Quote Originally Posted by minsc_tdp View Post
Thanks. I'm about to run Orthos, checking idle temps. How long on blend before bumping another 10 MHz?

What's the best tool with the latest BIOS to measure temps?

Core Temp 0.94 says 24C and 27C for cores, and Tjunction is 85C ?? After 3 minutes of orthos blend, cores are 35/39C, and TJunction hasn't moved. I think that's broken and I should ignore it.

Other idle temps:
RMClock says 18C & 22C on the cores.
IDU says 34C proczone, 34C syszone1, 35C syszone2
IDCC says 34C for all (same as IDU i would imagine)
TAT says 28C for both cores.
Everest 2006 Ult. (not latest) says 22C for each core.

I have no idea where each of these are getting their values, but there seems to be three sets: The IDU/IDCC vs. CoreTemp/RMClock/Everest vs. TAT.
IDCC and IDU are lousy for reading temps because they don't measure the cores. I've found absolutely no use for either program.

Coretemp, RMClock and TAT are all getting their temps from the Digital Thermal Sensor located on each core. Those sensors are VERY sensitive and can update as fast as 30 times a second so unless the programs are all reading at EXACTLY the same instant, they'll probably not agree. They should be close though. RMClock averages the core temps over 5 seconds by default so it's going to be even more slightly off. Pick one and stick with it.

Speedfan and Everest report both the DTS core temps and the standard cpu and motherboard temps from the onboard sensor chip. You HAVE to use the latest versions of each program though. Everest versions before 3.80.880 or so can cause the board to lock up and prior to Speedfan 4.32, our board wasn't supported.

Tjunction is the reference temp for the processor. If the temp goes above that point, throttling should occur to prevent damage. It can be either 85 or 100 depending on the processor you're using. It's important to report because the processor reports the core temps as a number relative to tjunction. If the display program is using the wrong tjunction as a base, the temps will be 15c off.