[ANDYSUDS]

I have just built my first machine and am now wanting to look into the art of o/cl,i was wondering if somebody could have a look at my spec and give me a few pointers as where to start

ASUS A8N SLI DELUXE SKT 939
ATHLON 64 3800+ VENICE
250gb MAXTOR DIAMONDMAX 10 SATA 16mb
1 GB CORSAIR TWIN MATCHED MEMORY
2X WINFAST 6600GT SLI GRAPHICS
NEC 3540A 16xDUAL LAYER DVD RW
PHILLIPS 8421 DVD RW
THERMALTAKE TWV 500W PURE POWER PSU
MICROSOFT WIRELESS KEYBOARD & MOUSE
WINDOWS XP PRO

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You might get an extra 200Mhz or so out of it maybe three not that much for the chip, use bios or clockgen for it, but that CPU is allready running at near its max speed, a 3700+ would have been a better overclocking choice as its at the bottom of its speed range whereas at the 3800+ speeds the venice core is nearing its maximum easily attainable speed. You want to start off by loosening up the ram timings as otherwise they are usually set for tightest possible timings these are to low for higher clock speeds on the memory.

[warriorscot]

You might get an extra 200Mhz or so out of it maybe three not that much for the chip, use bios or clockgen for it, but that CPU is allready running at near its max speed, a 3700+ would have been a better overclocking choice as its at the bottom of its speed range whereas at the 3800+ speeds the venice core is nearing its maximum easily attainable speed. You want to start off by loosening up the ram timings as otherwise they are usually set for tightest possible timings these are to low for higher clock speeds on the memory.