I think Intel's lack of disclosure about how much TjMax varies from one processor to the next has tied our hands. If TjMax varies by plus or minus one or two degrees due to factory calibration inaccuracies, etc. then there's no way we can come up with a perfect number to shoot for when we're trying to calibrate RealTemp to an individual processor. The recent Intel info posted by rge finally puts all the pieces together and helps make sense out of the data we've both gathered.

Six months ago I had a handful of processors and with the software, Intel documentation and knowledge available, there was no easy way to compare them all. I made some assumptions, some right, others not so right, but I think what we've all learned since then has us much closer to being able to make meaningful temperature comparisons between 45nm and 65nm, Dual or Quad Core.

Carving up an IHS or heatsink still sounds like fun though. I'm sure one day rge or I or some other XS type will fire up the Dremel and have at it! I might have to go price out some thermocouples so we can all have a good night's sleep.