Quote Originally Posted by SoulsCollective View Post
I'm not sure about 100 for 45nms. If this is accurate (and presuming my temp sensors are ok), my Q9450 under an EK-Supreme and on an MCR320 is hovering at 60idle, and about 80 load. Feeling the back of the board during operation and around the base of the waterblock, there's no way those temps are correct.
You probably have craptacular sensors then.

Run the new sensor test in RealTemp and see if your sensors are sticking at ~60C (~40 delta to Tj Max). http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/...postcount=2502
It does seem to be quite a high temp to be sticking at though.