Is my 3rd Core Broken? Q6600

[aceadam]

When i run prime95 for 15 mins the 3rd core stops working.... Its always at least 8°C lower than the other 3 cores. Should i replace soon as? or can it wait?

Thanks in advance!

 

[xaira]

try running a process and limiting it to core 3 and tell me what happens.

does the computer crash any other times?

 

[aceadam]

Hey ok im running the test and its on load at 33°C from an idle of 26°C.
Normally it would be 30 30 26 30 on idle and load its at 47 47 36 45. ( yes i am on water cooling.)
So in have been testing for 10 mins and there all the same °C 37 36 37 36..... So it could be broke? my PC hasent crashed and the worker is still going..

 

[aceadam]

Ok it just stopped at 9 Mins but PC dident crash.

P.S Cant edit post says im not allowed too.

 

[xaira]

open a video converter, put a video to convert, limit it to the core u think is giving trouble in task manager and see what happens

if the temp differences are all that concern u, then its nothing, maybe just a faulty temp monitor

 

[aceadam]

i dont think its the monitor cause on prime the worker stops while the rest carry on (when i dont set affinity) Just seems odd to me really. But ill porbs upgrade soon atm im in a Gigabyte X48-DS4. What core you think i should get? Intel Core 2 Quad Q8400?

 

[xaira]

buy the q9400 its only like 10$ more, u get 2mb more cache and virtualisation

http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.aspx?Submit=ENE&N=2010340343%201051707842%201302825342&name=Quad-Core

 

[xaira]

can u send me some pics of whats happening, if u set affinity, i no ull breathe easier but suit urself

 

[cjl]

It could be that one core needs slightly more voltage to be stable than the others. Is it overclocked? If so, try upping the voltage just a bit.

 

[BoBzzz]

Big price drop on the Q9550 recently too: http://microcenter.com/single_product_results.phtml?product_id=0299412