First time overclocker

ok hmm some questions
when i run cpu-z to check my timing i got 2.5,3,3,8@1T
but today i was snoozing around bios and in bios it says 2.5,4,2,8@1T, its set to auto. do you guys recommend i manually put 2.5,3,3,8 in bios before i overclock?
and about cpu voltage, there are 3 choices
8.3%
5.0%
3.3%
what should i pick?
NF4 Voltage
1.50~1.85 increasing 5mhz everytime
what should i set for that?
last question, where do i set my fsb:ram ratio? i wanted 1:1
i read a lot and i think i'm readying to overclock! once i get my new power supply tho

some tips. first of all, read a lot of overclocking guides. overclock with somebody by your side who knows what to do if anything goes wrong (somebody who is experienced in overclocking). then for the overclocking part itself. download memtest and burn it on a bootable cd. insert the cd, turn the computer off, enter bios. try some tight timings on your memory. save and exit bios and memtest will start automatically. run tests 5 and 8 both 30 times. if you get nu errors you know that you are safe. if you do get errors, reboot, loosen the timings a bit, save and exit bios, run memtest. if you got the tightest timings on 200mhz you are going to up the HTT bus till you get errors in memtest. if you get errors in memtest try to increase the memory voltage a little bit, if that doesn't work give it more volts. if more volts doesn't help, loosen the timings a bit. also very important. if the memory seems stable at a certain speed, use superpi to check if the processor is also stable at that speed. if superpi gives an error, give the processor more volt, standard your processor runs at 1,5 volt, you can increase that, but not too high, 1,65 is definatelly the limit . try to get the most out of your memory and processor. if you notice that your memory doesn't want to overclock any further, try to use an artificial memory lock. that is what Ratt explained in point 4. good luck with overclocking . but we aren't responsible for hardware failure, so keep your eyes open and don't do stupid things with that expensive hardware

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Quote from: rodolphe.lampe on 21-April-15, 13:36:44
CPU Vcore is 1.264V and sometimes it jumps to 1.272V
In BIOS, left to "auto" where you set VCore?
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I went to the Bios and I set the FSB to 140.
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Should you want to experiment more, as most of us seem to, suggest you only move FSB up only I increment at a time, ALWAYS keeping a sharp eye on your temps. Looks good so far. More voltage gives more heat to your CPU, and enhances the possiblity of system instability. I don't reccomend you go higher, but definitely consider better cooling for the CPU if you do. Good luck!
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