I can't OC without crashing when I launch a game

Why don't you overclock in the BIOS?
You will probably have to raise your vcore to gain stability. Try going into the BIOS and raising the voltage to your CPU by a the smallest increment possible. Make sure you have proper cooling before doing this so your processor doesn't overheat.
What are your idle/load temperatures?

Paul1 said:

Why don't you overclock in the BIOS? You will probably have to raise your vcore. Try going into the BIOS and raising the voltage to your CPU by a the smallest increment possible. Make sure you have proper cooling before doing this so your processor doesn't overheat.
What are your idle/load temperatures?

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From the BIOS, I actually have the vcore set to auto, and it's currently @ 1.55. My idle temp is around 33C and load is around 44C. Temp probably isn't the issue with my situation, and that's why I'm so lost right now. Thanks for the quick response.

You will probably have to set the vcore to improve stability unless your computer crashes from running just that one game. If it crashes just from running the game, then the problem might be something else.

A very general rule of thumb with overclocking intel;

Lock your PCI frequency (Also called "Fix") To the standard AGP/PCI speeds of 66/33 Respectively.

Bump your ram voltage to 2.7v

Bump the CPU up by no more than .5v

Try a 20mhz FSB increase.

If you get problems booting, try a ram divider of 4:3

Use "Memtest86+" (Write it to a bootable floppy) to check your memory's stability.

Use "Prime 95" in windows to check for overall stability.

~t0m