Micky wrote:

After that the CPU can overheat?

Actually, no.

THERMTRIP (available on both AMD and Intel) will stop it.

THERMTRIP is wired into the power system, to shut off the
power.

Eons ago, there were some designs, where if the
temperature shot up too fast, the software would
crash before it could shut off the power. The newer
method (THERMTRIP) is pure hardware, it gives you
no warning (there *will* be a dirty shutdown),
and... the computer is off. It should happen
very very quickly.

There are things on a motherboard that can melt down.
And there have been cases where some MOSFETs got
so hot, the solder melted. Desktop motherboards
vary in price from $65 to $650, so in some cases,
a burned motherboard is more expensive than the
CPU.

*******

Here is an (estimated) $650 motherboard. Coming soon.

http://www.anandtech.com/show/10609/...egrated-x550t2

"MSRP of $650 with select authorized resellers and distributors soon"

Now, that doesn't match the color of my Lamborghini,
so I cannot buy one.

Paul