Quote Originally Posted by joebuffalo View Post
I told you that low voltage / reduce multiplier test which proved your processor had a tj_max of 85 was not kosher.
You were 100% right joebuffalo. My previous test seemed like a good idea at the time!

It has come in useful though. That is where the biggest temperature difference is found which proves that the accepted TjMax=85C simply isn't right.

SuperKeijo on the [H]ard forum used my test and was able to lower his core voltage down to about 0.69 volts and get his C2D to run at 600 MHz on his DS3 board. It became very obvious that TjMax=85C was not right for him either. He got things started by using an IR thermometer to confirm his numbers so I picked up a Fluke 62. I calculated at the reduced MHz and voltage that his C2D is likely only consuming 9 watts so he might be the first to pull his heatsink off for some true core temperature measurement.

Hopefully by early next week we'll all learn a little more. Either that or I'm going to have the first C2D keychain on my block.