I ran blend first at 4500mhz and in 8k it was in the upper 50's c. In Linx it shot to 80c, its a 1.175vid chip and always was hard to cool.
I had the AC on it and still went crazy high in LinX, the newer platforms/chips handle LinX better.
Do you happen to remember the ref's for the e8400's?

Thanks.
Tom