Quote Originally Posted by Chri$ch View Post
Batch: Q745A705 / Pack date: 01/11/08

cooling by water, is a hot CPU (my E8500 ES dont go over 35°C load @ 4Ghz)
Mine seems kinda hot as well, in core temp 96.1 but moreso at idle end at around 42c. In the bios it reads really cool. I can't imagine it's this hot at idle with low volts like 1.29vcore. Then at blend load it never gets over 59c even up in the 4-4.3ghz range.