The E0 Q9550 SLB9V thread (finally!)

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Yours may be different but I have had this same issue on several 45nm quads. I don't even look at the cores anymore, just CPU temp. I have reseated the HS before, on this reseated the waterblock but same results. On my other q9650 I lapped the chip and the TRUE and was able to even them out a bit but never perfect. Look at maximum temps in RealTemp in this SS, it is not just at idle.