New to overclocking. Need help please, Mobo: p5n-d CPU:q8400

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Hey everyone, I'm new to overclocking and a complete noob at it. I don't understand how it's done, especially on my motherboard. I have tried some other users settings (He apparently had same motherboard, and a little older cpu) but my computer ran some error on boot up, then I fixed something and it didn't show that it was overclocked in cpu-z

Motherboard is: Asus p5n-d
CPU: q8400 @2.66
Ram: Kingston HyperX 800mhz
"http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820104020"

So where do I start, how do I figure out which settings are right for me?
I know where to located FSB settings, and Vcore/nm/sb/ht core etc just dont know what to set them too.
Thank you to anyone who helps :) I'll be going to sleep, and check this thread in the morning.

Btw, looking from speeds starting at 3.0 ghz to 3.2 if that's not a problem.