Overclocking! 1st timer

[hartski]

It's my first time to overclock a P4 and would appreciate all the help I can get. I have a P4 2.4GHz CPU, Gigabyte GA-8IEXP mobo, 2 sticks of 512 PC2100 DDR SDRAM and ATI Radeon 8500DV 64MB running on Windows XP Home.

I want to overclock it to at least 2.6GHz but don't wanna use watercooling. Buying a new heatsink and fan for under 50 bucks is acceptable. I currently have a Thermaltake Volcano P4 478 heatsink.

Is using the overclocking software from Gigabyte good enough and safe? Is it the EasyTune 4? How do you overclock anyway? Any guides you know of that can be found on the internet? What other components of the PC besides the CPU should I overclock?

 

[chuck232]

Pfff.... easy for going to 2.6GHz. That HSF will be fine. Go into BIOS and raise the FSB. Lock the PCI/AGP speeds and you're set. If it doesn't post/isn't stable, try raising the Vcore. You could also try overclocking the video card.

...And all the King's horses and all the King's men couldn't put my computer back together again...