- Jun 27, 2004
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I have a Q9450 with a Thermalright Ultra-120 extreme heatsink. As I type this, one of my cores is at 64 degrees with the other 3 at 49 degrees. I have re-seated the heatsink, change the orientation of the heatsink, change the thermal compound and finally lapped the heatsink, with no changes. The only thing I haven't done is lap the processor, but I am hesistant to do it now just in case the processor is actually defective.
The only thing that confuses me is that when I run Prime95, the hot core only goes up 5 degrees, while the others go up 10-12. How can this be possible if the processor heat spreader not flat is the cause of the high temp? Or is that cores thermal sensor just whacked??
The only thing that confuses me is that when I run Prime95, the hot core only goes up 5 degrees, while the others go up 10-12. How can this be possible if the processor heat spreader not flat is the cause of the high temp? Or is that cores thermal sensor just whacked??