Testing and Monitoring Overclocking

[xarc]

What is the best way to test and monitor to see if the hardware setup that I have would be sufficient for overclocking and the CPU wouldn't overheat?

 

[Phynaz]

Read the thread about overclocking that's stickied at the top of this forum.

 

[Smoblikat]

Prime95 and IBT (Intel Burn Test) are my favorite tools to stress test your CPU. IBT runs the CPU harder and hotter, so I mostly use that to do real burn in testing. P95 is adequate for random stability testing.

I use speedfan to monitor temps daily, but I also use coretemp as a backup to confirm my temperatures if they seem strange.

 

[ClockHound]

Agree with the above...and always look away when stress testing. A watched pot never boils and a watched CPU never fries...oh wait...just do the above.

And use HWinfo or HWmonitor. OCCT is useful for both testing and monitoring. Just don't look at the screen. ;-)

Happy clocking!