[GentleKiller]

First: PSU looks to be a reputable brand, so should be reliable and deliver stable voltages. (I prefer Seasonic myself and Corsair uses Seasonic as their PSUs supplier, which they then rebrand as theirs)

Second: Always monitor the temperature when OC'ing. AFAIK the Freezer 7 is a good performer in the HSF market, just not a top performer.

Third: You should be able to easily reach 3.2GHz without too much trouble. So with the CPU's multiplier at 9, your FSB would be close to 355MHz. (355x9=3.195Ghz) If your system becomes unstable during testing with benchmarks like 3DMark, Orthos or CPU-burn, you up the voltage on the CPU a bit. Always monitoring the temperatures.

Fourth: If you want to max your overall system, you should lower the multiplier to 8 first. That way you will reach the limit of your system without reachiong the limit of the CPU. With a multiplier of 8, your system should be able to run at 400MHz. (400x8=3.2GHz)

If you want to go higher, keep checking temperatures. System instability during overclock has in general 3 sources: PSU, Memory, CPU.

Still, if you screw up, it's you who takes it on the chin.

i totally agree with you on 4 things

yes when you overclock, you take chances that if your system goes untable, it sometimes will be like that for the rest of the computer life