AMD Overdrive Thermal Margin Reliability

Aneuthanasia

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May 11, 2016
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Hi guys,
During stress tests I use HWMonitor and AMD Overdrive to monitor the temperature of my x6 1075t. I understand that the 1075t should be taken up to around 55-62 degrees Celsius as a maximum.
My concern is that when HWMonitor indicates a temperature of 50 degrees in any core, overdrive shows a thermal margin of 20 degrees. This suggests that overdrive thinks it's okay to ramp up the temperature to 70 degrees?
Anybody able to shed some light on this?
Cheers,
A.