Whats the respected way to check temps?

[LIQUIDHERION]

Its easy to use a software based thermamator, although...what about the bios temp thingy??? anyways..what do you use to get realistic real world temp readings?.....this way i don't come back and report 10c temps from my ghetto style water setup..by the way my temps are 15c..:p: just kidding. :toast:

[Bail_w]

Bios, software programs are often reporting wrong temps. Unreliable.

[MRM402]

Put your finger on your IHS ;)

[JoeBar]

Software and bios readings come from the same chip... ;)

[bandit788]

Just stick with your BIOS and software, they may be off but they should always be off in a linear fashion. Just watch the trends. The only way you are going to get perfect temps is to start placing high grade thermistors in your components, and hooking them to a muti-meter. No matter what anyone say's, it is so not worth the hassle for most people. Your temps are probably not that far off.
Bandit

[[XC] Angstrom]

My bios is about 4C lower than ASUS probe for idle temps (difficult to test load in bios lol). Which one is accurate?

[JoeBar]

Both are inaccurate... :p:
But when u check the temps through bios your cpu isn't idling like on windows that's why u get higher temps. And remember that both take readings from the same chip... ;)