I have both a Q6600 and an 8800GT and I'd recommend you stop 
 
Sure you can overclock it, but you'll lose your CPU and GPU life by quite a bit.
Temperatures go insanely higher when you Overclock, have you ever used 
Speedfan?
I had 39*C idle, 45*C with games running.
Overclocked it was 47*C idle, 55*C with games....which is bad 
 
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Originally posted by mattisdada
My Q6600 has been the first thing ive ever OC'd. And i just learnt by screwing around and some internet reading.... 
Well then I hope you enjoy your first hand experience 
