Yo yo Tek,
So I have a i7-2600K on an ASUS P8P67 mobo (speccy screenshot with full specs below) and the few times I ever been in the BIOS I only used EZ Mode. The 'System Perfomance' section on there has a 3 settings, one called 'ASUS Optimal' wich has been on since the first time I was in the BIOS. After watching one of Tiny Tom Logan's vids on overclocking Intel 1155 I installed OCCT and ran a stress test, still using the 'ASUS Optimal' setting from the BIOS' EZ Mode (it sets the base clock to 103%, sets DRAM to 1600 and Turbo to 4.3 and leaves all the rest same as Optimized Defaults = auto). And there it was : a sudden spike in core #0 straight up to +150 °C. So I reset the mobo to Optimized Defaults (BCLK 100%, Turbo 3.8, DRAM 1333) but when I ran OCCT again I had the same spike to +150 °C (and again in core #0). Sometimes the spike drops back immediately but eventually OCCT interrupts all tests due to excessive temperature.
Anybody have an idea as to why this happens ? A bug in OCCT, air bubble in thermal paste, broken temp sensor, ..., and how worried should I be? My computer has a custom water loop and I've been gaming on it for 2 years now without ever having a problem, but never did anything really taxing like folding or stuff like that.
Thx in advance for the reply.
