Ok. I am debateing what to get. Although I'm fimaliar with computers, I'm not so with overclocking. I am going to get a barton 2500+ and a Thermalright SP-97 (when they come out) or a aero 7+ to cool it. I am also debateing between a giga-byte "GA-7N400 PRO2" and a A-Bit "AN7", but thats another story. I currently have 1gig of Corsair pc2700 (don't really want to change this). Although I know that not all 2500+'s OC the same, but what would be the best I could get with my pc2700 ram? I've heard you're suppose to match the bus speeds, and I belive my pc2700 is 333mhz. I was also wondering what temps are "optimal" for the cpu. I could overclock my memory a bit, i believe also. Would this help me? Any help on this, or on my motherboard decision would be greatly appreacaited.

Make that Crucial, not Corsair RAM....Can't believe I got that wrong, but you gotta admitt the names are close :)

I don't know if you can OC your ram to 400 with 1:1 ratio. If you use 5:4 or 3:2, your memory bandwidth won't increase. So I think when your ram quits before you reach 3200+, you should consider get some DDR400 or DDR433 memory. BTW, new Bartons have their multi locked by AMD, so you can only OC by increasing FSB if you have such a chip.

Yea, I heard something about the newer ones being locked. I will be buying it within a week or so. Is there anyway to tell if I'm getting a locked one before I buy them? I'll prob by it from tigerdirect.com or newegg, which should have fresh batches since they move so much inventory :( What is the best I'd be able to get with a locked one? Also, is there anyway to unlock it? Thanks for the reply, btw

How far you can go depends on things like memory speed/quality, motherboard capabillities/chipsets and blind dumb luck. Last I heard, no one had found a way to unlock the multis yet. Skip

Well my memory speed should be 333Mhz. It's Crucial RAM, so it's also good quality. It has 2.5 CAS, which isn't the best, but I believe is still pretty good. I just remember seeing that you are suppose to match ur cpu fsb to ur ram's fsb or something like that. I was just wondering if that was correct...and what speed's I should be looking to get