Hey guys I have a bit of a dilemma here. Currently I have my Q9550 running at a stable 3.825ghz (450x8.5) I can get into windows at 4ghz (471x8.5) but when I run LinX after the first pass.. cores 0 and 1 would drop 8-10c even though they are still under 100% load. Cores 2 and 3 would soon follow after a minute or so. Gflops would drop and times would sky rocket. Temps are around 77 77 72 72. Some say I am throttling but I have seen people run these temps under LinX without issues. However I did pass OCCT 1 hour without errors at 4ghz and temps never touched 70c. Am I at the limit of my board? What else can I do? Any ideas?



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Real Temp shows only 78% load but the task manager and core temp show 100% load on all cores.