Overclocking 6600GT and 3200+

[Zanjo]

Hi,

I have a Gigabyte 6600GT which is clocked at 300 (Core) / 800 (Memory), and a AMD 3200+ Athlon (AM2) (2009Mhz). I want to overclock these, but I am not sure how much to OC them, and I have vTuner 2 and EasyTune 5 as overclocking software. Could you recommed what sort of increase I should be using on these parts?
They have never been overclocked, and there is a standard fan/heatsink on the cpu, and the 'SilentPipe2' tech integrated into the graphics card, In addition to a system fan that came with the case.

Thanks

 

[Lord AnthraX]

First of all for cpu overclocking ALWAYS use the bios.

Second, Your new bible Awaits you. Follow that.

As for GPU, the simple stuff is just go by 5 mhz on the core and test, then when it fails back down a little. then bring it back down to normal. then do the same thing wih the memory in 10 mhz.

then Find the sweet spot with both of them.

 

[Zanjo]

What would the recommended limit be for a beginner with these particular parts?

 

[Willeh]

There is really no reccomended limit for a beginner, you can try searching around the forums to see what results people have gotten when ocing their 3200+, and you can use those results as a guideline to what you may expect with your ocing.

Read the link Lord Anthrax posted, and you may also want to consider reading the A64 Ocing sticky.

 

[mophead740]

i would expect u can OC ure 3200+ by like 400-500MHz
its been done on stock cooling before
could take some time though