overclocking my amd athlon xp 2000 i need some advice

[drfreeman]

ok ive got a asus motherboard and i have at default a amd athlon xp 2000 1.7ghz ive overclocked it by the bios and am now going at 2.7 ghz this is great but im worried i wont damage the chip or anything will it ive heard asus motherboards will just switch the pc off to avoid any damage i also have asus probe and that is keeping an eye on the temperature its at 53c is this ok?? should i try it with games or will it just over heat?? it seems pretty stable to me and booted up fine

 

[Tr0n]

*points to hardware forum*