Quote Originally Posted by Merc14 View Post
I woudn't say "this generation" as the 9650's don't seem to have the diode issue we see in the 8400's and neither does the 8500's. I agree that coretemps are useless on the 8400s but they are of some use on the other two released versions of Penryn. My guess is if you have temp sensor diodes that don't kick on till the higher temps you are made an 8400. If the temp diodes work at even low temps you get the 8500 bin. That would explain why the 8500 is $100+ more for a mere 160MHz increase in speed. Hell. you got a 3.0 GHz Dual core CPU with 6MB cache for $200. Screw the diodes.
Quote Originally Posted by Zucker2k View Post
These problems affect all 45nm CPUs with no exception.
Yep all 45nm are having these issues, some worse than others. My CPU is an E8500 and it's core temp readings are of zero use to me, as I mentioned in all my previous posts.....

Intel has said ignore the core temp readings and go with the CPU temp. Seeing how they made the CPU, I am inclined to take there advice