"Core Temp" - A program for accurate K8 temperature monitoring

[Kain XS]

here is screen shot of core temp on my freaking manchester when running prime...is my cpu like on fire or something?

Thats really hot, Im running a Zalman 7000ALCU on this thing.
Its running at 1.52v accoring to bios/cpuz and speedfan.

Speedfan's normal CPU reading(not core one) is reading only about 55C

No its not...

Temp Core its just a non acurate program.
Unless you installed in a wrong way your heatsink there should be no problem since many AMD CPUs have a trothle temps between 65-70C.

[Praz]

No one knows the accuracy of any of these programs. But it's impossible for Core Temp as a program to be inaccurate. All it does is display the value of the thermal sensors. Any inaccuracy comes from the sensors themselves inside the processor.

[Kain XS]

No one knows the accuracy of any of these programs. But it's impossible for Core Temp as a program to be inaccurate. All it does is display the value of the thermal sensors. Any inaccuracy comes from the sensors themselves inside the processor.

even that... the final result is turning into an innacurate reading using a bad sensor with a conversion.

An accurate reading is to hard to manage...

[Lolento]

No one knows the accuracy of any of these programs. But it's impossible for Core Temp as a program to be inaccurate. All it does is display the value of the thermal sensors. Any inaccuracy comes from the sensors themselves inside the processor.

The Core Temp program in the OP is probably reporting an accurate Junction Temperature. But the problem is that you're not given Tjunctionmax by Intel or AMD.

This is the millionth time I'm trying to convey this in different ways.......

Someone please pick up a book on IC thermal management.

[Tictac2]

No its not...

Temp Core its just a non acurate program.
Unless you installed in a wrong way your heatsink there should be no problem since many AMD CPUs have a trothle temps between 65-70C.

I thought the throttle of 65-70C was for the TCasemax value?

[Cra2yMang0]

Hi guys

I'm just wondering if you people trust the reading taken from SmartGuardian.

The reason I asked is because Smartguardian is telling me my CPU is running at 72C, yet when I run Core Temp and Speedfan, they both tell me my CPU is running at a much more respectful 35C

How is it possible that Smartguardian's reading is so much higher?