hi there.
i m new to thos OCing stuff.
and i have very little working knowledge of it.
i tried OCing yetserday....but my setup wont boot.
i need some help on how far can i go...a step by step approach woul be good.

Anyway, this is my setup

Intel Q9450
DFI X48-T2R
4gb Dominator DDR2-1066
PCPnC 750W PSU

Cooling
D-tek fuzion v2
swiftech 2 x 120 rads

did i miss anything?
i hope some of u can help me get to at least 3.2g...or more better...
Thx all!

hehehe...
thx for the link bro...

ok 1 more question...
i manage to push the FSB to 400mhz....
so my speed is 3.2ghz now...

but..
when running intel linpack...
i dun get the same value for each cycle...
so it seems my settings not stable rite?

now what shud i do to make it stable or to go higher?
i m targetting 3.8 at least...

thx again to all who r willing to help...

my setting?
well...
i left all to auto...
except for FSB = 400mhz
vcore = 1.15v
and ram = 2.12v...
thats bout it...

i guess wat u say is true
i cant even get pass 395 fsb...
weird...
maybe i suck at OCing..

hahahhaa...\thx for the encourangement bro...
i manage to reach 3.24 stable now...
now wondering shud i push more or juz let it be....

hahahaha...
guys guys...man man woooo...
me noobie...
i cant push higher...
but...
when stress testing...
koyak liao!
hahahaha...