Quote Originally Posted by lv_88 View Post
RunawayPrisoner, I too noticed something weird with
Real temp and Core temp, is real temp actually showing it more correct?
There is like a 10C difference between them, Coretemp being 10C higher,
both Real Temp and Bios show a lot lower temps
It's due to the way Intel CPUs report their temperatures. As stated in the Real Temp thread, Core Temp assumes the TJMax on these chips is 105C, whereas they were 95C in reality, thus... when you put 95C as their TJMax, that's an effective 10C drop in temperature readings. But even then, that might not be accurate, as there might be 2-3C error in the sensors. The only way to fix it is via the Idle Temperature Calibration options. "--" is perfect for 45nm processors and "++" is perfect for 65nm processors. Either of them will effect your load temperatures. The load temperatures stay the same, anyway. Those "--" and "++" options just display accurate idle temperatures.