Quote Originally Posted by Millyons
I dont even care about temps, i just try to stay away from the throttling point by about 10c for myself and other than that i dont care if my temps are xx or xx ....... but core temp is the one that is comparable to other mobos and setups, you just cant compare asus probe to gigabytes whatever ... other software like speedfan, everest, mbm actualy only shouw what probe (in this case) would show.... o another note when i put in a quad cpu probe showed 1/2 temps
i agree completely! the point is to keep some sort of safety margin to the throttling point. as i said already, this point is different from cpu to cpu AND can't be read by software. so software like coretemp is using either 85c or 100c as throttling point, which might be correct on some cpu's but is definitely wrong on others.

don't get me wrong, im not blaming the writer of coretemp! this is completely intels fault for not providing documentation of this features to the public. i'm still a great supporter of coretemp!

would be a nice feature if coretemp would also display the dts reading directly just showing the room left to the throttling point. i already requested this at the coretemp forum. lets see if "The Coolest" will implement this in a future release.

Quote Originally Posted by cadaveca
In RD600 cpu throtlles @ 85c via smartguardian. Shutdown temp set in bios also reads same temp. this is not the same temp that Coretemp displays(61c).

So, unless it's the bios @ fault on RD600, Coretemp is not reading correctly. I have same issue too, reading 19c idle in 25c ambient, using AIRCOOLING.

this being said, coretemp reports same temp across many different boards for same cpu, when voltages/cooling are the same. Although the temp may not be perfectly accurate, it's the best we got ATM.
this is a good example. i'm pretty sure, coretemp is using the wrong throttling temp on your specific cpu and therefore fails calculating the absolute temperature correctly.

Yes, i too think it's the best ATM, as long as you are using it on a cpu where coretemp gets the throttling point correctly!