Quote Originally Posted by cdawall View Post
Wait so because a less stressful stress test didn't heat it as much the chip is magically ok?
What is he gonna do, buy a high end cooling solution for a low end CPU? FAIL!
By the time he spends the $$$ to tame that CPU he could buy a faster and cooler 45nm E5500 for less.

Also don't even bother suggesting him to lap it. I lapped mine and it made no difference.

I say just use it like it is, and perhaps beef up the fans/airflow in your case.