My first overclock - Q6600

Ello All.

Going to be attempting my first overclock in the next week. The components involved are listed below

Intel Core 2 Quad Pro Q6600 "Energy Efficient SLACR 95W Edition" 2.40GHz (1066FSB)
Asus P5K-E WiFi Intel P35 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard
7800GT (soon to be a 700mhz 8800GT)
2 x Corsair 2GB DDR2 XMS2 DHX PC2-6400C4DHX TwinX (2x1GB) (4GB Total)
Zalman CNPS9700-LED CPU Cooler (As suggested in the Quad vs Dual overclocking guide by toms)
HiperX Type R 580 PSU (unsure of the quality of this device and it is making a annoying whiney sound when powered. If its dieing it will be replaced with a corsair HX 520w)
Antec 900 case
Vista Home Prem 64bit

What do you think of this setup?

I have read several of the guides dotted around and feel I am ready to attempt this. I am hoping for 3.0Ghz (1333FSB) or 3.2 (1422FSB?) From my understanding I should be looking at about an idle temp of 40ish and a temp under load of between 50 and 60 degrees. What sort of vcore are you guys having to use to keep this setup stable?

My question is this. How does overclocking the CPU impact on RAM. The ram I am running is 800mhz but I am unsure how this corresponds with the FSB speed and keeping a 1:1 ratio, which as I understand it is best to do? Will this effectivly de-clock my memory? or was it always underclocked due to the FSB of the mobo (266FSB stock x2 = 533?) Thats the bit i need explaining

Many thanks guys

Jon

yer, that makes sense! thanks for the reply.

Thanks very much for the replies guys. massive help.

P95 is currently running at home with everything stock just so I can get used to the process of testing. Will check on it when I get back from work. I better not get any errors on a standard clock lol !!