Q9550 core temps

shep66

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Hello,
Just a general query regarding relative core temps. I believe Core0 and Core1 should usually be very similar, maybe only 1-2C between them. At idle my Q9550 always seems to have about 4-5C difference between the first two cores. I don't get any overheating problems, except perhaps when playing Far Cry 2 and the odd BSoD error happens (unfortunately, the error report is corrupted, so I'll never know what it's trying to tell me).
 

Gandalf

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BSOD are usually caused by bad RAM or bad drivers.

Check your Device Manager for a bad installed device.

To test your RAM, try...
http://www.memtest86.com/