Quote Originally Posted by neveroffline View Post
I appreciate your input. It could be a lot of things. The fact remains however that the cpus are CONSTANT temps at idle after a week and only jump under load. That means I have good contact, but correct me if I am wrong. I'm using stock Intel thermal pads after all - but they haven't failed me ever before. Like I said these CPU's don't even need a fan and thats fact because I have 4 in 2U's running fine for months without fans over the heatsinks. They are the exact same CPU's and you can check for yourself.

Cheers.
I have 2 5340's

One ran 50-60c loaded. The other 90c+

No two CPU's are the same.

EDIT - Then there's my E4300 that goes 100+...