I want to overclock my Celeron D 2.4 to 3.0ghz. is to perform such task? do i need more cooling effect? recently i have 3 fans, 2 fans blowing outside and 1 fan blowing inside. am afraid and worid that my cpu or my system myt be damaged. looking forward for ur rply jam. tnx. AsRock P4I45Gv Intel Chipsets Celeron D 2.40 Ghz DDR333 512mb ram 40GB HDD Western Digital Geforce FX 128MB/64bit

As long as you gradually step the overclocking settings, and fully test them (benchmark or run game) you should be able to see if the new overclock is working. Usually if the computer hangs at Windows load screen it is overclocked too high. Once you have found the limit, run a game or benchmark and see how hot the CPU gets. If it gets over 140oF you may have problems. I don't recommend using the stock Intel heatsink for when overclocking. If you do replace the heatsink, the most crucial part is to use a good thermal compound(Artic Silver). This is the goo that ensures good thermal contact with the CPU's core and the heatsink. Also make sure to clean off all the existing thermal paste, before installing a new heatsink. The best way I have found to do this is to spray some WD-40 onto a paper towel and wipe it all away. Once this is all complete you should be able to overclock that Celeron to at least 2.6GHz. I have overclocked a PIII class Celeron 800MHz I overclocked to 1.066GHz. With a standard Intel Heatsink. Granted the case was specialized, and I used a good coat of Artic Silver. Happy overclocking! Matt|ttaM

Ok tnx MAtt. Hw bout the CPU:DRAM ratio? currently am at DDR333 2x256mb ram..running at 166mhzX2. my timings is 2.5-3-3-7. my board supports up to 533mhz and my CPU is 533mhzFSB. so how can i balance it? tnx AsRock P4I45Gv Intel Chipsets Celeron D 2.40 Ghz DDR333 512mb ram 40GB HDD Western Digital Geforce FX 128MB/64bit

2.4 to 3 is one hell of a leap and i'd be happy if i were you of getting it to go to 2.6!!!

I recently overclocked my 2.4 ghz celeron to 2.9 ghz, using an 8 fan case and 1gb of crucial ballistix pc3200. I tried to get 3ghz but windows froze about 1 minute in.