New to overclocking and need help

HorseShoe

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Hey guys, I have a P4 2.8ghz Northwood cpu running on an Asus P4C800 Deluxe mobo with some OCZ (2x512mb) value ram timed at 2.5, 3, 3, 7 and I just think that this system is a bit slow right now and would really like to overclock it.

I tried looking around on how to overclock a system with these parts but I couldn't really find them very helpful so I decided to come and ask you guys for help.

The first thing that I need to know is whether I can even overclock this, and second how exactly should I do it (how do I change the fsb settings and ram ratios if need be).

This whole system runs on a stock Antec 350watt power supply that I got with my Antec case and the CPU has stock cooling on it, so if I need to change any of that it won't be a problem and any advice on which parts to buy would also be much appreciated.

 

stevty2889

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The Asus P4C800 is one of the best socket 478 motherboards for overclocking. You'll need to use a divider for you ram. Then start to slowly increase your FSB. I imagine you'll get somewhere between 3.2-3.4ghz on that chip, depending on what version it is(400mhz FSB, 533mhz FSB, or 800mhz FSB) and how good your cooling is.