Need help with overclocking

[Ben22]

hey guys i was wondering if you have some suggestion on how to over clock my CPU?

My system: MB P5QL-CM - Q9550 Quad @ 2.8 - memory 6400 - HD 4870 X2 - vista 32bit 650W power supply, CPU fan ZALMAN CNPS9900LED .

So i was wondering if i could overclock to 3.0 no water cooling. one other thing is that if i used the auto 5% overclock it goes to 2.9 which i think is pretty good. if i used 10% the system won't boot. what i want to know is if there is a safer way to do it or should i stick to 5%?

and will my system last more than 2 years with this overclock (5% or 3.0)?
thanks to all of you who take the time to read and reply. you know who you are !!!

 

[wsupduck]

have you tried prime95 stress test or monitoring your temps

 

[MaDMagik]

There is better and safer way - its manual overclocking thru BIOS - but that requires getting some basic info, here is a good start - http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/forum/page-240001_11_0.html

Your cpu is a good overclocker and 3ghz, well, im sure it will do way more than that if youre willing to put in some effort.

 

[Ben22]

have you tried prime95 stress test or monitoring your temps

yeah. i have thanks for asking. in idle my CPU temp will stay at 36 Celsius and at fool load won't go over 60 Celsius.

 

[Ben22]

There is better and safer way - its manual overclocking thru BIOS - but that requires getting some basic info, here is a good start - http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/forum/page-240001_11_0.html

Your cpu is a good overclocker and 3ghz, well, im sure it will do way more than that if youre willing to put in some effort.

hey, thanks for the info this is great information. Thanks