This proves to me that the sensors are not read correctly. I on the other hand tried to go from a 8-pin 12V to 4-pin 12V and only noticed roughly 2C difference (it fluctuates a lot and hard to get a good screen shot of it). If anything I noticed that Everest and Coretemps didn't always show the exact same temp readings as it did when I had the 8-pin 12V connection.


Both of these pics are stock using a 4-pin 12V connection. As you can see the idle temps are 40C-42C





This pic shows the E8400 stock using the 8-pin 12V connection as you can see the idle temps are roughly 4C-8C higher.


I always knew that using an 8-pin 12V connection may raise temps. However, it doesn't explain why the temps are higher then my E6850 which hovers in the early-mid 30C range.