opty 165 heat help

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i know all processors are a little different, but here's my situation

i bought at opteron 165 CCBWE 0550UPMV and I got this one max stable of 2.6 at 1.45 Vcore. at idle, temp was around 34-35C, full load temp - 47-48C. i am using the zalman 9500 and AS5. case has adequate 120mm in/out and 92 side fans.

i wasn't too happy with my 2.6 OC at high voltate and what I thought were high temps, so i went out and bought another 165. it is also CCBWE 0550UPMV and this one i am able to get stable 2.7 at 1.38Vcore. however, the idle temps are around 44C and full load temps are 52-53C even if i went back down to 2.6. this really has me puzzled because i thought that running at a lower voltage means you should have a lower temperature. however, i'm not sure why i am seeing these pretty high temps even though my voltage is lower.

at first i thought it was because i had my 9500 on bad or too much thermal paste, however i tried removing, cleaning and reinstalling the 9500 several times, but the temps are still just as high.

any ideas?
 
some of the best overclocking chips out there have very bad ihs mounts, mine dropped over 15c when I popped the top, it also increased my overclock by over 200mhz at stock volts, 2.8. I'm not saying its required but it would drop your temps, dc chips do run hotter than single core chips though
 
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