i7 socket burn ?

MoodyB · 13 Sep 2010 at 11:29

Hey all,

Here's what I discovered on the underside of my i7 920 D0 when I stripped my pc down :

Cpu still works fine and wasn't clocked that high - 3.8ghz / 1.265vcore. Motherboard was a Gigabyte UD3R rev1.6.

I have just switched to a P55 setup as I was planning on selling the i7 cpu / board as they're a bit ott for my needs as I don't need HT or crossfire anymore, but I won't be now :mad:

MoodyB · 13 Sep 2010 at 11:52

It's burn

Didn't think it would be thermal paste as I never touched the underside of it when installing or removing it.

MoodyB · 13 Sep 2010 at 12:02

It definately wasn't there when I installed it. It doesn't appear to affect the cpu at all, as it was working perfectly before I changed to P55.

I just know that I wouldn't buy a 2nd hand cpu that was marked like that, so I wouldn't be happy selling it on.

There's a thread at the folding forums showing similar discolouration on a 920 and a 930 after a few weeks. Both were in a Gigabyte board funnily enough.

MoodyB · 13 Sep 2010 at 18:44

I could I guess. I'll need to have a think about that.

MoodyB · 14 Sep 2010 at 00:59

hlennie said:
Could always give it away if you feel bad about selling it. I'll take it off your hands lol

I've been told I'm quite a generous person, but not to that extent

MoodyB · 16 Sep 2010 at 22:55

Tested it again yesterday.

Still working fine, and is now winging its way to a new home down south

Thanks guys. I'd buy you all a beer if you stayed nearby.