New to Overclocking (SMP)

[Stellar]

I have an SMP BP5 duel Celeron 533 machine. I set up Motherboard Monitor and used a combination of Toast and Burn6 (cpuburn) to test the extreams of my processors. Both processors seemed to top out at about 113 degrees F and the case at 109...

Is this a value that is within exceptable limits to overclock.. If so, how hot can it get before it becomes unsafe?

The reason I ask this question is because I have two different programs (MBM and a program for overclocking my chipset), each one has a different max temp for the processors before it gets upset. MBM is around 140 degrees F and the Overclock program is around 115 degrees F. - which is correct?

-Sorry for such a stupid question, but I am new to Overclocking

-Craig

[IFMU]

Well if the readings of 140 (BTW is 60 Celcius) is high. Most will say you need to get better cooling with those temps. Which I will have to agree.
Now if your running at 113 (45 C) that is at least within decent temps. Most dont want to run over 40, but as long as you stay below 50 your ok.
Do a search on your system a little on here and see what you can find. Odds are theres a post somewhere that might help with which would be a better temp reading program.
At 109 (42C) case temps I would say you need to get some better circulation through your case. Case temps should be within a few degrees of room temps for best performance.
If you can get that down some Id be willin to bet that you can get the CPU's temps down too.
As a pointer, most here go by the C temps and not F. I myself had to check out Here (http://www.rockymountainmoggers.com/convert.html) just so I could see what your temps were in C.. lol...
And Welcome aboard btw!!!

Ah yea, 1 more thing, it is much better to ask, then be ignorant and fubar something!! Trust me about that.... heh, ask around, you can find out I to this day can ask some rather odd questions myself. :D

IFMU

[IFMU]

Well the biggest thing that has to be kept in mind is that you have more air being pulled out then being pushed in. Which, creates a vacum of sorts.... or something to that effect.
Theres another question as well, how are the grates that are in front of the fans? Mostly metal? or are there actual air ways to go through?

Ah, and btw, although dealing with a dual system, this seems to be more about cooling, which should go within the cooling section. You might want to PM a mod and ask them to move it. You will be able to get better answers there. Unless there was more you were curious about then the cooling?

[IFMU]

Ok, how the hell did I post in front of you? I posted back in time there....... odd..... wow... lol... now that is wierd.......

[Stellar]

Prior to now I didn't know where my case temp should be at. What interests me the most is that this is not my machine, I'm just using it for the time being. The person who originally built the machine did everything he could to insure that airflow was not obstructed. When I say this I mean, every stray wire is blacktaped into the closest mesh. Its the cleanest computer system I've ever seen. In addition, there are two case fans in the back (not including the one on the power supply), one in the front, a fan on each processor, and a fan (that I installed) on the video card.

I expected with three case fans the system would stay atleast somewhat cool? Maybe their aiming the wrong way?

[Stellar]

Is overclocking with SMP generally more/less/same stable than with a single processor? Why/Why not - notice, someone mentioned that the further appart in manufacturing date the chips were, the less you will be able to overclock. If that is the case, my chips are many months appart :)

-Craig