By increasing the FSH, am I not putting more stress on my memory rather than CPU ? I have already raised my ram voltage to 2.7V, but my mobo can't detect the RAM temperature, so by only monitoring my cpu temperature, won't I burn my memory if the fsb is too high? please explain... If I increase my fsb and lower my multiplier, does that mean I can lower my vcore voltage? It's at 1.7 V now...

Increasing FBS and lowering multiplier is harder on RAM than the CPU. Unless you have problems, leave the RAM voltage alone.

generally no you won't burn your RAM if you don't push the ram a lot. Of course anything is possible. If you are concerned for your ram heatsinks are sold for them and some are pre-equiped with heatsinks.

Another tip. If your max FSB is 266 buy RAM thats rated at least the next higher rating or 333. So if 266=PC2100 goto PC2700 or PC3000

This way, when you do OC your FSB your memory is still well within the normal operating range and you'll get more OC as well.

Vcore, leave this alone at 1.7 unless you run into instability, which you may increase to see if it helps. but you should find the highest FSB possible first, test for stability. Once you find your max, than increase vcore to see if you can get more.

I don't think you'll harm your memory if the FSB is too high...it would become unstable & you wouldn't be able to run it at that speed, but I doubt it would do any damage. Increasing the RAM voltage is another story though...more voltage will cause more heat, & that definitely could cause a problem.

About the CPU clocking...here's an example...theoretically, you can take a 2.0ghz CPU & run it in various 2.0ghz configurations...for instance:

20 x 100mhz (200FSB)
15 x 133mhz (266FSB)
12 x 166mhz (333FSB)
10 x 200mhz (400FSB)

All of the above settings will run a CPU at 2.0ghz...but since you're really not overclocking, you should be able to maintain the stock vcore setting.

I've been OCing (intels) since '98 and have never fried anything. I agree with buying ram that's one notch above the norm for the cpu. Also buy good ram (I use corsair, just don't get the 'value select'. NEVER buy anything that's listed as 'value'). Don't forget the case fans, or the ramsinks (most of corsair's ram comes with ramsinks installed).

Hye thanks guys, that's a lot of help.. But how would I know what's the max FSB for my CPU ?

that's the fun part!

oh don't forget to fix the agp/pci speed. I think it's 66/33, but I'm not sure.