Quote Originally Posted by iTravis View Post
Guys I have a question regarding my temps since I asked quiet a few people and got different answers. I have TRUE lapped with 2 Ultra Kaze 2000rpm push/pull but my i7 920 D0 temps reach over 90 at full load when running LinX @1.36V (room temp is around 28-29C since it's hot these days). Some people say it's normal but others say it's really high, I'm trying to keep it under 85C at full load and I did remount, reapply thermal paste many times but still got the same result. I just took my heatsink off yesterday and I noticed there was a dark spot under the base, it looks like the MX-2 thermal paste got burn or something. So what your take on this?
@ 4.2 Ghz? Temps seem a bit high to me... Perhaps your heat spreader has bad contact with the chip.
Your vCore is too high for 4.2 IMO.
And regarding the thermal paste - really odd! Can it be some 'faked' MX-2? Or it might be some left over from the old TIM that was 'absorbed' by the CPU.