overclocking my E6400

carpenter20m

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I am thinking about overclocking my humble E6400, since I decided not to upgrade yet, in order to see what happens with the i7s and with the Deneb competition. I am not a fanboy of any brand, so I don't might waiting until January or February to make a better choice. I've made a couple of threads here asking what I should do, but it's so hard to decide in this transitional time in the market.

Anyway, I want to overclock my Core2Duo E6400 @ 2.13 GHz; for now.
My other specs:
Asus P5B mobo (1066 FSB)
2 GB DDR2 PC2-5400
400W PSU (came with the case, which is an unknown brand)
Windows XP Home
ATi 4850
WD 250 GB Sata II

My questions:
1) Can I overclock even slightly with the existing PSU (which has caused no problems for 2 years now)?
2) I want to do it on stock air and without changing voltages. What values should I put in the FSB or the multiplier (which I think can't be changed)?
3) First time overclocker, I'd like to keep it really simple: Get into BIOS, change FSB, save, start Windows. Anything more and I probably won't do it. Is it possible?

I just want a slight upgrade until I get my new PC or I upgrade the existing one (and by upgrade, I mean changing CPU, PSU, mobo and RAM). Can it be done?
 

teamlosigp

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if this is ur first time overclocking basically if u dont change the voltage just slowly increase the fsb until u have stability problems playing a game then drop it back approx 10 fsb abd run prime 95 overnight. I u get an error then drop it back a little more and try again, have fun:) oh and if u use stock voltages or only slightly over that 1.33(my rule of thumb) or less u should be good on stock cooling. also remember to set memory link to fsb right so u dont overclock memory and possibly limit ur overclock. if u do decide to raise vlts, do it in the smallest steps possible