questions on oc'ing the 2500

[eaglefan]

Ok, overclocked my system to 3200 speeds by leaving the multiplier at 11 and bumping fsb to 200 mhz. Ran Prime for almost 5 hours (I know it's supposed to be 24 hours, but I wanted some info from this forum before I went any further) with no errors, no warnings, everything fine. My biggest question is my temperature. It peaked at about 57C during prime. Is this too hot for everyday use? I really don't want to install a new heatsink if I don't have to. By the way, my core voltage is set to auto in the bios, and looks like it's running around 1.65. Here's my setup: Athlon xp2500, Asus A7N8X-E Deluxe, Corsair value select memory(3200), Coolermaster heatsink(copper base, aluminum fins), ATI AIW 9600 Pro, two 80 gig sata drives (raid 0), all in an Antec sonata case (380W PS, 2 120mm fans, 1 intake, 1 exhaust). Sorry such a long post, but I wanted to be as thorough as possible. Thanks in advance for your help.

 

[pelikan]

I wouldn't worry about reported temps too much as they are not necessarily accurate. If it will run prime95 during the warm hours of the day then the temps are fine.
As you raise vcore temps may become an issue. Good case ventilation will give your heatisnk cooler air to work with.