Originally posted by: Childs
I bit the bullet and went back to the 3800+ X2. My 165@2.4Ghz would hit 57C or so on full load, and PWM temps would reach 85C. Switched mobo to a KN8 SLi and the PWM temps went down to a respectable 60C, but the board had cold boot issues. So I said screw it, and returned to the mobo and plan on selling the 165. Dropped in my new X2@2.4Ghz and load temps are 44C, PWM 53C. Only a 9% performance drop from the 165 at the same speed, but 38% difference in pwm temps and 23% CPU temps on the same board. The 165 would OC like a mofo tho. Had it to 2.6, but couldnt keep the temps down. Probably just a "bad" chip.