Overclocking is of course a hot topic with 90nm CPUs. We decided to test out the Athlon 64 3000+ with the stock AVC cooler with a copper base and aluminum fins. This is the one you currently get with boxed Athlon 64s. First we checked what the temperature of the CPU was at idle and under heavy load with the Abit hardware monitoring utility. At idle the 3000+ at default speed ran at 47 degrees Celsius. Under heavy load it peaked out at 59 degrees Celsius. Now let's look at our preliminary overclocking results.



Link: AMDZone