lemme share my experience with u...
i m also a noobie....
but yesterday...a fellow LYN...
willing enuff to help me...
now lemme help u...

first...i need to know ur cooling...
if u r on stock...
better not OC...
u need after market cooler...air or water...

then...
enter bios...
try to increase ur multiplier...to 9x...
juz by doing this...u can get the 3ghz clock d...

then increase the fsb by 5mhz....
restart ur pc...and see if can POST...
if can...
in windows...run Super Pi 32M...if no error...
enter bios again...increase fsb another 5mhz...
if error...increase the vcore by 1 notch...
u juz repeat the steps...till u reach the clock that u want...
but BECAREFUL...u need a good cooler to do this...
else...
u may end up burning ur cpu...

well...i was taught till there yesterday...

to be continued....

crap...
i juz notice bro..
u using 8gb of ram!
woah!
drool!

64-bit i assume?

good luck with ur OC bro...
i m getting pissed...
hahahaha..
q9450 is damn hard...!
i havent even reach 3.2ghz...