Quote Originally Posted by Grnfinger View Post
Late to the game here
Just pick'd up a Q9650 FPO L828A446

4.2GHz was a walk in the park, but my concern is the temps.
3 cores are nice and cool 29c-31c but the 1 core is a staggering 40c, this is water cooled and yes I have checked the mount and reseated twice.
Anyone else have this issue or am I the lucky winner today?
I'm in no hurry to lap the the chip for I might sell it if I cant do 500x9
I have the same thing on my 9650. One of my sensors is always a LOT higher than the rest. I attribute it to sensor error. I have a hard time believing that one core on the same die could be 10c higher than the rest. I just ignore it.
These chips have a lotta messed up sensors, many reporting stuck sensors and stuph. As long as mine dont shut down on me due to heat; Im not really concerned too much. My sensors are great at idle, but as the temps go up one of them is about 8-10 degrees higher than the rest. When I run IntelBurnTest it gets kinda alarming (low quality air-cooling here). But; if i never even looked at my temps and I relied on the cpu-overtemp-protection I bet I could use this chip for years, and NEVER have a problem.
Just my 2-cents.