I overclock my AMD Athlon X2 4800+ CPU to 5200+, clock speed increased by 10%, from original 2500GHz to 2750 GHz, and now the temperature is 75-79oC, is it too hot?

http://products.amd.com/pages/deskto...ookieSupport=1

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mine is overheating

Don't overclock it?

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mine as high as 85oC when run many applications.
but it does not hang.

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Then what's your problem?


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Hi,
As can be seen when looking at the link posted by repo (post #2) the safe max temperature is 55-68 C, which is a lot lower then the 75-85 C range you talk about. Your CPU will be able to handle high temperatures for a short (!) time, but it will eventually go wrong.

Either stop over-clocking or add/replace cooling to get rid of the access heat.

now I only increased the overclocking by 5%, it cools to 65-70oC.

And you're still in the danger zone.

Although I get the feeling you don't really care about what the specs, repo and I are telling you, I am going to warn you once more: Constantly running at these temperatures will put a high strain on your CPU and it will take its toll. Is putting your box at risk worth the 5% increase?

That said: It is your box and you can do whatever you want to do with it

my CPU only has a heat sink and cooling fan.
probably it is hot because the casing no ventilation fan.

No, it's because you overclocked it.
What's your point anyway ?

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my point is, I am worried my CPU will get burnt and I got no money to buy a new PC.

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Then don't overclock it.

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Why exactly did you overclock that cpu ? Just asking because the performance advantage of a 5% overclocked cpu is only recognizable with special benchmark programs. On the other hand you are buying this little performance burst with reduced cpu lifetime and an additional source of error. I wouldn't recommend it on a desktop that's being used for work.

The whole overclocking scene has imho become a pure marketing gag. People are buying heavily overprized "overclockable" boards, ram, cases with special "airflow strategy" etc. when they could just buy the next better cpu/graphics card and probably get away cheaper. But ok, that's offtopic :P

Incredible!! I really don't get you.

Stop over-clocking, problem solved.