advice on overclocking the e5200 with arctic pro cooler 7

So after configuring a rig in my newegg.com cart, it all came up to 700, which meant I was most likely going to have to sell my PS3 to raise funds for my pc, but after a few tweaks here and there, i was able to bring down the price to 600 and you have no idea how happy that made me.

here's the pc config:

CPU: Intel e5200 2.5 ghz(to be overclocked) nuff said.

MoBo. GIGABYTE GA-EP45-UD3P

RAM: 4gigs of g. skill pc 6400 ddr2 ram kit.

HD: 320mb western digital 7200rpm drive

a cheap lite-on dvd/cd burner.

case for now is x-supra g-type with 500w PSU which will be replaced as soon as possible. I've sen someone else use the same case on youtube and his system didnt go up in flames so...

gpu: 9800gt 512mb oc. video cards

Mouse/keyboard

Total came up to 600$ and I dont even have to sell my PS3 anymore! good deal! U gotta' love newegg. But since I'm getting the e5200 cpu with a arctic cooler pro 7, I've seen people overclocking to up to 4.0 or 3.5 with ease, anyone know how I could do this?

If your going to go with an NVIDIA card then save 15$ on the mobo and get the UD3R instead since the only difference between the two is that the UD3P supports crossfire(only for ATI cards)Auraknight1

i dont think you'l have to replace that psu, im running a 4850 on one atm.

what about an os? a lot of people forget about this one!

i dont think you'l have to replace that psu, im running a 4850 on one atm.

what about an os? a lot of people forget about this one!

i dont think you'l have to replace that psu, im running a 4850 on one atm.

what about an os? a lot of people forget about this one!

I've seen people overclocking to up to 4.0 or 3.5 with easewasted_wisdom

I just recently bought an E5200 with a Freezer 7 Pro, and easily oc'ed it to 3.5ghz on a Asus P5QL Pro board. Prime stable for 22hrs, 1.25 vcore, idle at 37, max load temps around 53. I actually just looked around some forums and noted some other peoples settings with the E5200 and P5QL Pro, tried out one of the settings, and it worked perfectly.

http://valid.canardpc.com/show_oc.php?id=492021