Moronic temps

[Ham]

Right,

Im fed up of these obsucre readings im getting on every bit of software i get.

Basicly every monitor ive tryed reads the temp as 30-33degC. Weather its idle or has been under load for a good few minutes (spi 32m).

The only monitor i can get a fluxing reading between idle and load is nvMonitor. Wich reads my idle temp as about 18 and load as 25.

I find it hard to belive that any of these readings are true. Right now im running the cpu at 1.45v @ 2.6ghz.

Anyone got any ideas? I think i may have to dig out a thermometer...

 

[Ty07allstar]

You could always check the temps in the BIOS. I have used Speedfan and PCMonitor 1.68 and they read my temps fine. Everest had my temps completely wrong.

 

[Ham]

Bios told me 21 on post, and post normal puts a fair strain on in my experiance. Will try PCMonitor now, cheers.

So far ive tried speedfan, everest EU & ITE smartguardian.

 

[PV5150]

Try Core Temp. Most accurate temps I've ever had...highly recommended

 

[Ty07allstar]

Try the 1.68 version and the 2.0 version. The 2.0 gave me incorrect temps but the 1.68 gave me accurate temps.

 

[Ham]

Well a google for PCmonitor gave me spyware warnings, so i think ill pass on that one.

Core temp seams to be quite good. Idels of ~27 and after 6 n 1/2 mins of 100% load (spi 8m) it was reading 32degc. Its very cold in my house atm too, so these seam reasonable. Props to PV.

 

[llwyd]

hmmm i dunno, they might be about right, my setup maxes at 40 and thats with a GPU and half perspex CPU block

 

[FarFarAway]

This on your DFI Ham? I found ITE Smart Guardian to be pretty accurate. Remember your on water mate

 

[PV5150]

Core temp seams to be quite good. Idels of ~27 and after 6 n 1/2 mins of 100% load (spi 8m) it was reading 32degc. Its very cold in my house atm too, so these seam reasonable. Props to PV.

Np's mate, my pleasure. Although I do agree with Kemp...Smart Guardian is pretty well spot on for me too How are you enjoying your watercooling?

 

[Ham]

Smart Guardian Seamed to stay locked at 30degC for me. Proably got a cheap sensor on the board.

Watercooling is fantastic. Need my Passive zalman HS for northbridge and XMS to post my GPU block and my pc will be silent. Sleeping with it on will no longer require earmuffs.

 

[Rastalovich]

I`m confuzed, how is it that such a wide variety of software can get a different reading from what is essentially the same thermo sensor ?

And more to the point, if the sensor was invented/build/used/created by "dfi" (or whoever a person`s mobo manufac is) how come their software, either via bios or software isn`t the most acurate ?

Sensors aren`t anything inteligent, they`re 2 types of metal wired back to the mobo, so it`s not like u can send it anything to adjust what it`s doing.

I need to sit down.

 

[PV5150]

Watercooling is fantastic. Need my Passive zalman HS for northbridge and XMS to post my GPU block and my pc will be silent

Excellent mate, good stuff

I`m confuzed, how is it that such a wide variety of software can get a different reading from what is essentially the same thermo sensor

Nature of the beast mate, especially with mass production, it also depends on the placement of the diode. AMD boards were notoriously bad with calibration of their thermal diodes