Quote Originally Posted by tw3aK View Post
Is anyone having temp problems with these? At stock speed/volts mine idles at 50c. and 70c with 1.36v. I cant stress because the temps go over 105c and it just shuts down. I feel no heat what so ever comming from my zalman 9700. I think i got a lemon. Reeeeeehhh!1
Are these temps from the on-die thermal diode, or from the socket sensor? Try running realtemp, most of the on-die diodes are off by at least 10-15'C on recent 45nm chips.

I had to relax my shutdown/throttle temps in BIOS and boost OCCT's halt temp up to past 80'C because my sensors are so off.