Safe Temps?

[groovesection]

Got an X3 Athlon, unlocking will not work so overclocking it.
At stock speed and HSF cores idle about 22 and hit 56 in Prime95 (Socket sensor hits 66)

I am now overclocking to 220 FSB X 15.5 = 3.4
cores hit around 59 in Prime95 (socket sensor hits 69)

So am i on the limit temp wise? or will i be able to try and push another 10-20mhz?

Thoughts....

 

[GerroffMe]

Firstly I would consider using a programme called orthos instead of prime95. It is basically the same programme however is designed for multi cores. (Assuming your processor does have more than one core)

What heat sink do you have and is your case air flow good? I wouldn't suggest overclocking too much more as although those temperatures are well within normal max load temperatures, if you do not have good cooling then small changes in your room temperature or extended use could push them higher.

Make sure you set your mobo to warn when temperatures reach critical levels. The AMD site should tell you the max threshold for temperatures under load. For example my Intel core 2 duo is overclocked to 4GHz up from 3 and cooled with 3 fans and an Akasa Scythe heat sink and it runs under full load at around 51 degrees. I have however set my bios settings on the mobo to reduce load to minimum and reduce all cores to 2GHz if temperatures exceed 60 degrees.

I hope this has provided some insight... basically temperature and voltages are your major concerns when overclocking

 

[groovesection]

Cheers mate.
I am currently using the stock HSF (from a AMD PIB)
Here is a screen shot of temps/voltages whilst running Prime just now
Not sure if TMPIN0 or TMPIN1 is the Socket or the Northbridge either way they are hitting 70

I think the limit for my CPU is 62 or 65 so 59 on the cores is probably on the limit under stock cooling as to what i can acheieve, i reckon one more bump on the FSB might mean CMOS clearing time (which involves me having to remove my TV or GFX card to get to the jumper on the MB (in between PCI * PCI-E slots :shakes head:

 

[gug54321]

i get probs with my phenom ith it actually picking up the ACTUAL cpu temps which the bios reads, mine worked out to be TMPIN1 so go carful, where as core temp and most other sensors were 10'C out which it looks like your may be the same.

 

[groovesection]

Cheers
I am tempted to go for 230 fsb, but think a decent HS is required before going any further!
Tempted by the Corsair H50 (but another £60 i do not have lol)