I have a Cyberpowerpc built system that uses a Gigabyte 970A-DS3P MOBO with an AMD FX 8350 Vishera 8 core CPU and a GEFORCE GTX 760 display adapter, all powered by a 600w power supply. Recently the 12v CPU connector melted at the two yellow wires side only and at the connector only...the wiring was not noticeably affected. There was no external power spike and the plug did not arc, it simply lost contact and the computer reset and would not POST. I replaced the melted plug parts and powered my system back up to see if it was fried, I got lucky, it was not. So next I checked the system board while it was operating, using a thermal camera to see what parts were getting hot...the 12v CPU connector was getting hot and the small square chip that is above and to the left of the CPU was getting rather hot for something that has no heat sink on it. I also checked CPU temps and they were steady around 60C and spiking up to 90C so I shut it down before the CPU melted down. I removed and re-installed the 600w PSU in another multi-core system and it is working fine there and the plug is not heating up, also teh voltages appear to be in the correct ranges. I am assuming that the CPU is still ok but I can't know for certain without another AM3 socket motherboard to test it on. I am thinking that something on the motherboard failed and was drawing too much current through the 12v CPU connector thus overheating it to the point of melting. I did some research and am now aware that this motherboard is not the best choice for an 8 core, but that is how it came. I bought the system in early 2014 and it has worked without any noticeable hardware issues until now. Anyone have any input or ideas about what may have caused this?