Stock Intel Core 2 Duo cooler o/c

200Mhz should be doable on the stock cooler, but it's advisable to not go any further if you need to raise the voltage, as that is what brings the most heat.
 
I see overclocking as like a game almost. The aim of the game is to get the frequency as high as possible, whilst keeping the voltage as low as possible and maintaining stability.

A 200MHz overclock should be OK on the stock cooler so long as you don't raise the voltage too high, as Linkin said, it's the higher voltages that cause more heat. Monitor your temperatures, make sure they don't go over 70-75C at 100% load. Download Prime95 or Intel BurnTest and stress-test your CPU and monitor your temperature using RealTemp. If your temperatures get too hot, try lowering the voltage a bit and see if that helps.

Prime95 http://www.mersenne.org/
Intel BurnTest http://downloads.guru3d.com/IntelBurnTest-v2.3-download-2047.html
RealTemp http://www.techpowerup.com/realtemp/

To be honest though byteninja, a 200MHz overclock probably isn't worthwhile, so I wouldn't bother personally. I doubt you'd see any difference between 2.0GHz and 2.2GHz to be honest. If you can get an aftermarket cooler then you can take the E4300 beyond 2.2GHz, and then it would probably be worthwhile.
 
Yeah, OK. Still 1.8 GHZ sound too slow, 2.0 GHZ sounds slot faster. I'll be upgrading my cpu at the end of the year so I'm not going to spend money on an aftermarket cooler.
 
Oh I thought it was at 2.0GHz now, I was looking at your signature. But yeah, I wouldn't bother overclocking that.
 
You can try it if you want, but I doubt you'll really see any big difference with a 200MHz overclock.

Try and keep the voltage as low as possible too, especially if you're using the stocker.
 
What is it at now?

Try leaving it as it is now, up the multiplier so you get your overclock, run Prime95 for say several hours and monitor temperatures too. If you run P95 for several hours without crashing, then I'd call that overclock stable and stick with that voltage, but if it fails or you get a blue screen or your system generally becomes unstable, up it a bit. Maybe from say 1.2v (for example) to 1.225v or 1.25v - do a little bit at a time. You don't really want to go over around 1.4v because that's going to get toasty, but for a 200MHz overclcok you should be well below 1.4v anyway.
 
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Once you get her all up and running, up the multiplier to get your 2.0GHz, see if it's stable. If so then great, keep it at that voltage, if not then up the voltage a little. Keep us posted, we'll help you out. :)
 
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