OCing an E6600 - Pros and Cons

[Shiva1]

This weekend I'll assemble my rig:

Core2 Duo E6600
abit AW9D-MAX
Zalman 9500
G.Skill 800MHz DDR2 - 4-4-4-12 @ 2.0V

The abit's uGuru tool should make OCing a piece of cake. Question is, how much should I push it? The pros of OCing are pretty evident: extra speed, and extra speed. But I'm concerned about what I would be giving up. From the stuff I've read online, it seems I'd need to disable SpeedStep, C1E, and Virtualization. Now I don't know what virtualization is, but the other two are power- and temperature-saving features, right? Without them, my CPU would basically run at its OC'd frequency and voltage 24x7. Is there any way to overclock while maintaining those features?

Thanks in advance for the help.

 

[Pabster]

You should disable C1E and that if you are going to overclock. You don't HAVE to disable VT, and you shouldn't, if you are going to run Virtualization software.