rated at stock? The Giel RAM is cheaper, and is rated faster, so would I be better with that?

I still can't quite get my head round fsb, multipliers, dividers etc. If the stock speed of that memory 667mhz and I set the fsb to 400mhz, would I need to change the divider to 2 to run the RAM at 800mhz? or 2.5 for 1000mhz memory etc?

At 400mhz fsb, would the cpu multiplier need to be 6 for stock speeds and then set higher as I start to overclock?

or am I barking up the wrong tree?

 

[davejm]

So will I need another motherboard in order to use dividers? I'm still not sure I understand this overclocking thing, and I'm even more confused than before.

As I understand it, the stock FSB with a E6600 is 266mhz with a 9x multiplier.

Can I increase the FSB to 400mhz with a multiplier of 8x to get 3.2ghz? If so, do I set the RAM multiplier to 2x giving me 800mhz memory? Is the crucial memory OK to do that, or do I need memory that will do that at stock with this motherboard, i.e the GieL RAM?

Sorry for the noob questions, I think I'm working things out slowly but surely.

 

[davejm]

oooh, I'm getting there then.

And how do memory multipliers work... can they increase in fractions, i.e 2.5x giving me a memory speed of 1ghz? If so, would I be better off going for RAM that has a stock speed of 1ghz?