Rudolf, Here's the cpuinfo from a Q9300 to add to coretemp... ...george processor : 0 vendor_id : GenuineIntel cpu family : 6 model : 23 model name : Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Quad CPU Q9300 @ 2.50GHz stepping : 7 cpu MHz : 1998.000 cache size : 3072 KB physical id : 0 siblings : 4 core id : 0 cpu cores : 4 fpu : yes fpu_exception : yes cpuid level : 10 wp : yes flags : fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 clflush dts acpi mmx fxsr sse sse2 ss ht tm pbe syscall nx lm constant_tsc arch_perfmon pebs bts rep_good pni monitor ds_cpl vmx smx est tm2 ssse3 cx16 xtpr lahf_lm bogomips : 5002.05 clflush size : 64 cache_alignment : 64 address sizes : 36 bits physical, 48 bits virtual power management: