Hi, new to this overclocking thing so keep that in mind.
Right, I've got a gigabyte 970A-UD3 motherboard attatched to this CPU, a Radeon HD 6850, two ripjaws each with 4gb of ram and all of this inside a coolermaster haf x case. Just stock fans along with a stock heatsink.
Now I've managed to overclock it using AMD overdrive to a stable 3792.5 Mhz (close enough to 3.8, right?) after much tweaking and crashing with the average temps of 50C-55C when idle and 68-70 when doing a stability test. Now looking through various sites I've found these temperatures are quite high for this CPU even by overclocking standards, I've also found people getting to 4.1ghz and remaining stable without breaking so much as a sweat. Believe me, when I found out I swore so loud it echoed through the street.
Any advice offered would be much appreciated, not even sure how to begin approaching video cards, motherboard chipsets, and RAM. I've only looked at the CPU and as you can see thats gone less than satisfactory. Also, crashed afew times while using overdrive. Now, being a paranoid sort I can't help but wonder if I've damaged my components and if I had would it always be blatant or would it be something that would crop up to bite me in the ass later?
Right, I've got a gigabyte 970A-UD3 motherboard attatched to this CPU, a Radeon HD 6850, two ripjaws each with 4gb of ram and all of this inside a coolermaster haf x case. Just stock fans along with a stock heatsink.
Now I've managed to overclock it using AMD overdrive to a stable 3792.5 Mhz (close enough to 3.8, right?) after much tweaking and crashing with the average temps of 50C-55C when idle and 68-70 when doing a stability test. Now looking through various sites I've found these temperatures are quite high for this CPU even by overclocking standards, I've also found people getting to 4.1ghz and remaining stable without breaking so much as a sweat. Believe me, when I found out I swore so loud it echoed through the street.
Any advice offered would be much appreciated, not even sure how to begin approaching video cards, motherboard chipsets, and RAM. I've only looked at the CPU and as you can see thats gone less than satisfactory. Also, crashed afew times while using overdrive. Now, being a paranoid sort I can't help but wonder if I've damaged my components and if I had would it always be blatant or would it be something that would crop up to bite me in the ass later?