RAM - who, where what, how much...

[A Twig]

Of course the overclocking bit will lead to another stupid question or 7, namely is there an idiot proof way of doing it?

[Othbarty]

Of course the overclocking bit will lead to another stupid question or 7, namely is there an idiot proof way of doing it?

No.

With boxed cooling (The cooling that came with the CPU/computer) it is usually not recommended to o/c due to the danger of overheating. I have however NO idea about how AW does things, and they may have shipped the box with a cooling system that can handle more heat than your currently throwing at it.

Bear in mind that some motherboards doesn't allow you to fiddle with the CPU settings at all (with the stock BIOS).

I would suggest reading up on it before you decide to do it, or have someone who knows what (s)he is doing explain it to you. I haven't O/C'ed anything since my AMD K6-2 processor, so my knowledge on the subject is somewhat outdated

Sites that might help you can be http://www.overclockers.co.uk/ and http://www.overclock.net/ etc (just a quick google for overclock turned those up, and there is bound to be more out there, but I have no idea of the content of these particular sites (Disclaimer etc...)).