Q6600 OVERCLOCKING HELP

THE RIG

CASE: NZXT TEMPEST
PSU: CORSAIR HX-1000
CPU: INTEL Q6600 GO 2.4ghz
GPU: EVGA GTX 285 x2 SLI (Overclocked to the gtx 285 ssc edition)
MB: EVGA 750i SLI FTW
RAM: CORSAIR XMS2 8gb 800mhz
HS: MASSCOOL 8WA741
HDD: SEAGATE 500gb
OS: Windows VISTA ULTIMATE x64

CPU Temps: 35 idle / 45 load
GPU Temps: 40 idle / 50 load


THE PROBLEM

I have never overclocked before and want to get my q6600 go to 3.2ghz

BIOS Says v-core is 1.35 and CPU-Z says 1.28 ( It is a GO ) where should I start?

With a lot of reading? If you don't understand what your doing, you can cause a lot of damage to your stuff. People can tell you to do things, but if you don't understand, or move the wrong setting, ZAP.

For newbies to overclocking, I usually suggest DON'T change any voltages. Not until you know how things work. The Q6600 is 266x9 = 2.4GHz. If you want 3.2GHz, thats 3200 / 9 = 355MHz. I'd actually set the FSB to 400MHz, that way your DDR2-800 ram is actually running at 800MHz. (You did set the FSB:RAM ratio to 1:1 right?) If you then drop the multiplier down to 8, 400MHz x 8 = 3.2GHz. No clue how doable this is without a voltage bump, having a G0 will help. If none of this made ANY sense, DON'T try overclocking.

There's two stickies you need to read:
http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/ [...] uals-guide
http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/ [...] ture-guide

Then you need to find a guide for your specific motherboard.

The second guide is technically pretty difficult. But you need to have a pretty good idea about max voltages, temperatures and thermal management.