Quote Originally Posted by PortCitySlim View Post
Hey guys, unfortunately for me this was a very unpleasant CPU. Nothing I did would read less then the stuck temps at 32-34-34-35, I used Everest, RealTemp, CoreTemp and OCCT and got the same readings from both. Very annoying and after running some failed attempts at 450x9(BSOD'd within seconds after boot) and 8x475(wouldn't even boot), I decided to RMA this chip. If it had actually OC'ed well and not been max VID I might have kept it despite the annoyingly stuck temp sensors. Good news is that NewEgg accepted my request from a replacement and it should be here sometime close to Tuesday after next. For my test runs I increased VTT all the way up to 1.4 and left vcore on auto evertime, I used 1.38NB and 1.54PLL, left my RAM at default and kept the PL at 10 to remove the possibility that my RAM was causing the instability's. Only thing I did not try was one of KET's modded bios's but in the next week I will use my old Q6700 and mess around with a mBIOS to see if they improve max FSB(~460) for my old chip.
The price cut on these chips made Intel ship sub-par cpu's to stores, most of them with stuck sensors and poor Ociers...