Hi, i am interested in overclocking my CPU, but i am very new to this, where do it start?

Start by listing your complete specs & what your purpose is for overclocking...better gaming? experimaentation? something else? Do you know which core your 3000+ is based on? If not, download & run CPUZ: http://www.cpuid.com/cpuz.php http://www.asus.com/products.aspx?m... "If my answers frighten you then you should cease asking scary questions" - Jules Winnfield (Samuel L. Jackson) in Pulp Fiction

Specs: CPU AMD Athlon Processor 64 3000+, Socket 754, Core speed: 2000 Mhz, Multiplier x10 1GB DDR RAM 160 GB HDD, Experimentation and maybe for gaming if all goes well... cheers

Those are NOT the complete specs. We need to know the core the CPU is based on, that's why I asked you to run CPUZ. We already know you have an A64 3000+. And you didn't state which RAM you have...DDR200, DDR333, DDR400, etc. You didn't list a video card or power supply or whether your HDD is PATA or SATA. Be specific! I had my A64 3000+ Venice running at 2.7GHz: http://i68.photobucket.com/albums/i... "If my answers frighten you then you should cease asking scary questions" - Jules Winnfield (Samuel L. Jackson) in Pulp Fiction

how do i go about checking these things, without actually looking? e.g. hard disk and power supply

HWINFO32: http://www.hwinfo.com AMD CPU ID bottom of this page: http://www.amd.com/us-en/Processors...

thanks for those.... from what i can find out: HDD: Maxtor 6L16OPO ATA Drive Memory: 2x PC3200 DDR-SDRAM Video Card: nVIDIA GeForce 6100 Processor 1 (ID = 0) Number of cores 1 (max 1) Number of threads 1 (max 1) Name AMD Athlon 64 3000+ Codename Venice Specification AMD Athlon(tm) 64 Processor 3000+ Package Socket 754 CPUID F.C.2 Extended CPUID F.2C Brand ID 4 Core Stepping DH-E6 Technology 90 nm Core Speed 2009.1 MHz (10.0 x 200.9 MHz) HT Link speed 803.6 MHz Stock frequency 2000 MHz Instructions sets MMX (+), 3DNow! (+), SSE, SSE2, SSE3, x86-64 L1 Data cache 64 KBytes, 2-way set associative, 64-byte line size L1 Instruction cache 64 KBytes, 2-way set associative, 64-byte line size L2 cache 512 KBytes, 16-way set associative, 64-byte line size FID/VID Control yes max FID 10.0x VID range 1.100 V - 1.450 V Features XD K8 Thermal sensor yes K8 Revision ID 4.2 Attached device PCI device at bus 0, device 24, function 0 Attached device PCI device at bus 0, device 24, function 1 Attached device PCI device at bus 0, device 24, function 2 Attached device PCI device at bus 0, device 24, function 3, i dont know about my power supply thought, sorry for the slow info