Quote Originally Posted by informal View Post
On a moderate voltage it's ok,BUT some people are considering putting more than 1.45V(which in and on itself could cause electromigration effect after long periods of time and damage the chip,even without taking the temperatures in consideration).So the temp. readings are important,but as Bail_w said in his post,the heatsink of his cooler felt cold so the chip probably has either the bad IHS contact and therefore bad heat transfer ,or the temps. are simply misreported(which could just annoy some people who are used to knowing every little detail in their precious system,and i personally can't blame them)
That's the point, some people are annoyed. As you usually say, % of overclockers and people that are actually worried about their temps is negligible. But for that %:

a) It's a bad contact between the IHS and the core itself. Intel must fix it.
b) The sensors are bad calibrated. I want them fixed, but I understand that most of the people don't care about it, so it won't have priority in Intel's problems-to-fix list.
c) They are really that hot. Intel can't do anything. This one is impossible though, because 45nm and low voltages used. The reason is a) or b).