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Originally posted by sunblade
Well, my watercooler is running on a 1600+ at stock for now, the temps are OK, and the watercooler is OK, but I'll probably make some changes in the future. Point is, I was working in the tower, trying some things, and when I was finished, I forgot to plug my fans back in, including the rad fan. The only fans left were on my video card and chipset since they were on mobo headers. So, I booted up, and everything was fine, but I did notice the computer sounded different since there was only a faint hum from the pump. Into windows I went and started playing some ZSNES for about a half-hour. It worked without a hickup. Then I quit out and looked at MBM5 and saw my core was at 52C. I was shocked since I usually load around 40-42 depending on ambient. Then I shutdown and looked inside the case and found the fans not plugged in, plus the waterblock and rad were hot. I felt rather stupid at that moment, but was also amazed that my system didn't lock or give any major sign that I had no fans, lol.
This would have been me with a heatsink with no fan -> 
I just thought it was interesting that my system ran at load with a passive radiator.
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lol, the CPU could get much warmer without crashing / locking up.
you said you have MBM. do this: set it so it loads when windows loads, and set the CPU temp alarm to 45C or something. its helped me once already.