Voltage Regulator problem !

Respect to All Experts !
Last month I had blown up my MSI 790FX GD70 by increasing "CPU VDD Voltage" to 1.45volts
I found this review http://www.legitreviews.com/article/1004/6/  relating to my problem bcoz they killed GD70 too by overvoltaging vCore.
According to them some first launched GD70s had buggy MOSFET/Voltage Regulator (9A2S292) which were not able to live at 1.45v. Unfortunately I bought one of them. My dead mobo had same MOSFET (9A2S292).
And then they successfully overclocked another new GD70 with new MOSFET (xxxx298) http://www.legitreviews.com/article/1103/1/
I got my dead mobo RMAed now
I have new mobo, new MOSFET
But this one has a different MOSFET (xxxx294)
I only wanna know if this one is strong enough to take voltage upto 1.45v or more ? Because I've read in many people are ok with 1.45v with this board.
I am stuck at 4.1GHz at 1.435v and I am also very afraid of increasing voltage more than this.
My Computer:
MSI 790FX GD70 (Latest BIOS)
Phenom II x6 1055T 2.8GHz, 125watt TDP
2x2GB ddr3 1333mhz
2xSeagate 500 in RAID0
Corsair TX850 V2 PSU
XFX HD 5770

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What will happen if I increase voltage to 1.45v in "CPU Voltage" and leave "CPU VDD Voltage (MOSFET)" at default ?
Doubtful anyone can predict the outcome. I suppose it's always possible to ask MSI if they will modify your mainboard or exchange it for one with the xxxx298 & what the cost would be?

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