aaron kulkis cmiqlkx91hotpopcom carlos e r wrote begin pgp signed message hash sha1 contentid saturday 20080216 0805 0800 joe morris wrote protection circuitry inside cpu kicks protect processor say may board cpu cooling personally thought 65 hot max 70 65 close comfort sustained load depends particular cpu model run quite hot better find whats maximum temp model first adjust trip point certainly running 65 trip point 70 certain trip high load room list cpu temps somewhere httpwwwheatsinkguidecom mmm old phenom listed somewhere im bed httpwwwamdcomusen click support download httpwwwamdcomusenprocessorsproductinformation030_11800html click amd phenom system component information httpwwwamdcomusenprocessorstechnicalresources030_182_869_1534500html right hand side page click amd phenomtm thermal solutions heatsinks httpwwwamdcomusenthermalresultshandler130_182_869_153455e1535300html tue 05 aug 2008 054236 0500 opensuse ot much power pc really consume