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I got an E8400 in the mail on Monday, and installed it that afternoon. I booted into Windows at stock and noticed the idle temps were around 45C, and full load hovered around 57C. I reseated the heatsink three times and used a dot of Arctic Cooling MX-2, and the temps stayed the same all the time.
I put my Q6700 in instead, and lapped the heatsink base - the Q6700 was already lapped. I tried once using a line of Arctic Cooling MX-2 and a second time using a dot of it, but the temps remained very similar: idle temperatures in the high 40's and load temperatures in the high 60's.
I can't think of any reason for these temperature issues. The Q6700 ran with the same heatsink before when lapped at 3.4Ghz with idle temps in the mid-20's and full load temps in the high-40's.
Can anyone help with this?
I put my Q6700 in instead, and lapped the heatsink base - the Q6700 was already lapped. I tried once using a line of Arctic Cooling MX-2 and a second time using a dot of it, but the temps remained very similar: idle temperatures in the high 40's and load temperatures in the high 60's.
I can't think of any reason for these temperature issues. The Q6700 ran with the same heatsink before when lapped at 3.4Ghz with idle temps in the mid-20's and full load temps in the high-40's.
Can anyone help with this?