I'm curious about overclocking...except I don't know much about it at all. My friend who helped me build my computer says I should be able to overclock because I had some pretty good airflow...so I wanna know about overclocking, as how do I do it, and how I know I'm not overpushing my system and all that stuff. Video Card- http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produ... Mobo- http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produ... Processor- http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produ... My friend also recommended I add this stuff- http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produ... If there is any other info you guys need to know just go ahead and ask and I'll tell. Thanks for the time taken to help me. Nothing is foolproof to a sufficiently talented fool.

these links should help: http://www.deep-powder.net/OC_Guide... http://www.tomshardware.com/2006/12... http://www.overclock3d.net/articles... http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/2...

There are so many materials out there about overclocking, including stuff regarding that particual C2D & your motherboard. I don't know how long ago or how much you spent on your machine, But if it was within the last couple of weeks, you should have gotten a P35 motherboard as opposed to the now dated P965 (P5B Deluxe) motherboard that you went for & the CPU; you even could have gone with a quad core like the Q6600. The P35 is a better performer all round compared to the P965 & it holds a more viable upgrade path. Eitherway, you should be able easily overclock your machine to 3.5+GHz with the stock cooling from Intel & without the AS5 thermal grease. http://www.thetechrepository.com/sh... http://www.anandtech.com/mb/showdoc...

i got all my stuff back in april, thanks for the links. If anyone else wants to add any other comments I'm open to them. Most of the things I ordered I got on recommendation from a friend on the budget I had put (it increased about 200 dollars from what I originally wanted heh, but its cool, I love my computer) Nothing is foolproof to a sufficiently talented fool.

i have a similiar setup and i'm at 3.0 ghz on a stock intel cooler and barely above stock cpu voltage. my E6420 runs stock at 2.13 ghz (with an 870 mhz overclock) not bad at all with a stock cooler. Asus P5B-D wi-fi / E6420 @ 375x8 2GB OCZ DDR2-1066 320MB Geforce 8800 GTS 2x 320GB Seagate 7200.10's LG sata dvd-rw ocz powerstream 520