You're not going to run prime95 for the next year or two or whatever, but you'll probably play a lot of games. You may reach 75 degrees in prime95, but won't touch 60 in an actual game. Use real world testing (games, rendering etc) to determine overall stability and temperatures. You only have to worry about thermal degradation if you're running those temperatures for long periods of time. Don't worry about temperatures, unless it throttles or shuts off it doesn't matter for a short stress test. How far can I push the temps until it gets dangerous? So if 70*C is bad, then should I stop at 60*C? Is my motherboard good enough for overclocking? It has an 8-pin 12V power thing for the CPU which I thought was supposed to be perfect for anything How much will this affect the longevity of my processor? What is that program that shows all the CPU info/running info that everyone seems to use?Īm I supposed to have some sort of drivers for my processor? Silicon lottery means I may/may not get a crap OC. Increase core clock in BIOS 100MHz at a time, then stress test for 1 hour each time. I've been looking for a good guide on the internet about overclocking the FX-6350, but most are either for the 6300 or just generic guides that confuse me, who has never overclocked before. Gigabyte 970A-UD3P Motherboard, 8 pin ATX CPU power

Speccy psu 12v at 1.5v