Noob overclocking question

[Dzzs]

So I'm overclocking my AMD FX-8350. I've found it's stable limit, but the temp is a bit of an issue at this level. I'm just using a ThermalTake 240mm aio cooler. I replaced the stock fans with some high static pressure corsair fans and only have them getting 12v and ground wires so they're 100% all the time. Sound isn't an issue. I found that I can get up to 4.92GHz with +.150v without any crashes. My safe package temp is 70c. In prime95 everything runs fine without issues, but the package will go up to 75c then throttling will kick in making the frequency jump around to keep the temp around 68c.

 

Now I know the general rule of thumb would be lower the frequency so I can drop the voltage to have better temps. My question though, is this an ok level to leave things at if my cpu is never above 80% (at stock 4.0 speeds)? Right now idle with 4.92 and +.150v the temp is 28-35c. Under a normal gaming load it's around 50c.

 

So again, as long as things stay stable, is this an ok place to leave things if my cpu usage isn't going near 100% where throttling occurs?

 

If you're curious why I'm overclocking, it's because Arma 3 is horrible with a cpu bottleneck while only using 25% cpu. This cpu overclock has gotten me an extra 3-4 fps.

[Br3tt96]

Well, If it's stable while gaming, and temps are good.  I don't see what would hurt to keep on going. If it crashes go down a little on the oc/volts because I wouldn't go higher than that.

[Nena Trinity]

My FX is very cooled during gaming but a OC is only safe on a 6+2 VRM motherboard or better and that is designed for it! The max OC on a 6+2 VRM is normally a 4.5GHz but be careful and do not increase the voltage to much or you may blow the VRM or so...  (note: not all CPUs reach same GHz with same voltage...)