Did I OC safetly?

kLN93 · 15 Oct 2013

Last night I decided to OC my 4100, the stock speeds are 3.6ghz and I OC'd to 4.5ghz. The only thing I changed was the core clock speed, I didn't change anything else, I ran prime95 for about an hour an all seemed fine. But I can't find a program which can see the temps of my 4100 so I decided to go back to stock speeds, does anyone know any programs which can monitor the AMD FX 4100 3.6ghz please.

Thanks in advance~

Golden · 15 Oct 2013

Try this first. You can use the temperature monitoring software used here for Prime95 too.

CPU - Stress Test Using IntelBurnTest

kLN93 · 15 Oct 2013

Golden said:

Try this first. You can use the temperature monitoring software used here for Prime95 too.

CPU - Stress Test Using IntelBurnTest

Thanks, I get about 20-25 degrees idle and about 50 degrees using prime95's stress test.

Golden · 15 Oct 2013

That's pretty good. ... . now run a standard test using IntelBurnTest and report temps. They should go higher.

kLN93 · 15 Oct 2013

Golden said:

That's pretty good. ... . now run a standard test using IntelBurnTest and report temps. They should go higher.

I think I might be doing something wrong, I ran the stress test using intel stress, CPU-Z shows my CPU core clock speed at 4.5ghz, but that other program called "HWiNFO64" says 2 cores are running at 4.5ghz, one at 2.5ghz and one at 3.9gh. Have I done something wrong?

My temps went up to about 50 degrees by the way

Golden · 15 Oct 2013

No, thats fine. HWINFO is just measuring actual speed of the 2 cores. Everything is OK.

N00berG00ber · 15 Oct 2013

i found that with AMD, the ONLY temps that are reliable are the ones that come from your mobo programs. so i would DL and install your mobos apps to see the temps. for AMD, dont go over 62C in prime.

Mellon Head · 15 Oct 2013

Golden said:

No, thats fine. HWINFO is just measuring actual speed of the 2 cores. Everything is OK.

Seems odd that all four of his cores aren't reading the same speed...

Britton30 · 15 Oct 2013

AMD CPUs will start throttling back at around 55C-60C to run cooler and not burn up. It sounds normal. the maximum operating temp for the FX-4100 is 70C.
AMD FX-Series FX-4100 - FD4100WMW4KGU / FD4100WMGUSBX

Intel Burn test can cause overheating with AMD CPUs.

Solarstarshines · 15 Oct 2013

Britton30 said:

AMD CPUs will start throttling back at around 55C-60C to run cooler and not burn up. It sounds normal. the maximum operating temp for the FX-4100 is 70C.
AMD FX-Series FX-4100 - FD4100WMW4KGU / FD4100WMGUSBX

Intel Burn test can cause overheating with AMD CPUs.

This is true Intel Burn test puts wicked strain on a AMD CPU

When running prime off a AMD machines the temps are more moderate