A bunch of newb OC question

[redass1876]

ok, ive never overclocked before, but im ready to start.

system:
3.0 GHZ C (idle temp 32-37 C) stock HSF
AB60N shuttle
1 GB (512MB X 2) CAS 2 DDR400 Dual channel
Radeon 9800 Pro
Audigy sound
400W Raidmax PSU
8X Dual format DVD-RW Optorite
16X DVD ROM Sony


all cooling is stock

i know i need to upgrade HSF for CPU and 9800 Pro, but i dont know to what....i hear the arctic cooling is great for the 9800 Pro, but i dont know what for the CPU...

after i get new cooling installed, then what....i up the CPU by uping the FSB in the bios (probably where it says clock 200MHZ right now), do i have to do anything to voltage? How big of increments to bump the FSB. Should i just use the OC tool that came with 9800 pro to OC it? should i get ramsinks for the 9800 pro as well, and if so, how do install them?

my RAM already has heatspreaders, should i OC it?

anything else i need to know?

thanks

 

[myocardia]

You're more than likely going to need watercooling to overclock a 3.0E, since they run very hot at stock speeds. And anytime you raise the fsb, you are overclocking your ram, and raising the fsb is the only way to overclock an Intel chip. Too bad you didn't buy a 3.0C, they reach 3.75ghz regularly.

 

[redass1876]

maybe it is a 3.0C....i didnt know which it was, but i was told it was an E because it's stock temp was around 35-40 C, and what about OCing my 9800Pro?

 

[fireontheway]

try powerstrip

 

[redass1876]

bump

 

[redass1876]

edited: actually is a 3.0 C