hey guys im looking to overclock my new 6400 i was wondering if there was a good tutorial on it cuz i love to play games and im looking to over clock it to a safe 3-3.4 ghz area...since this would be my first time overclocking i have no idea what to do but i have been reading a lot of tutorials including the one here but i guess im not just understanding all of it...ne ways here are my new pc specs

CHENMING 901AD-BLACK-0 Black 1.0mm SECC ATX Full Tower

VANTEC TD8038H 80mm Case Fan - Retail x 5

ASUS P5B Deluxe/WiFi-AP Socket T (LGA 775) Intel P965 Express ATX Intel Motherboard - Retail

ZALMAN ZM-MFC1 Fan Controller Panel - Retail

eVGA 768-P2-N831-AR GeForce 8800GTX 768MB GDDR3 PCI Express x16 HDCP Video Card - Retail

Thermaltake W0106RU Complies with ATX 12V 2.2 & EPS 12V version 700W Power Supply - Retail

Intel Core 2 Duo E6400 Conroe 2.13GHz LGA 775 Processor Model

CORSAIR XMS2 2GB (2 x 1GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory Model TWIN2X2048-6400C4

Western Digital Caviar SE16 WD2500KS 250GB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive - OEM

Arctic Silver 5 Thermal Compound - OEM

since i want to keep learning about all things computers i think its time that i learn how to overclock... a bunch of friends have told me to stay away from it and part of me thinks i should but when im getting a whole ghz increase in performance and it running stable at that...i think i might as well give it a try...i am also trying to pick between a new heatsink for it i was thinking about a zalman 9500 but is that the best? or could someone point me in the right direction to give me the coolest temperatures... so if you could help me out with that and find a easy tutorial i could understand that would be very helpful...thanks

WUSYS GUIDE

come on its a sticky at the top of the forum how can you miss it. I thought I would give you another link which is good for explaining what OCing is about but Wusys guide tells you how to do it. Anyways the linik is:

http://forums.extremeoverclocking. [...] hp?t=79266

WUSYS GUIDE

come on its a sticky at the top of the forum how can you miss it. I thought I would give you another link which is good for explaining what OCing is about but Wusys guide tells you how to do it. Anyways the linik is:

http://forums.extremeoverclocking. [...] hp?t=79266

The Zalman 9500 is nice but a cheaper alternative is the AC 7 Pro. Saves you a little over US$30.

http://www.newegg.com/product/prod [...] 6835186134

I agree, for medium overclocking ac pro 7 is great. But for extreme maybe zalman or watercooling would be prefered.

well i was thinking about going with a scythe infinity with a new 120 mm fan on it should that be good for what im doing? cuz i want to get the lowest temperature possible

like i said if you would have read i did see that guide but i didnt clearly understand it....ne ways iv been looking at others and i kept reading wusys over and over and i think i have a better understanding about it but i still have a few questions....

is it better to overclock a little bit at a time or use a settings that i already know will work...and after i overclock it and get it stable is it ok for me to leave it overclocked all the time or should i revert back to the stock clock

Probably depends on the parts. Not every cpu will OC equally. Just OCd mine yesterday. Went straight to 400 FSB w/o a hiccup. No reboots, no lockups, etc.

I think it is generally prefered to OC in small increments like 5mhz then reboot and repeat the process until you start getting problems booting.

Yes, Scythe Infinity is among the best for OCing. Scythe Infinity and Tuniq Tower 120 are pretty much the best air coolers around.

second, Scythe Infinity and Tuniq Tower 120 are great

@ minim3

for extreme you'll want one of these