First time overclocking (noob)

[benmcc92]

Okay here's the deal, I built my computer:

intel e6550 core 2 duo
western digital 500gb 7200rpm
asus nvidia 7900gs
2gb (4 x 512mb) DDR2 400 (I know crappy from previous comp next to be upgraded)
Giga-byte p35c-DS3R motherboard
Scythe katana 2 cpu cooler

Okay I need baby step instructions and appreciate any help anyone has to offer! thanks!

 

[benmcc92]

sorry correction to the memory:
2 sticks of kingston PC2-4300
2 sticks of Micron tech PC2-3200

 

[shadowthor]

read the guide it helps.

 

[pcgamer12]

ExtremeTech has some videos for building a gaming PC.

 

[ausch30]

http://www.xbitlabs.com/articles/cpu/display/oc-guide.html
http://www.extremetech.com/article2/0,1697,2188777,00.asp
http://www.techwarelabs.com/guides/misc_mod/overclockingguide/
http://techreport.com/articles.x/13815
http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/overclocking-guide,15.html
http://www.neoseeker.com/Articles/Hardware/Guides/OCguide/
http://www.overclock.net/overclock.php?file=articles/overclocking-guide.htm
http://eclipseoc.com/index.php?id=6,51,0,0,1,0

Google is your friend. You've got a lot of reading to do.

 

[Mogwilson]

Hello, Dont consider overclocking until you have better ram, To overclock to a reasonable level you need at least 800Mhz, Im sure that your Mobo's chipset does not support your ram speed as AFAIk your CPU has a 333Mhz FSB therefore the lowest ram speed/Divider will be 667Mhz.

Can you clarify what ram you have and the rated speed please.

cheers

 

[V3NOM]

wow 7900GS....

 

[benmcc92]

Okay I picked up some new ram:

Corsair XMS2 Dominator TWIN2X2048-8500C5D (found a good deal)

So now what lol. And yes I know video card is out dated but o.ced it does the job.

 

[V3NOM]

1066MHz is 1:SLIGHT overkill, and 2:simply OC'd 800MHz with relaxed timings!!
oh well no use crying over spilt potion...

lol my 7600GS OC'd 50% with the stock fan!! it plays everything i throw at it! (luckily i think crysis is a sh!t game...) so i wasnt flaming u or anything lol

so NOW, what you do is make the timings 4-4-4-12, put the FSB at 400MHz and first off, lower the cpu multiplier to 7, then increase to 8 if stable hope it works! wonder y no one else has posted to this thread in a while lol