Thanks guy's for having this thread. I have learned quite a bit from it, but I'm having a hard time finding the answer to one of my many questions. When looking over all the temp programs that have been mentioned here, I noticed that a few of them list what they call the cpu temperature, not the cores themselves, but the cpu temp. You'll notice on both SpeedFan and CPUID, that it is roughly in the 58 degree celsius here at idle. What exactly is this measurement from. I noticed that Real Temp 2.68 doesn't include this, or perhaps I'm misreading the results from it.

The Cpu in question you will see from the CPU-Z screenshot there. I was coming from an E6600 65nm before this and I have been reading that there appears to be some trouble with the reporting on the 45nm cores. I still have a couple of days left to return the new e8400 if someone could tell me that themeasurement I'm seeing is unlikely in an e8400. My core temps seem fine I think.

Thanks for any and all help you can provide for me.