Overcloed AMD 7850 dual core

[crawlerbasher]

ok I've got my AMD Athlon 7850 Dual Core 2.8Ghz over-clocked to 3210.1 Mhz.
Now not sure if this is ok or not.

I will be keeping an eye on it for now.
But what kind of cpu temp do I need to look out for to be worried of problems from over clocking?

And dose anyone know of a good free mointing tool to help me keep an eye on the cpu speed and heat.

Below is my system build, - the extra hdd and card reader.

Case ANTEC 900 BLACK GAMING CASE
Processor (CPU) AMD ATHLON™ 64 X2 7850+ (2.8GHz) BLACK EDITION (Socket AM2+)
Motherboard ASUS® M4N78: DUAL DDR2, S-ATA II, PCIe x16, 2 x PCIe x1, 3 x PCI
Memory (RAM) 8GB CORSAIR XMS2 800MHz - LIFETIME WARRANTY! (4x2GB)
Graphics Card 1GB NVIDIA GEFORCE 9500GT PCI EXPRESS
2nd Graphics Card NONE
Memory - 1st Hard Disk 250GB SERIAL ATA 3-Gb/s HARD DRIVE WITH 8MB CACHE (7,200rpm)
2nd Hard Disk NONE
RAID NONE
1st DVD/BLU-RAY Drive 22x DUAL LAYER DVD WRITER ±R/±RW/RAM
2nd DVD/BLU-RAY Drive NONE
Memory Card Reader NONE
Power Supply & Case Cooling 450W Quiet Dual Rail PSU + 120mm Case Fan (£24)
Processor Cooling SUPER QUIET 22dBA TRIPLE COPPER HEATPIPE CPU COOLER (£15)
Sound Card ONBOARD 8 CHANNEL (7.1) HIGH DEF AUDIO (AS STANDARD)
Network Facilities ONBOARD 10/100/1000 GIGABIT LAN PORT
USB Options 6 x USB 2.0 PORTS (4 REAR + 2 FRONT) AS STANDARD
Modem NONE, I WILL BE USING BROADBAND
Firewire & Video Editing NONE
TV Card NONE
Operating System Genuine Windows Vista™ Home Premium with SP1, 64-bit, CD & Licence (£78)

So am I going to be experiencing problems or is my heat sink and fan ok for dealing with this?

 

[crawlerbasher]

ok it crashed at that speed so got it down to 3.054Ghz and seen a moble cpu been over clocked to 18.6Ghz

Anyway going to keep an eye on this.

 

[Gorman]

oO finally some end user overclock action! AMD, you really want to stay under 60c as far as i recall.

 

[Meds]

This is a good piece of software to keep an eye on temps;

http://www.cpuid.com/softwares/hwmonitor.html

 

[crawlerbasher]

it was a lot easier on the ASUS motherboard as it had over-clock mode.
Giving me 3% 5% and 7% plus some other setting to allow me to fine tune to the desired speed.

Thanks for the link, I can keep an eye on the temp now.
Its reading about 21-22C but that's because the CPU is ideal right about now.

 

[crawlerbasher]

well it seem stable so I over clocked it again this time to 3.103Ghz and this also seems to be stable ran a game that's CPU intensive for 1 hour and the CPU never went past 40C

 

[Gorman]

The real test of an overclock is Prime95, if it can prime for 2-3 hours, its stable. Pretty much.

 

[crawlerbasher]

so I've at this test now for 4 hours and no problem at all.

 

[Meds]

A cool & stable OC - gratz mate!

 

[PaulH]

Your going to get 2 replies from me:

My usual overclock.net forum answer : Crank it up and pile to volts in there

My PC Specialist Head forum answer : Keep an eye on those temps and dont go crackers

Thermal limit is 62 before it cuts out anything around 58 under full prime load is ok

 

[greybing]

The real test of an overclock is Prime95, if it can prime for 2-3 hours, its stable. Pretty much.

is prime 95 applicable to graphics card overclocks....actually sorry,just checked it does not