Overclocking AMD 64 3000+ questions

[jjtheindianboy]

I just recently bought and assembled my computer. I had a 1.3 ghz computer before this that was running extremely hot and basically took a poop on me the other week. Anyways...here is my new computer...

AMD 64 3000+ Winchester 1.8 ghz
GIGABYTE GA-K8NSC-939 Socket 939 NVIDIA nForce3 250Gb
XFX Geforce4 MX4000 128MB 64-bit DDR AGP 4X/8X Video Card
mushkin 512MB DDR SDRAM Unbuffered DDR 400 (PC 3200)
Western Digital Caviar SE WD800JD 80GB 7200 RPM 8M Cache Serial ATA150 Hard Drive

I'm extremely happy with this computer, but I run SETI/boinc, which basically uses all of the processor that it can all the time and i wanted to get faster results. My question, or maybe concern, is that before I started Overclocking my cpu temp according to the EasyTune5 software i have was 33-34 degrees C when under full load all the time, which rocks if its right. I now have it overclocked to 2016 mhz from the original 1808. The temp is now at 35 degrees C under full load with SETI. This has resulted in 10% faster completion of work units for seti as well. click here to check it out if you dont know what SETI or BOINC is

Do you think I could try Overclocking more since my temp is so low? Do you know if my motherboard doesnt read temperature correct? Any info would be great on Overclocking this computer. I used EasyTune5 to do this, i used easy mode which just required me to click an up arrow a few times and then GO. This means it just upped my FSB, not my multiplier or voltage i believe. Any tips? suggestions? experiences?

 

[dave597]

try using speedfan - u may get better readings. are you sure that is correct for full load? that is pretty cool, in both senses. boinc units aren't regulated to take the same time for each unit, the only way you can run a benchmark using boinc is to compute the same wu twice. also get a copy of cpu-z, then you can see what is changing - eg. voltage and fsb for your cpu.

 

[jjtheindianboy]

thanks. Well I am saying a 10% decrease in time for the average WU. like i had it at stock speed for a couple days and it was finishing units in about 10400-10500 usually...now its at 9400 roughly for the last like 5 or more. Do you have links to get those programs? Eh nevermind i'll just search google. But yeah, im mostly concerned about the temperature being wrong...resulting in me going too far with the overclocking so im being cautious.

 

[jjtheindianboy]

Here is my screenshot for my cpu with cpu-z.

 

[jjtheindianboy]

Here is a pic of what Speedfan is saying.
I am guessing that Temp 1 is the temp of the motherboard/air inside. And Temp 2 should be the temp of CPU as it is the same what EasyTune tells me.