Another one with overheating problems, I was getting 100 C on load using stock cooler.
I followed ken-Intel and the load temperature was better, lower than 80 C, but freq was capped at 4.2 GHz and I bought a 4.4GHz processor.
My system specs: (I have updated the BIOS to the 2012 version later, but nothing changed about the temps)
My CPU tuning:
What I basically changed from ken-Intel config was set the 3 Active Cores to 44x and 4 Active Cores to 43x, set the Current Limit to 257A to avoid Current Throttling and lower the Core Voltage and the Offset until I found a stable value.
This gives me 4.3GHz at temperatures around 86 C
I still cannot get to 4.4GHz under 99 C
It seems to me that mine is one of those faulty processors, should I ask for a RMA?