Looking at overclocking my system but I'm getting a bit confused, and some guidence would be great. If I do over clock the system does the memory have to be over clocked? My specs are: Q9450 Asus P5Q Pro Turbo Corsair XMS2 DDR2 PC2-8500C5 (4GB) Twin sticks BFG 8800 GTS 640MB OC2 GameXstream 600w Slinet SLi Zalaman Cooler Bios Settings as now without overclocking: AI Overclock tuner: Manual CPU Ratio Setting: Auto FSB Frequency: 333 PCI-E Frequency: 100 FSB Strap to North Bridge: Auto DRAM Frequency: DDR2 1066 MHz DDRAM Timing Control: Manual WRITE to PRE Delay: AUTO READ to PRE Delay: AUTO PRE to PRE Delay: AUTO ALL PRE to ACT Delay: AUTO ALL PRE to REF Delay: AUTO DRAM Static Read Control: Auto DRAM Read Training: Auto MEM. OC Charger: Auto AI Clock Twister: Auto CPU Voltage: 1.12V CPU GTL Voltage Reference : Auto CPU PLL Voltage: Auto FSB Termination Voltage : Auto NB Voltage: Auto DRAM Voltage: 2.1v SBridge Voltage: Auto PCIE SATA Voltage: Auto Load Line Calibration: Disabled CPU Spread Spectrum: Disabled PCIE Spread Spectrum: Auto CPU Clock Skew: Auto NB Clock Skew: Auto CPU Margin Enhancement: Optimized **** Advance CPU Settings **** ************************** CPU Ratio Setting : Auto C1E Support: Enabled Max CPUID Value Limit: Enabled Intel Virtualization Tech: Enabled CPU TM Function: Enabled Execute Disable Bit: Enabled Thanks for any advice!