hi, i would like to overclock my amd athlon 255 3.1ghz, can someone give a
step by step guide on how to do the basic's of overclocking for beginners like me.
thanks in advance.

MOBO gigabyte ga56s-s3 bios f6h
PSU antec tp750w
GPU gigabtye geforce 9600gt 1gb
RAM kingston hyperx ddr2 pc6400 2x 1gb
CPU COOLER zalman cnps9700led

which settings do i touch cpu frequency
pcie clock
cpu clock ratio
cpu northbridge freq
set memory clock
memory clock at x4.00 800mhz
dram configuratoin
chipset voltage control
ddr voltage control
cpu voltage control

youll wont to turn the cpu host controller to manaul and slowly step it from 200-201 and so forward going up by one each time .as for the clock ratio this cpu is locked so this makes no real difference but set it to the max if ya feel the need .depending on the board id say 2400 max but seeing your running ddr2 id say the best bet is to keep it at 1000mhz just to be on the safe side .pcie is only safe to go up by one or two but this is not really something to worry about and i wouldnt bother just yet.know with the memory clock its best to keep it at the 800mhz range so when ya start to over clock turn it down by 1 and just adjust the cpu host controller for know until ya get a stable overclock .with the cpu voltage control ive got mine at +0.0125 youll wont to keep the cpu voltage below th 1.510 range for know just to be on the safe side of things .ddr voltage is the same try to keep this at a max of 1.610v at most .make sure ya watch the temps and good luck i hope this has helped in some way

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amd fx-8120 powercolor 6970 @890mhz
g-skill ripjaw x 1866mhz 16gig
asus ch5
2x corsair force 3 ssds in raid (2 x 60g)
2 xwd 500g sata 3 hdds in raid 1.10

finally overclocked the cpu from 3.1ghz to 3.8ghz, i ran a system stability test for 15 hrs without any issues.