Slightly confused about CPU, RAM, GPU, and game performance - Hardware & Software

First of all, I have done lots of my own study of overclocking and overvolting, the dangers, the pros, the cons, etc. I then dug up some info on GPU overclocking, overvolting, and custom drivers. I am now running Omega Drivers for my GPU. Here are my Speccy Specs. [IMG]http://imageshack.us/a/img189/5034/specsnk.png[/IMG] What I did was overclock the CPU 300Mhz or so, reading ~3.0Ghz overvolted by 100 mV I downloaded my Motherboard User Guide, and stuck my RAM in the right slots for Dual Channel mode. I then downloaded Omega drivers for my GPU, which at first seemed to only fuck shit up, until I overclocked it[after various overclocks on standard drivers, with not much headroom to play with, without getting a reboot.] I can now successfully overclock the Core Clock of the GPU from 400Mhz to 700Mhz, while overclocking the memory from 400Mhz to 525Mhz. This does improve some game quality. My main problem, is getting my system to be stable after overclock/overvolt of the CPU. I though that the 100 mV was enough for the 300Mhz overclock, or was it too much, or not enough? My BIOS allows me to run a max of 150 mV Overvolt, while a range from 200 to 400 in the overclock sector. By that what I mean is the lowest, stock point is 200, Test Mode is 210, which is 2.70Ghz, from 2.60Ghz. Anyways, I just don't quite know if I am overdoing the voltage or not giving it enough for a 300Mhz Overclock. Thanks everyone who contributes[positively]!

Why the hell would you want to even bother overclocking that? Considering you haven't bought something new, I assume you're low on cash. Low on cash + overclocking = BAD Overclocking can lead to having a broken system and you won't be able to do anything. That is however the worst case scenario, most of the time you'll just decrease the lifetime.

overclocking goes like this: -Increase FSB (or multiplier) by a tad (5% or something). -Boot -Confirm overclock with CPU Z -Run Prime 95 for a few minutes without errors while watching temps on HW monitor. -Repeat until prime 95 fails. -Increase the V-core to the next step. -Repeat until prime 95 doesnt fail for half an hour. (Dont Increase it too much tough as you might just be at your cpu/mobo/ram limit) -Start back at the beginning.

Why would I want to overclock? I've got a computer that is considerably low end nowadays, and if I can boost the performance by a few hundred megahertz, perhaps it will improve game quality. However, I've given up on it, a new CPU and MB combo on newegg isn't that much, considering the FM2 socket. A new beefy computer for me would only cost around 400 bux, which with the ability to play my games, ALL OF THEM on MAX gfx settings, would be sweet. Funny how used to, getting 60 fps was a good thing, now getting like 250 fps is a good thing, oh how the days have passed.

I got 40-80fps in Bioshock:Infinite on max settings and I was happy enough.

Doesn't look like overclocking your setup will show much improvement at all. Only thing it'd probably be good for are some extra frames in the gold source engine or even a flash game on the internet.