Helloo!! Back again, turns out before my cpu was bad (posted a thread with all 4 cores in the 90C's LOL)
Alright down to the gritty. Im usually a GPU overclocker (XFX 5870) 860/1200, its locked at 900/1200. Only solution ive found is to flash the BIOS to another card so it unlocks it.
All that...
Lol i was just typing a reply about that and i refreshed and saw yours.
Definitely a bummer but whatever, im going back to frys and having them replace the cpu
in case any damage was caused during stressed testing and re-apply the heatsink.
Thanks for all the help guys, hardforum is #1.
I'll be going back to frys shortly to have them re-install it, i dont have the time today to do it. I swear they hire people who have no prior knowledge of computer shit.
Quick question, i have this zalman cnps9900 and a thermaltake spin Q..
should i stick with the zalman or go with the tk...
I was thinking the same thing hybrid! Although i have had no crashes, computers actually been spectacular besides that.
Would it make sense that all cores would be around the same temperature?
Is that why some cores are higher than others?
Also, been hearing alot of things about the i7 870 vs...
First on let me take this time to say imma LONG time lurker, first time poster. I've actually made accounts before but i guess they never got activated.
So let me jump right into this, i upgraded from a SINGLE core (lol i know) to FINALLY a nice i7 870, which is by the way off the hook if...