Correcting TJmax values for accurate temps?

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Been wondering as to why for such low volts and mediocre overclock my chips been reaching the low 60's on p95 large FFTs.

Apparantly, the Q9550 C1's TJmax is 71.4°C according to intel (http://processorfinder.intel.com/Details.aspx?sSpec=SLAWQ). Seems a bit low?

I assume i need to edit Everest/RealTemp/CoreTemp in order for them to show accurate readouts? (which translate into low 30s, quite a difference! :o)

Or am i being a complete spanner and intels stated temperature isn't the TJMax value?
 
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Haha typical, suspected i was being a donkey :P

Core1 is the hottest of the lot, core4 being the coolest. It was sitting at 60-63 doing prime95 large fft's whereas core 4 was 56-59 (according to Everest, RealTemp is usually 2~3° cooler per core and more consistant across the cores whereas CoreTemp is spot on with Everest +/- 1°)

LLC Enabled 1.21vcore in bios = 1.19 idle 1.20 load. (My Chips rated at 1.25 VID according to Everest/CoreTemp)
PLL 1.54, FSB Term 1.20, nb 1.24

Although i have to admit, its only tonight i started looking into it and enabled LLC as before i was having to set 1.26 in bios to have it stay 1.19/1.20 under load. Was getting crashes/lock-ups a couple weeks ago and on setting the above voltages with vcore 1.26 i managed to keep it stable again.

Using a Noctua NH-U12P with 2 Noctua 120mm fans (push and pull).
 
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