it is the temperature??

Question

recently i bought an AMD Athlon 64 X2 4200+ with his motherboard ASUS M2NPV-VM with 512 of ram ddr2 bus of 667mhz ....

I use the computer for video editing and i notice that at the moment when i render the video it only use the 50% of the processor using both cores....

i check the temperature:
when the computer is idle it maintains at 25C...
When the computer it is working usign the 50% climbs to 38C or 43C
Which is the normal temperature of an AMD prossesor??

it is true that overclocking it will reduce the time that the prosessor will be operational??.
The motherboard accepts overclocking at 10% i havent activated.. is there any risks??

is there benefits using windows 64bits??

thanks!!!

what's the problem that the processor usage never reach to the 100% it only use the 50% no matter what i do??

Answer 1

your temps are pretty normal, and ti will always be higher under full load then idle...you won't damage a processor until it gets over 70c.

yes oc-ing will make it run faster...less time to complete that same task.

yes there are risks, more heat, higher voltage (but not necessarily in your case), shorter life expectancy of hard ware, and the list goes on but in the big picture, 10% is really not much of an over clock so you really don't have much to worry about...most of the time when ppl r talking about the "dangers" of oc-ing they are talking about what happens when you push a cpu to the limit like trying to get 2x...3x...5x..over stock speed then things get trick and sure you could start messing up just about everything. Likewise, for a 10% oc I wouldn't expect to see a huge improvement in speed either...(the more you oc the greater the risk but the greater the reward in terms of speed too)...so go a head and try it...c if u like it...you'll be fine.

win64 in your case would be better if you do a lot of video stuff b/c your see several improvements....

Answer 2

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Answer 3

ALL your temperature readings are normal. Need not worry, max. processor case temp is 70°C.

Overclocking per se does not shorten processor life. It is the HEAT due to overclocking (esp. from overvolting or volt modding) that shortens processor life. 10% overclocking at stock voltage would have little effect on the life of the processor. Most likely, your processor will retire due to obsolescence than die from overclocking.

Always remember, COOLING is the key to great overclocks!

64bits is good for server applications. For personal computing, it will just give you lots of nightmares - device drivers nightmares.

Answer 4

You're just not taxing the processor enough, although I find it hard to believe with just 512MB's of DDR2,(you're runnin' two sticks of 256MB right?) Usually video editing requires a Gig of DDR2 ram, but I guess the dual core 64X2 kicks bu%$!
Why do you wish to overclock if you're not even reaching the 50% limit?

Answer 5

As for the tempeature, the cooler it runs the better, heat is one of a computers worst enemies.