VRM question...

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Ive got a C45-870 (Socket AMD3 770) motherboard from MSi, and one thing is bothering me.

My CPU Phenom II X4 965 is overclocked to 3.7ghz, so its not far away from stock.

Ive seen a couple of reviews and peoples opinions that they can achieve good overclocks on this board.

Yet on another forum when I asked about a different issue with this mobo (Fan control, fixed) people stated that having a CPU overclocked on this mobo is a timebomb / fire waiting to happen due to Nikos MOSFETS blowing up or something when overclocking.


Should I be worried that my mobo will start causing instability issues at 3.7ghz or blow up in the worst case scenario ?
 
Looking at photos of the board I notice no heatsink on the VRMs, so I'm definitely recommending not overclocking on this board at all.
 
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