Virgin Overclocker with new E6400 rig - Advice please!

[mspumperer]

OK here is my new setup:

Intel Core 2 DUO E6400 "LGA775 Allendale" 2.13GHz

Gigabyte GA_965P_DS3 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard

Corsair 2GB DDR2 XMS2-6400C5 TwinX (2x1GB)

Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro CPU Cooler

HIS ATI Radeon X1900 XT ICEQ 3 SILENT Heatpipe 256MB

FSP Sparkle AX500-A Blue Storm 500W ATX2.0 PSU


My previous system was an old Athlon XP 2600+ and I have no practical experience at overclocking. I have researched overclocking this particular board and chipset to death and I'm fairly confident at going ahead with it.

Basicaly is it safe to take it up to 400MHz FSB with the C5 ram I have? The other thing I'm *not* confident with is altering voltages. I really don't wanna wreck this new pc I just spent half my student loan on.

Not asking for full guide just general pointers, common newbie mistakes maybe and answers to the above question.

Can I get this setup over 3Ghz?

Thanks for any help!

 

[ReeMISM]

Yep you should easily be able to overclcock that chip..


*cpu clock ratio 8x
*cpu host clock-enabled
*cpu host frquency (mhz) 380
*C.I.A.2 disabled
*system memory multiplier 2.00
*all voltages to auto

Leave the rest of settings on auto it should boot to 3.0ghzwith those settings then if you want to push further just keep experimenting but E6400 should do upto 3.2ghz with ease..

 

[Rapier]

pop the cpu on 1.325v, thats stock voltage. Also put the ram to 1.9v or 2.1v, had 2 sets and one was 1.9v and the other was 2.1v stock rated

Most people get to around 3.0 to 3.2 on stock volts