It's a cheap platform to play around with this stuff. Even if it burns our you have not lost too much :) I expect someone will try to push it further, but that may mean some hardware mods if it needs a different clock. I never really got into overclocking generally as I just didn't have the need. I did see a PC CPU get pretty hot when I tried using a passive cooler that just did not seem to work as advertised. I gave in a bought one with a fan. I just like my computers to be quiet.