i have a fairly larg CPU heat sink, 800 watt power suply, and 8 systemfans. i installed AMD overdrive, put it on profesional mode, and ran the auto check. it set my HT reference to 223, wich is 3345mhz. i ran my system on that setting for about, 2 weeks, checking the temps while gaming randomly, to make shure it wasent overheating or anything, and it seemed to run fine, i hadent expeirenced any system crashes. but just to be on the safe side, i turned it down to 3300MHZ, (220 HT reference) and you can barely notice the difference, but its much safer. i have ran my system on 230 HT reference wich is 3450MHZ, and i had was playing crysis for 3 hours before it crashed. but im not completly shure it was my CPU and not my ram. i got my system with crappy ram, because it was way to expensive to get ram with the system, rather then buy it seperatly. btw, i play crysis on max graphics, with my ATI HD Radeon 4850 1gb, the processor usualy reads about, 78% while playing crysis on those settings. ram is att 100%... im only running on 2gb, and vista, and its bottlenecking my system. i am considering getting some high end gaming ram, 1066MHZ, non OCd. but right now my system doesent have any fans blowing directly onto the ram, so i will need to set up a fan before i do that, because i know they will be cranking out heat. ANYWAYS, on a system with good cooling, good power, you should be able to OC to about 3300mhz fairlysafely, but then again, all rigs are different. (btw, im running on a MSI K9A2 Platinum motherbord)
You can't just dive into overclocking. The amount of overclock you can obtain is dependent on your processor, motherboard and ram. Nothing is really certain. Can't go blaming your first crash on the ram either. Overclocking requires more than just increasing the HT reference. You've got to play with the processor voltage, northbridge voltage (make sure you have some decent cooling for it), ram voltage (not always as important since you can force it to run at lower speeds), etc... I'd use a stress testing program such as p95 or orthos to test for stability rather than playing a video game.
You can't just dive into overclocking. The amount of overclock you can obtain is dependent on your processor, motherboard and ram. Nothing is really certain. Can't go blaming your first crash on the ram either. Overclocking requires more than just increasing the HT reference. You've got to play with the processor voltage, northbridge voltage (make sure you have some decent cooling for it), ram voltage (not always as important since you can force it to run at lower speeds), etc... I'd use a stress testing program such as p95 or orthos to test for stability rather than playing a video game.muirplayer
from what i hear 6000+'s dont OC too well, u may get an extra 200mhz if you push it but chances are it probably wont be worth it that much.
Dancing_Panda
I'm not sure about the 6000+, but I was able to push my 5600+ from 2.81 to 3.15. If I had better cooling and airflow in my tower, I just might have been able to take it above 3.2. I know that most AMD chips don't tend to OC as well as Intel, but if you're patient and have the right equipment to handle overclocking well (motherboard, ram, cooling) then you can probably at least push your CPU up a good 200-400mhz.
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