Re: Temperature difference between cores Q9550
Posted on 2016-02-16, 00:19
FYI the Q9550 comes in two flavors: C1 and E0 stepping. The C1 tends to run hot and the E0 (your chip) is the good one which runs cool. I used this processor several years ago and loved it. Snayperskaya's suggestion that the heatsink is making an odd contact with the heat spreader would be my guess. …