Dieselsoldier

Thank you for your responses. :CONGRAT: I'll retry Sins now with more confidence. I already use a ventilator and I don't overclock. The heat issue seems to stem from this particular model HP Pavilion laptop as the repair guy claimed to have seen numerous fried boards like mine. My guess is the hardware I chose (custom) is not designed to run in such small space.

Last time I played Sins 2 months back - multiplayer- the game crashed after some visual garbage on the screen. The eventual diagnosis? Motherboard physically fried, no drek. Computer off to the factory, new chips installed etc. Now, I am a little hesitant to play Sins again though I do not know if the game somehow caused the motherboard to spontaneously burst into flames ;) or if the cause was long term chronic overheating. Maybe. What I want to kn