Is overclocking with AMD overdrive safe

[guitarpunkmasta]

hi i used autoclocking with amd overdrive worked fine i have a AMD FX(tm)-8350 Eight-Core Processor but now i wanna try to voltage boost it i know it will decrease the lifespan and stuff but is it safe in that program can it like fry my cpu or is there some sort of safety measure

 

[bicycle_repair_man]

You should learn to overclock via the BIOS as this gives you far greater control over the settings you need. The overclock will also be applied on startup rather than after the OS has booted, meaning that you're less likely to get a BSOD.

Give this guide a read; http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/forum/272214-29-wolfram-beginner-guide-overclocking.