Precautionary Questions before overclocking.

[T4Gx]

So I just got my liquid cooling and a couple more fans installed in my case and about to overclock using this gude. http://www.overclock.net/t/1348623/amd-bulldozer-and-piledriver-overclocking-guide-asus-motherboard but I have a couple of questions before starting.

1.) He says to monitor cpu core and socket temps. In HWinfo the "CPU 0" and "CPU" right?
2.) When he says "increase by a point" that means if the cpu ratio is 4.0 you increase it to 4.1 and if the voltage is 1.35 you increase to 1.36 right?
3.) Finally he says to stress test for 6-12 hours. I live in a tropical climate country with ambient temps of 30-32c. Is it safe to just go ahead and run Prime95 or should I turn on the AC during the test?

 

[4Ryan6]

1.) You could just use Core Temp to do that.
2.) Meaning one step up increase at a time as to what your specific motherboard increment increase allows. (in this all M/Bs are different)
3.) Monitor your load temps even though the max load temp is 70c you want them preferably below 60c.

( In the guide he did give you the 2 hour P95 run option, I suggest using P95 for 2 hours because it only tests the CPU and Memory, then further testing with some benchmarking like Futuremarks new 3Dmark, or 3Dmark11, or 3DMark Vantage, or Unigine Heaven, or Uningine Valley, as those benchmark programs bring the graphics under load as well, usually requiring another bump up or 2 with the CPU voltage to stabilize.)

 

[schmuckley]

Eh..I wouldn't prime for hours...
Do 3 runs of Intel Burn Test..
and 2 runs of Hyper-Pi 32m 😀
Oy..that 32m will be painful on AMD;but it exposes any weaknesses in the OC pretty quick..
You'll probably find better info here: http://www.overclock.net/t/1139726/amd-fx-bulldozer-piledriver-owners-club