Quote Originally Posted by Dadi_oh View Post
My Q6600's cores were always within a few degrees of one another under Prime95 small FFT's. It is a pretty balanced application. It is possible that the IHS on this particular chip isn't making even contact with all the cores. I hope not to have to reseat this. It is a PITA.
A LOT of the 45nm quads have at least 1 sensor that is out if whack. I have had several and everyone has had a bad sensor on 1 or 2 cores. Just go by CPU temp in Everest. Good luck keeping that 1.1VID cool.