Yow. Yeah, Graham, 70° centigrade is way, way too hot. Well, not impossibly hot, but my little Phenom II with a 430W PSU has never gone above 105F/40.5C, no matter how hard I push it. Maybe a secondary fan or heat sink over the CPU? That should be less than 20 pounds....


Best,
Tom Smith
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