@zeroglyph
well, if u are not too updated, i guess u may have to rephrase a lot of time. stop doing it, until u update ur info on AMD.
u might be causing a havoc here.

OCers know what they are doing. failsafe or not or watsoever prob, they did it on their own risk.
i fried my athlon few years back, just because i am a noob at that time.. those who know how to handle things, i bet their Athlon is still doing a decent job.

i'd say that is a better explanation.
i am never in a position to say u are misleading.. my bad if i have the tone..i got what u mean in the first place, but afraid newbies tend to get the wrong idea, simply conclude AMD is not safe for OC.

to really enjoy the speed diff, i suggest u familiarize with the speed for a period of time.. run high-processing application,then u revert back to default speed.

next time u run the same application, u will hate the default speed.