hi guys, my first post and im asking for help

i just built my first PC and would like to OC my Q6600, i have done some reading and know that you guys need some info so here goes

My specs:
Asus P5Q Deluxe P45
Q6600 2.4Ghz
OCZ Vendetta 2 Cpu Cooler 120mm fan
Corsair Ram 2X1gb 800Mhz 5-5-5-18
Corsair 550Watt PSU
ATI HD 4850

My Q6600 has VID# 1.325

It idles at 31-28-24-26
100%load 46-46-42-42

I also have 2 exhaust fans and 2 intake fans in a Antec 300 case.

I have good computing skills i know my basics of getting in the bios and so on, but have little idea on what to do first and what values to change.

i also read in the manual for the Mobo that there is a swtich on the mobo to up the nb voltage - whatever that means.

also i would like my q6600 at about 3.4ghz but would that shorten the life span, if so would anyone know how much?

thanks for your help and reading this long post.

http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/foru [...] uals-guide

there you go

thanks for your reply, i have read over the guide, but would just like a bit of spoon feeding lol, thanks

For some motherboard specifics, try this site:

http://www.xtremesystems.org/FORUM [...] p?t=189437

I used this site to get started with my P5Q Deluxe, there is a huge amount of information to sift through. If you look for my post (techgeek there too), you should find a starting point. If you go to page 57 of that thread you'll find my post and the following advice.

thanks man, its good having similiar hardware to go buy, im mostly confused about the ram ratios and stuff all the latencys and that.

^Use the power of Google!

Google results for RAM timing:
http://www.google.com/search?clien [...] gle+Search

man are you really 15, im 16 and am finding this quite challenging to get through, i have to say well done man

^ im 16 btw. Started OCing and custom builds @ 13.

u sik bre lol i just built my first pc on friday. ive managed to OC my gpu which is really easy.

just cant get my head around all the variables to oc the cpu

could i use the software that asus supply to OC? i think it has some auto settings. are they any good?

A 15 or 16 year old does not have the time nessicary to really understand what the hell they are doing with a computer. They simply do not have the free hours to properly research and comprehend how to do it the right way.

I'd be willing to help you out but you really haven't given me anything except my core temperatures are x,x,x,x.

You want to get the tweak guides tweaking companion for starters. Maybe you will have some time before school starts out to read some or do some after school......

http://www.tweakguides.com/TGTC.html

im on holidays lol until september 3rd so i have plenty of time.

tell me everything you need, i have already got the main prgrammes such as cpu -z core temp, orthos etc

i am really good with software this is the first time experimenting with hardware so i little confidence in what im doing.

For 3.4 you could use Asus software if you need spoonfeeding (AKA LAZY)

The software will set voltages higher then they need to be though.

will it display the voltage, then i could try lower it untill instability then raise it a notch or two to get it stable and efficient?

There are hundreds of over clocking guides. I can't write a guide. I already told you to get tweak guide and optimize the system once that's done over clocking is near the bottom.