Here is my issue, I have my abit kv8-pro and my 2800+ newcastle just screaming right now. The chip and the board are rock solid at 272X9 (2448 mhz) with no voltage increase on the chip. The vcore is reported to be 1.52v which is a little high but nothing out of the normal (1.50 default). Unfortunatly my cpu temp is around 50 at idle and up to 75 under load (reading from mbm5 and abit utility). Even if I slow the chip down to stock speeds the temps dont drop that much. Yes, Ive reseated the heatsink twice, I even bought a zallman from frys to see if that helped and it only dropped the temps around 1-2 degrees. Heres the weird thing.... the heatsink does not feel hot, a little warm maybe but not hot. Ive had plenty of athlon xp's that run in the mid-40s to low-50s and their heatsink is HOT to the touch. IfI let it prime for a while and then turn it off and quickly take off the heatsink to feel the heatspreader on the chip it doesnt even feel that hot. For getting a reading of 70 in mbm5 and on abit utility you would think that the chip would be hard to even touch, but its just warm. SOOOO, is the mobo just reporting bad temps, or should I be worried about heating issues???.
By the way, it wont fail prime even at 75degrees at 2500mhz lasted like that for 2 hours and I stopped it. Scared me the whole time thinking that the chip would melt at some point.
By the way, it wont fail prime even at 75degrees at 2500mhz lasted like that for 2 hours and I stopped it. Scared me the whole time thinking that the chip would melt at some point.
