Help for an overclocking beginner!

[Thor]

Just wondering if you guys could help, as I hear this is the place to be for overclocking. Gonna try upping my fsb (and cpu) in the next couple of days, the ram I've got is corsair twinx xms pc3200xlpt with i believe samsung tccd ic's on. I know i have to slacken the timings off from the 1t 2-2-2-5 that its curently running and 2.5-3-3-6 has been suggested with an extra 0.5v. What sort of performance increase should i be looking at as i know all hardware (ram especially) is unique. (Dont wanna fry anything as i can't afford to upgrade for a long while)

My current system spec is as follows

athlon 64 3500 (newcastle)

msi k8n neo2 platinum

gainward golden sample 2400 (6800 ultra agp)

1gb (2*512mb) corsair twinx xms pc3200xlpt

2*74gb wd raptors

Cheers:B

 

[sacha35]

The best bit of advice i can give is if you cannot afford to do it then it is best not to, but have a look at this link we have hear which will help you with some basics, and like i said if you can not afford it then don't up the volts on the CPU by much cos this is the biggest killer.

Link:http://extremeprometeia.com/forum/showthread.php?t=4584

 

[Thor]

cheers sacha, just wanna air on the side of caution for a while till i get the hang of things and got a bit more money to replace things if i bust em, bit of a speed freak so wont be long b4 i bust something anyway!