N00b overclocking question

[Contagious]

Can any of the components get damaged just by raising the fsb? Basically, if I don't raise the voltage at all on the CPU or RAM, can I still screw up my system?
Thanks in advance

 

[Le Québécois]

Nope. Unless you plan to remove your HSF while playing HL2 Even then I'm pretty sure the computer will simply shut down.

EDIT: Depend on the CPU I suppose. My answer was for AMD 64. I don't know a thing about Intel and OC.

 

[imported_Kensai]

You might destabilize it, but nothing really major.

 

[Contagious]

Can I fix that afterwards?

And, as a followup, how far should I be able to overclock a 2.4 P4 before I would need to raise the voltage?

Thanks again

 

[imported_Kensai]

If it's a Northwood 800MHz, it should hit 3.0GHz or so.