Core 2 quad q9300 overclock help!

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Hi! I have an old intel core 2 quad q9300 2.5ghz with a GTX960 4gb (big bottleneck), 6gb ram and a P5Q motherboard. I really want to overclock my cpu so I can reduce the bottleneck, but I dont know NOTHING I mean NOTHING about overclocking. Can someone explain me how to do it step by step? I want to reach 3ghz with it, and I also have a Blue Orb 2 cooler.

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Haha, the Blue Orb. That thing was decent for the price.

The concept in OC a Core2 (C2) processor is different from the new i-core Intels. You will overclock the C2 by increasing the Front Side Bus (FSB). The i-core processors change the multiplier. Your processor has a default FSB of 333 MHZ and a multiplier of 7.5. When you multiply those two components together, you get the core clock for your CPU. Thus 7.5 * 333 = 2497 MHz ~ 2.5Ghz. Now, I think a good first OC goal would be around 3.0 Ghz. If you decide to go higher, you can after you learn the process.

Now I said a good clock to start would be 3.0 GHz. Reversing the math, 3.0 GHz / 7.5 = 400 MHz so a FSB around 400 would achieve a OC near 3.0 GHz. Now, I know the difference...
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Haha, the Blue Orb. That thing was decent for the price.

The concept in OC a Core2 (C2) processor is different from the new i-core Intels. You will overclock the C2 by increasing the Front Side Bus (FSB). The i-core processors change the multiplier. Your processor has a default FSB of 333 MHZ and a multiplier of 7.5. When you multiply those two components together, you get the core clock for your CPU. Thus 7.5 * 333 = 2497 MHz ~ 2.5Ghz. Now, I think a good first OC goal would be around 3.0 Ghz. If you decide to go higher, you can after you learn the process.

Now I said a good clock to start would be 3.0 GHz. Reversing the math, 3.0 GHz / 7.5 = 400 MHz so a FSB around 400 would achieve a OC near 3.0 GHz. Now, I know the difference between 333 and 400 is only 67 Mhz. But that's a decent first step OC.
 
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