X5460 One core 93 degress

[compufreek]

Hello all !
I started a new job across my country so i had to move away from my home town.
i recently built a secondary system for when im visiting (as we often have LAN Partys with my friends) so i have taken that as a challenge to build the cheepest system with as much power i can get.
Here is the specs of the built system:
Intel xenon x5460 3.1 (stock cooler)
noname DDR2 2x2GB 1000 Mhz ram (curently at 800)
asus P5KPL-AM
AMD 6950 (6970 bios)

The problem is that the CPU has all cores at around 50 - 60 degrees but one core is constantly above 70 under load it always reaches 93 degrees (others are 65 maybe ). My guess is that the paste under IHS is the problem, is that possible ? Is there annything else i can do ? I reaplied thermal paste several times, using a non stock cooler is a waste of time if i cant overclock it (that was my initial intention to overclock ram and CPU )
Or should i just go for it and try to remove it ?

 

[Karsten75]

Since you can't overclock a Xeon processor (and clearly can't spell it either), you're on a losing streak to nowhere. If you have re-applied thermal pase several times, with proper cleaning of the previous paste, then that is not a cause for one core to show higher temperatures than the others.

Use the Intel Processor diagnostic tool (https://downloadcenter.intel.com/download/19792/Intel-Processor-Diagnostic-Tool) to check out the processor and whether the temperatures are correct.

Since the processor is around 9 years old, it is entirely possible that a sensor might have degraded and is reporting incorrect values.

 

[compufreek]

Since you can't overclock a Xeon processor (and clearly can't spell it either), you're on a losing streak to nowhere. If you have re-applied thermal pase several times, with proper cleaning of the previous paste, then that is not a cause for one core to show higher temperatures than the others.

Use the Intel Processor diagnostic tool (https://downloadcenter.intel.com/download/19792/Intel-Processor-Diagnostic-Tool) to check out the processor and whether the temperatures are correct.

Since the processor is around 9 years old, it is entirely possible that a sensor might have degraded and is reporting incorrect values.

Hey!
I dont know what it is, but i have some weird "tick" that makes me always write xenon instead of xeon
I've seen many people running this processor above 4Ghz, i got mine to 3.7 but then i reset it becouse of that strange temperature.

So you think that deliding wouldnt solve my problem

the "bad sensor" was on my mind too, will try to use a better cooler over the next weekend and will see what can be done.