Looking to get into over clocking.

[CountryStrong]

Hey everyone, I am looking at overclocking my A6 6400k. I know my Motherboard ASUS A55BM-E can not handle much but that's okay i don't want to jump to high. But what i am really wanting today is some monitoring program suggestions. Mainly looking for performance and temp read outs. thanks again in advance for any and all replies.


ASUS A55BM-E mobo
AMD A6 6400k 3.9ghz Dualcore
ASUS R7 250x video card
1tb HDD
Themaltake V3 Black Edition

cooling...

XSPC Raystorm waterblock
XSPC X20 750 pump/res combo
Swiftect 1x120mm radiator
1/2" primochill UV blue tubing

 

[Dr. McCoy]

Nothing wrong with starting out small if you will, that's how most of us got our feet wet with OC'ing.

If you haven't done so already, get a copy of CPU-Z, HWmonitor and whatever else is suggested in this thread. I personally don't use AMD overdrive but it can be helpful so go ahead and get a copy of that too, all downloads are free so no worries about $$ there.
As for stability testing, Prime 95 and OCCT will get you started for that purpose, there are others you can use and the other guys here can give their suggestions.

http://www.cpuid.com/softwares/cpu-z.html

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

http://www.ocbase.com/

http://www.mersenne.org/download/

As for the actual benchmarking programs, Super PI (Ver 1.5) Hexus PI Fast, WPrime 1.55, Cinebench ver 11.5 and ver 15 will get you going with the CPU part of benching. All the above in fact will help you get started with the CPU portion of benching.
http://hwbot.org/benchmarks/processor

GPU/Videocard benching has it's own set of programs to use.

GPU-Z is the first thing I'd get, then download copies of 3D Mark 01, 03, 05, 06 and any others you can get. Aquamark is another one to get along with others listed here.

http://www.techpowerup.com/gpuz/

http://hwbot.org/benchmarks/videocard

As stated, these links will get you started if you haven't downloaded these already or if you are missing something you'll need.

 

[CountryStrong]

Man thank you! I have an account on Tomshardware as well and not one person has ever given me a good starting point. Very much appreciated.