New to OC'ing questions

[FSH42NA]

I'm completely new to OC'ing. I'm using the following:

Asus A8N SLI premium (1009 bios)
X2 3800 (also have an Opteron 165)
Thermalright XP120 with panoflo fan (low speed)
OCZ 2 x 1gb PC3200 Platinum (2 5 3 2)
Evga 7800GT
Enermax EG701 noisetaker (600w)
Samsung SATA2 200gb drives x 3
Lian Li PC60

I've read about adjusting memory timings, cpu multipliers, HT multipliers, dividers to lower speed of memory and my head is spinning.

My question is, when OC'ing, what is the preferred order for adjustments to your rig to give stability without a significant sacrifice in performance? So what to try first down to when all else fails.

Thanks for reading my noob question

 

[Regalk]

Nice setup you have there and all the ingredients for a god OC.

http://www.dfi-street.com/forum/showthread.php?t=20823

and copied and pasted from another of my posts>>
"..find the best ram timings independent of cpu speed (i.e. use a low safe CPU speed).
Then find max stable cpu speed independentlyof the RAM speed (i.e. use most stable RAM timings).
Then pick the best OC from a combination of the two.
USE A64Mem freq 1.1 utility to play around with memory speeds
A64 Tweaker is a good utility as well"

 

[FSH42NA]

Regalk,

thanks for the reply. In general, is it preferred to obtain a given cpu speed with a higher multiplier and a lower HTT? Or is it better with a lower multiplier and higher HTT?

Thanks again