Lapped core 2 duo IHS pics

[little_scrapper]

How do you know it was 83 when it started throttling? (hint: you don't know, you assumed)

I know because TAT gives me a bright red thermal monitoring warning, CPU-Z shows the multiplier AND the voltage drop and speedfan says 83C when this all occures. But you are correct. It is an assumption after all. There is no way to read the temp of a C2D via software. The chip doesnt have the capability. BUT!!! The engineers at intel, people far smarter than you or I, have set them up to start to throttle at 85C. And since my temp monitoring software (SpeedFan) reads within 2C of that target when throttleing actually kicked in I would venture to say that it(speedfan) is roughly acurate.

You can believe me on this because I say I know what Im talking about hehe