Quote Originally Posted by oc_junkY View Post
i can easily put my fingers on every peace of copper (mosfet,nb,sb) on that mainboard, and it's rather cool.
there are 2 possibilities:
1. your phenom is stressing the mosfets/northbridge much more than my x2 5050e or
2. your board is not ok

have you got annother cpu which you test the board with?
and btw, whar are your ambient temps and which case are you using?
mine are about 20-22°C and the board is in a sharkoon rebel 12 with a 25cm fan blowing at it.
well.. i hope that my phenom is stressing the mosfets a little more than ur x2.. at least itīs a 140watter.
i donīt have another cpu to test with. why should i test? itīs working properly if i donīt stress it too much, 3.4ghz@1.6v is really stressing it.
ambient temp is around 23-25°C and my case is a chieftech mesh big tower with a 3x120mm radiator in the top and one 120mm fan at the back under the powersupply. if i had a 250mm fan blowing at my board i bet it wouldnīt get hot. but iīm on water so i donīt have a really good airflow over the board.