First time overclocking

[jayjay]

My system specs:
ASUS M2A-VM - Motherboard
500W Thermaltake - PSU
AMD Athlon 64 X2 3800+ Windsor 2.0GHz 2 x 512KB L2 Cache Socket AM2 65W - CPU
G.SKILL 2GB (2 x 1GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Dual Channel - RAM
ARCTIC COOLING ACF64LP 60mm CPU Cooler - CPU fan/Heatsink
Artic Silver 5 - thermal compound
Cooler Master Centurion 534 - Case


How much overclock should I do for my cpu, and should I even overclock my RAM because its 800Mhz already? Also what are some good programs you guys are using?

 

[jayjay]

Have a few new questions now. I'm looking at benchmark programs, what should I use, 3DMARK or PCMARK? I'm not overclocking my graphics at all since I dont have a card yet and dont want to wast time on the integrated one. Also using CPU-Z under General it all appears right but under timings my DRAM frequency shows as 400.0MHz, when it should be 800MHz what's wrong with that?

 

[aznguy0028]

hmm...about your DRAM frequency, remember that ram memory is doubled pumped...so 400x2 = 800mhz. while the FSB is quad pumped, so for example if you have a 333 FSB frequency, it'll be 333x4=1333mhz which is your FSB clock. hope that helped.

 

[Mugz]

333x4 is for Intel, isn't it?