Quote Originally Posted by xgman View Post
I still don't understand why there would be such a huge difference between the 1st 2 and 2nd 2 sets of cores. I know the evap head is seated flat.

Anyway, go back to basics on your bios settings and work back up. It took allot of trial and error for me to figure out the differences is settings between this and the previous QX. You may still have a dud, but I thought so at first also.
it's normal some cpus just have different temperatures on each set of cores

Quote Originally Posted by HDCHOPPER View Post
u will get it eva ! besides who needs sleep hahhahahahaa
yeah i had my sleep now.. again to figure this cpu out

Quote Originally Posted by Dynasty View Post
swap the board out an try maximus formula or XE.....with appropiate bios.
you know the deal, I bet that qx9650 of yours would sing
under my P5K-Prem.(vmodded)......

my L739A663 under P5K. if you need more compares..

http://img87.imageshack.us/img87/163...testpo0jx8.gif
Have you experienced anything similar on other boards with your QX9650 i.e. crap oc's on one board but excellent on P5K-Premium of yours ?