Real Temp - New temp program for Intel Core processors

[unclewebb]

Yes, if you don't believe the TjMax that RealTemp is using is correct you can still use RealTemp with your own choice of TjMax. SpeedFan also provides this feature and I totally agree with it.

I think RealTemp is doing a pretty good job at its guesses at TjMax but there will always be users that disagree. If you are in that camp then open up the RealTemp.ini file and edit this line:

TjMax=0

Change the 0 value to either -3,-2,-1,1,2 or 3 and your TjMax will be adjusted for you by that value times 5. If you set a TjMax adjustment of -2, you will decrease the TjMax by 10 degrees. If you set this to TjMax=3, you will increase the TjMax that RealTemp uses by 15 degrees. I think this feature gives a user enough room to make whatever correction that they feel is appropriate.

This is a new feature just introduced with version 2.2 and is also explained near the end of post#1.

With no documentation from Intel to confirm TjMax, users need the opportunity to adjust this value as more information becomes available through my real world IR thermometer testing as well as their own. That is what RealTemp is based on. Users with their own IR thermometers and their own testing methods are now free to set up RealTemp however they like with idle adjustments at the low end or TjMax adjustments to cover the high end.

RealTemp is the only available software that accurately reports the core temperature of my 3 Core based processors from idle to TjMax and beyond.

lowtcell: RealTemp assumes your TjMax=95C while other programs are assuming TjMax=100C. That is where the 5C difference comes in.