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Originally Posted by
EpicAMDGamer 
You don't have any heatsinks on your VRM. A heatsink is the chunk of metal (usually aluminum or copper) that dissapates heat from a component, in this case the VRM which is the components that supply power to the processor. If you try to overclock on a board with no VRM Heatsinks there is a high risk of them failing and possibly killing your cpu and in extreme cases can pop and catch on fire.
Asus boards feature VRM protection where the board will throttle the chip if things get too hot for the VRMs to handle.
Also, the 945 is a 95w chip and that board has 4+1 phases and (though unsinked) would be MORE than capable of handling a mild overclock on that chip.
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Originally Posted by
2002dunx
No VRM heatsinks = don't do it !
LOL
dunx
P.S. Search for PHENOM II X4 945 overclocking...
Way to help
@OP - get a hold of these -
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835708011
Stick them over these:
If you can't get a hold of the heatsinks, you could always place an active fan over the VRMs (the ones circled in red).
After getting everything set up, read this -
http://www.overclock.net/t/777378/official-gappos-little-deneb-thuban-overclocking-guide-with-too-many-smileys
Should help get you started
