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    Can't get plastic cover/shroud off of my 6950 reference

    Thanks, I'll see about that IC Diamond... Tried this earlier today by supergluing some popsicle sticks flat against the sides of the shroud where it goes around the heatsink. I took them back off though, as my temps got hotter :S What type of gasket did you use?
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    Can't get plastic cover/shroud off of my 6950 reference

    Finally got it off. I ended up having to take the heatsink off as well cause I just couldnt pry the shroud off otherwise. While I had it open I put new thermal paste to my GPU (Arctic Ceramique), but the temps are the exact same. :S The factory paste looked awful and it flaked off but I guess...
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    Can't get plastic cover/shroud off of my 6950 reference

    Yeah sorry I forgot to mention that I also removed both of those! :o
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    Can't get plastic cover/shroud off of my 6950 reference

    I wanted to try to add another fan onto the stock heatsink in an attempt to lower the temps, but I cannot get the stupid plastic shroud off! I took out all the back screws (except for the 4 in the back plate which hold the stock heatsink on) I tried pushing in the plastic tabs and lifting but it...
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    2500k p8p67 pro OC - am I OK?

    If you have AISuiteII installed it will show them I believe. Otherwise not without going into UEFI/BIOS
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    2500k p8p67 pro OC - am I OK?

    Those are some good results tricky! What are your bios settings?
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    Any use at all for old 360 CPU + GPU heatsinks?

    360 got RROD, tried a few different methods of revival and none worked so I trashed it. I saved the CPU and the GPU heatsinks from it though, in hopes of using them for.... something... :confused: Note: not my pic Can I do anything useful at all with these for my PC or should I just throw...
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    2500k p8p67 pro OC - am I OK?

    Ignore the TMPIN3 max temp, it's an error sometimes caused by having AISuite2 running at the same time. This is after a Intel Burn Test on High for 5 runs. I'm only talking initial stability. I'll do an hour test then an overnight prime95 test but I need to know if those numbers look OK? The...
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    2500k core temperature variation is strange

    Alright well thanks for the confirmation that my cpu is ok. During this whole debacle I cleaned + reapplied thermal paste once and reseated/touched up paste 3 times. Ended up also moving around some wiring while I had it open and with the heatsink + wiring changes I shaved off a couple degrees...
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    2500k core temperature variation is strange

    The Aida test isn't that important. The IBT is much more taxing. See this: Since IBT is a harsher test, here's Aida stats after an IBT test: Still reports the first core temp as 11 degrees off from Package temp. The graph above also shows how the first core is always far under the...
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    2500k core temperature variation is strange

    The Package being 1 degree off in CPUID HM is most likely irrelevant. It's probably just a slightly different calculation or rounding. Installed AIDA to prove this: Package and hottest core are the same, but there is still the large gap between Core #0 and the others.
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    2500k core temperature variation is strange

    The peaks on the graphs I posted above are all 4 cores at 100% running Intel Burn Test at High. For example here, the max temps there is a discrepancy of 10 degrees between core #0 and #1, 12 degrees between #0 and #2, 11 degrees between #0 and #3, and 14 degrees between #0 and Package...
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    2500k core temperature variation is strange

    Looking at the graph mine don't even out :S Took the heatsink back off and applied a bit more thermal paste where it looked like it could possibly be lacking. Here's a new graph: Seems pretty much the same deal?
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    2500k core temperature variation is strange

    So I'm trying to OC my 2500k to 4.5Ghz and I'm getting some funny readings off of the individual cores. As you can see, Core #0 is consistently cooler than the rest. The temp difference ranges from 9 degrees all the way to 15 degrees. I tried removing the heatsink (Hyper 212+) and...
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    2012 model 32" 1080p HDTV with 4:4:4 and IPS?

    But won't the pulldown and calibration stuff make a big difference as I'm planning on using it for movies 100% of the time? I've actually got a real PC monitor as my primary, I just wanted an HDTV for a secondary to watch movies on (from my PC)
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