I'm in the process of overclocking my E6400. As I step between the core voltage and FSB increments, my overall rig is consistently stable; I can boot into XP every time, and everything runs fine. Prime95 never seems to complain, and I only know it's not 100% because OTHOS kicks out a rounding error after a bit.
What I've been wondering is since it seems pretty stable (far more than OCs I've done in the past), what is the real wall to watch for? I expect eventually it'll just not boot right? Then back off to last known good and test some more to be sure. But what about temps--I'm now seeing core temps spike to 63C using Core Temp. Isn't that getting a little high? Is there a point where a temp is high enough that it's time to stop even if the machine is otherwise still a rock and seems to be able to go farther? I don't want to burn anything up, and that's my concern.
Oh and hardware info is in the sig below.
Thanks
What I've been wondering is since it seems pretty stable (far more than OCs I've done in the past), what is the real wall to watch for? I expect eventually it'll just not boot right? Then back off to last known good and test some more to be sure. But what about temps--I'm now seeing core temps spike to 63C using Core Temp. Isn't that getting a little high? Is there a point where a temp is high enough that it's time to stop even if the machine is otherwise still a rock and seems to be able to go farther? I don't want to burn anything up, and that's my concern.
Oh and hardware info is in the sig below.
Thanks