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I have now taken the HSF off and cleaned all the AS5 off with isopropyl alcohol and lint free cloth, then a blast of air. The applied AS5 exactly per instructions. Replace all and temps are same idle and seem a little lower at load. 2 cores still 10 degress hotter than other two though...

hi Joe, That's good advice. Only difference for me is that I use a wrist band when building PCs. It has a metal connector you clip on a radiator (or similart grounded object). Means you are grounded, but free(ish) to move. They are very cheap.

Thanks again. I am not using stock - I am using this: Xigmatek HDT-S1283 Fan Reviewed Here The fan was recommended by the UK Store I got the parts from for overclocking this combination of mothernoard, RAM, CPU. It is enourmous! I will try Prime out.

Thanks for the reply Dark Cupcake. The CPU voltage is 1.335. I was contemplating raisng the voltage to 1.36 for the overclock, but was concerned it would increase temps too much, so I decided to see how it ran without the increase...so I left it the same and it *seems* fine, although I have...

Hi all, As you can see it's my first post. I found the forum serching for help on my Q6600, I stumbled accross a great article by a member here called graysky and thought collectively you might be able to help me out. I built a new rig (in siggy) last week and was happy to see it boot to...