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Yea, it's 'Core Temp 0.99.8' it's meant to be relatively accurate. I now have the cores running at an acceptable temperature (63 deg C at 100% load), thanks for the help! I rang PCS again who said again 85 degrees C was quite normal and in THEIR testing found that the optimum temp for an i7 980 was ...

Ok, a breakthrough at last, noticed one of the mounting screws was a bit loose, tightened it up (a-lot) and presto, max temps on 100% load are now 61 Degrees C, surprised that PCS missed something like that! Is 61 Degrees C a good temp to be getting at 100% load or should I be on the phone to them a...

Ok well spoke to PCS today, they were telling me it's normal for the 980 to run at 80 degrees C and then told me to go into the Bios and change fan modes from 'Standard' to 'Turbo' which I did! The outcome, no difference what so ever, still not convinced it's normal to be running at 80 degrees C on ...

I bought it from PCSPECIALIST.CO.UK who get good reviews etc and been very happy with past purchases. How hard is it to remove heatsink > reapply thermal compound > and re attach heatsink, im not 100% tech savvy but prepared to give it a go! Would you agree that the temps I am getting are not what I...

I received a new custom built (from a reputable company) PC today which I will be using for high end CAD rendering... To see how it performed I installed a few programmes and set it to render on a large image, monitoring the core temps and load (all 6 of them) I could see it was running at 100% load...