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In case you haven't decide on your purchase... Check out the link I have the passive cooler one. Yes, it gets hot. No, I dont overclock since this comes with default 1.6ns memory and runs very well at its "stock" speed.

heatsinks that are outfited with a fan usually do not have enough surface to radiate the heat. It relies on the fan to dissapate most of it. Lowering the voltage is a good idea, most modem solid PSU will have a 5v connector, but not ideal. Another idea is get the gigabyte one with passive...

120-130c is not normal at all. AMD 64 chip temp runs about 70c before it goes into critical stage. (spec. states 70c is max temp) Think about it, boiling temp for water is at 100c. I have the same gigabyte card and I used SpeedFan to read the temp. It gives me two temp. Remote and...