>This was despite 2 case fans, an exhaust fan etc. Having
>bought a 1700XP with a MSI K7T266 Pro RU I don't want
>another dead pc!!

Or you could have bought an Intel P4 and not had to worry about any of this. }> Just imagine the savings on the power bill alone not to mention doing away with those pesky power fluctuations and dimming lights every time those two dozen fans needed to cool an AMD processor kick in. :D