So intel gave me a replacement 6600k after my old one died. I looked at the back when i was applying my thermal paste and ive seen that couple of the golden plates had an obvious orange dots in the centre almost as if it was thermally damaged.
photo http://imageshack.com/a/img924/3654/XJNIVL.jpg
if you look at the top row of the cpu golden plates, you can see an orangish color. The cpu works great and its not overclocked yet adn i was wondering if there are safe stress testers out there to know if my cpu is working or not or atleast not going to fail in the next few months. I ran prime 95 and my temps went from a stable 35 degrees celsius to almost 70-71 and thats when i stopped the test.
photo http://imageshack.com/a/img924/3654/XJNIVL.jpg
if you look at the top row of the cpu golden plates, you can see an orangish color. The cpu works great and its not overclocked yet adn i was wondering if there are safe stress testers out there to know if my cpu is working or not or atleast not going to fail in the next few months. I ran prime 95 and my temps went from a stable 35 degrees celsius to almost 70-71 and thats when i stopped the test.