Quote Originally Posted by dart22 View Post
So whats your take on that ?
Determining TjMax is a guessing game as Intel does not document this value. The Q9300 is new so there isn't much user data to go by either. Have you tried running your Q at 6x333 with as little core voltage as possible to see what temp your cpu idles at?

If you are convinced that TjMax=85C then you can still use RealTemp. Just go into the RealTemp.ini file and set this:

TjMax=-2

This reduces the TjMax that RealTemp uses by two notches of 5 degrees each so it will drop TjMax from 95C to 85C but if you're wrong then you will screw up your load temps.

The E2160 - M0 I tested was TjMax=85C so it is possible that the M1 Quad is also TjMax=85C. The Intel docs show that the CPUID is 0x10676 for the E8x00 processors and 0x10677 for the C1 and M1 45nm Desktop Quads so that's why I've assumed that TjMax=95C for all of them. When you run RealTemp and click the mouse in the TjMax box it will read and display the CPUID of your processor directly from the CPU.

Do you have any more info like your room temp and cooling being used, case open / closed, fan speeds, etc.?

I know that large after market air coolers don't get very warm to the touch with the E8x00 series even when the cores are fairly hot. If you want to do us all a favor then pull the heatsink off of your nice new Quad and point your IR thermometer at it.

I also found that my E8400 needs an Idle Calibration setting of (--) for the RealTemp reported temps to equal the IR reported temps near idle.