Quote Originally Posted by The Coolest View Post
I think so too.
Could be defective\poorly calibrated DTS.

Calibration is done at the Intel fab and BIOS updates can't fix this as its individual for every CPU.
Oh no

That is disapointing, so basically I am trapped with a chip which either has 2 cores running exceedingly hot or 2 defective TDiodes?

IMHO that shouldn't happen on a £600 CPU!

Any suggestions?

Shall I try for an RMA?

John